Progression of Tanks

[sleevasteve]

I thought it would be cool to hear peoples progression of tanks. What did you start with, how big, fresh or salt, how long ago? Everything in between and what you have now.

1: 3 gal office tank, middle of march this year, fw with just a betta lol

2: Bought an Eclipse 12 gal for my betta few months later so I could add other fish with him

3: Got a used 12 gal Eclipse off ebay and put this one at home, and switched the betta and company into this one and turned my tank at work into a saltwater tank (which I almost decided to do cichlids in, but made an unregrettable, expensive decision to go sw) - shortly after my betta and company died and I changed the one at home into a cichlid tank.

4: After about a week with the cichlids, I had to go for a 24 nano cube for my house, and sold my whole 12 gal with fish and all. lol

5: Since the beginning of September I have been working on setting up a 75 to upgrade to for my office. I hope to have that up by mid October! Got my equip, just have to finish the stand and canopy.

I love this hobby and look forward to many more years learning about it and working to create my own beautiful little piece of the ocean!

[reefinmike]

1 10 gallon fw
2 55 gallon fw
3 another 55 and a 45 fw
4 29 fw
5 125 fw
6 took down all tanks except 125 and made 29 a sw reef 2 years ago
7 180 gallon FO(currently down)
8 90g softie reef(currently down)
9 setup new 125 standard with overflows for reef, metal halides, vho, tons of rock, tons of corals, 100g sump, asmg4x skimmer, etc
10 currently taking down 29 and replacing with a 55g


i think thats all of them

* there is a 10 gallon sw reef in there somewhere also.

[flfirefighter13]

10 fresf
4 year lapse
20 cichlid
10 cichlid
55 cichlid
75 fowlr
75 reef
12 seahorse
28 sifty/reef
90 carnivore
take down 28 and all freshwater tanks
10 freshwater
125 in garage being built (upon completion one 75 will go fresh)
currently running 75x2, 12, 10, 90, (28g pending sale)
Most of these are within the last 6 monthes

[skeeter-doc]

10 gal FW
55 gal FW
29 gal FW and 55 gal FW
29 changed to SW
new 45 gal SW
new 90 gal SW reef

now I am down to 55 gal SW reef and 100 gal SW reef

[ACBlinky]

35g FW
replaced with 45g FW when it cracked
upgraded to 65g FW planted with high light
added 14g & 10g FW planted
converted 14g to nano reef
converted 65g to FOWLR
upgraded 14g to 30g nano reef
added 5.5g pico reef
added 21g FOWLR
tore down 10g FW planted, moved contents to 30g
converted 30g reef to FW planted, moved contents to 65g
converted 65g to reef with more lighting
tore down 5.5g pico reef

Currently have 65g reef, 21g reef & 30g FW planted. Planning to give the 65g to my parents (who have shown a sudden interest in having a reef tank) and set up a 90g reef with 30g sump. Thinking about going with all zoas this time :D

[stereomandan]

18g high fresh for 4 years (mix)
38g fresh for 2 years (cichlids and mixed)
38g Salt FOWLR 4 years, 18g high seahorse tank
38g Salt Reef 6 years
90g Reef... working on it. Replacing the 38g

Each one the list came after the one before, so that's about 16 years than I've had a tank set up in one way or another.

Dan

[tkeracer619]

55FW - moved for a few month left with a friend. 18fish + 5 babies = dead.

150REEF - Moving back and someone asked me to move a tank with the uhaul. It was easier to load it and pay him to not take it off the truck.

[Travis L. Stevens]

Oh jeeze...

Age:Tank
0-12: Various freshwater ranging up to 55g (Community Tropical)
12-18: Various freshwater off and on up to 55g (Community Tropical)
18: 125g Salt in progress
21: 10g Reef upgraded to 29g Reef
22 to Now (with slight future): Sold 125g before it ever got sat up, working on the following - 75g Montipora Only Tank, 29g Soft Coral and Yellow Watchman Goby/Pistol Shrimp breeding tank, 2g Harlequin Shrimp tank, 2g Sexy Shrimp tank, 44g Pentagon Corner Black and White tank, 42g Hex Center Overflow Reef tank
Future: In addition to completing the before list, add a Bangaii Cardinalfish Breeding Tank, a Black and White Clownfish (A. ocellaris) breeding tank, Food Culturing Station (Including Asterina Starfish).

[sleevasteve]

Its amazing how addictive this hobby is! I never thought of it before as being a hobby, just seemed like something to fancy up some empty space - boy was I wrong! You guys have gone through some tanks!! Keep them coming!

[sleevasteve]

I know there are more people than that, that have had more than 1 tank. Anybody else willing to share?

[MacnReef]

Um...WOW this is gonna take a second.

20H - upgraded
55 - had problems with plumbing so I downgraded and moved
13 - great tank then upgraded
65 - did great until Xenia took over the tank and I moved
10 - first SPS tank then upgraded
20H - first DIY drilled tank upgraded
.5 Pico - was running while the 20H was running
29 - back of tank glass broke downgraded
20L - fit same stand as 29 but hated the height upgraded
90 - Great reef but was taken over by Dichtyota
180 - BB full SPS had tank crash while on vacation downgraded and almost left hobby
12 - just a nice easy to keep reef upgraded
54 - corner tank...hated it as I couldn't get the flow right upgraded
120 - never got any corals in it, just fish, first set of Tunze's had baby and downgraded
5.5 - looked great but wanted to try a long tank
5 Long - too much evaporation because of surface area
8 - great tank just too small
58 - outbreak of some macroalgae upgrade
180 - in the building process

Every single tank is different!

MacnReef

[sleevasteve]

WOW!! Thats quite a few!! Thanks for sharing.

[geekreef_05]

6 Years since Ive started..

1) 10 gallon nano softie reef
2) 60 gallon mixed reef w/ anemone
3) 15H nano is started (mixed reef) upgraded from the 10
-- 60 gallon becomes overstocked and tank gets split btn a new 60 gallon and a 33L
4) 33L temporary softie reef is born
5) 60 gallon FOWLR tank is born
-- both new tanks run without a skimmer, fuge or sump
--33L crashes this summer while Im on vacation. Anemone is moved to 15H mixed reef, where it is currently recovereding.
6) 33L is to be re-vamped soon.
7) future will see a much larger FOWLR setup..btn 150-300 gal

[yoboyjdizz]

72q bowfront - 2 years
Sold the 72 for a 50q - 1 year
Upgraded to 280 - in the works right now 50 will remain as qt tank.
2-3 years from now planning a 600plus tank!

Crazy how that works!

[InvaderJim]

1. It was in the shape of a crayon and had a goldfish...I was like 3.
2. 55g FW
3. 90g Reef Tank in the works. :)

[MacnReef]

I was listing only reef tanks from 6/2000 to current.

MacnReef

[sleevasteve]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8268335#post8268335 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by InvaderJim
1. It was in the shape of a crayon and had a goldfish...I was like 3.
2. 55g FW
3. 90g Reef Tank in the works. :)

Welcome to the wonderful world of reef tanks! I wish you the best!

[namdrib2]

1. 10 fw (1984)
2. 20 fw shortly there after
3. 55 fw which was converted to a SW around (1988)
4. 17 year hiatus (had three children and was broke).
4. 75 SW earlier this year
4 120 SW mixed reef (now I'm broke again)

[affan]

55g FOWLR
100g Mixed Reef
225g Mixed Reef