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Hey everyone, started this hobby about a year and a half ago. Bought a 20 gal all in one tank from Pet Kingdom in San Diego to use for fresh water fish. Got the itch for salt water around 3 months after that. Got tired of taking 50+ molly babies every month to the LFS lol. I saw an ad on craigslist for a 40 gal with stand, livestock and canister filter for $100 so I had to jump on it.
The freshwater

1st saltwater

Then I got a metal halide

And then my first T5, 48 inches....


After 4 months with that I got the itch to upgrade hehe. Upgraded to a 48 inch 90 gal.


Then some leds, sand, coral and patience




After 8 more months I finally scored a deal to upgrade to a 100g 60 inch tank. I love the length of the 60 inch vice 48 inch tank. Love not getting my armpit wet to move a coral... lol


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Haha I may be like you because I relate to your story lol started off freshwater planted then salt water then started to upgrade up every 3 to 4 months and I may not be done with upgrading lol nice tank


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chireef said:
Haha I may be like you because I relate to your story lol started off freshwater planted then salt water then started to upgrade up every 3 to 4 months and I may not be done with upgrading lol nice tank


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Thanks for the reply chireef! I even remember telling myself I'd never do saltwater because it was too much work... but really I think I was just intimidated haha
Good luck with the upgrading and I know exactly how you feel!

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kyle.ochoa1 said:
Thanks for the reply chireef! I even remember telling myself I'd never do saltwater because it was too much work... but really I think I was just intimidated haha
Good luck with the upgrading and I know exactly how you feel!

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saltwater much less work than discus and planted tanks
 
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What the chinita said.

Oh and welcome
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Pgr11 and lowbudget, I feel like drakes song.... started from the bottom now we here. Lol
I've slowly traded saltwater gear and corals for more gear and more corals. Inching my way towards where I am now. Honestly the only things I've bought brand new were my chinese LED's and a new pump for my skimmer. Traded for everything except the new corals I just bought from AquaSD which I'll post soon. Even with those LED's I've now upgraded to reef breeders photon 48.

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very nice. this was what this hobby was about. trading and bartering. now its all about cash money dolla dolla bills yaaa
 
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Yep started with planted, then discus because I always heard how much work saltwater reef tanks are. It's been about 2 years now and I've gone from 8g to a 20L,24 cube,20 cube, 66 and now 180+66g fuge...and that's just saltwater! Loved every step of the way though.

+1 lowbudget. I attempted a few high tech planted tanks and it was a nightmare! Just seemed like there weren't good enough test kits for everything I was adding to the system, too much guess work.

Very nice setups. You like the led over t5s?
 
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Yep started with planted, then discus because I always heard how much work saltwater reef tanks are. It's been about 2 years now and I've gone from 8g to a 20L,24 cube,20 cube, 66 and now 180+66g fuge...and that's just saltwater! Loved every step of the way though.

+1 lowbudget. I attempted a few high tech planted tanks and it was a nightmare! Just seemed like there weren't good enough test kits for everything I was adding to the system, too much guess work.

Very nice setups. You like the led over t5s?
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Hello Smite! There were some pretty cool looking freshwater fish at pet Kingdom but I would always find myself walking to the saltwater section and doing the ohhhh, ahhhhh a lot more lol. I'm following your footsteps then since you have the bigger tank.... 180g it is!
I love LED's over the Tek Light T5 I had because the colors just popped so much better. At the time I had the T5 I didn't really think too much of it but I didn't know anything back then and had no sps to grow. How's the rock work in your 180? I had a lot in my last tank I want to go with a less is more approach this time around. I haven't had any time to make my rock structures yet but someday I'll get around to it hehe.

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Here's the most recent additions to my tank....

And the best for last...


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And I finally updated the look. Cut down the 2x4 to a manageable size and painted it.
From:

To:


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Update on the tank... coming along nicely! :)
Added another mushroom:

And 2 anemones for my clown fish :)


And I finally moved the frags to their locations on the rocks. Looks a lot cleaner without the frag rack sitting right in the middle lol.


Still have a few rocks to add but for the most part I want to keep the open space in the middle.

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