Lets see some progression pics!!

[easye123]

I started off tryin to do everything right the first time and it paid of FOR SURE!!!

my tank is a 90g RR 30g sump.refug. ER rs135 skimmer. 2x175w MH 14k ham. 2x54w t5 actinics.

here some as i set it up.





heres when i was gettin some stuff in it..but put fish in too soon


and here is my tank now.. finnaly pretty established.. at the 7 month mark. totally happy with the outcome and growth.



lets see some tanks progression pics!!

[marino420td]

My 120

July 2006 when first set up


Today

[easye123]

that green acro up top is sweet! is that a slimer?

[marino420td]

Originally posted by easye123
that green acro up top is sweet! is that a slimer?

Thanks. Yes it is a slimer.

[xenon]

[garyw68]

wow...i didnt know you could keep a trigger in a reef tank.

[xenon]

Originally posted by garyw68
wow...i didnt know you could keep a trigger in a reef tank.

Yep.. this is a niger trigger.

The most reef safe triggers are blue throat, crosshatch, pink tail and niger.

[garyw68]

never knew that....I almost bought one and my LFS told me not to. BTW xenon....nice tank. I would post mine but my daughter had a digital camer. maybe later.

[easye123]

nice tanks so far.. its soo crazy to see how tanks progress. mine is only 7 months old though soo im anxious to see what it will be like at a year.. then once i move i can let it see for 4 or 5 and then it would be insane lookin!!

keep em comin yall

[AquaReeferMan]

My 125 on Feb 28th 07


Here it is on May 15th 07(everything was moved from my 2yr old 55g.)

[Saltwater_Dog]

Very nice tanks.

[Travis L. Stevens]

First Started.


Tank growing at 6 Months


Tank at it's best at 1 Year


Lightbulb Meltdown/Tank Crash(ing) 1.5 years


What was left after crash at 1.75 years (look in the sand)


Tank Recovering from lightbulb incident at 2 years


It looks better now than ever before, but I don't have a current pic.

[minimalist]

My three gallon pico is nearing the one month mark...





Some coral shots...

[bpulmano]

Hey Xenon.. What kind of rock is that? And how have you fastened it together to keep it off the bottom? Or are you just that skilled in stacking?

[jay24k]

July of 05 a month or so after I set the tank up.


June of 06


And Feb of 07

[mecheng]

lookin good

[easye123]

that is very impressive Jay... love the color.. i love the dark purple color of a tank. i wish i could afford to have that much stuff!!

sweet tanks soo far!!

[easye123]

hey jay whate kind of lights are you using?!!? that growth is very sweet

also do you do anything else out of the ordinary to get that color and grown out of your sps?

[mg426]

those are some nice looking set ups !!!

[dc_909]

[minimalist]

Wow, dc_909; those look like four different tanks! Nice work.

[b.branscombe]

Jay, is that a huge colt coral at the back there?

[minimalist]

Xenia.

[jay24k]

It's all Xenia. I'm in the process of removing it all but just haven't had time. I pretty much donate it to whoever swings by as freebies.

easye123,
I mainly use just a calcium reactor and that is it. Once every 6 months I'll toss in a cup of carbon but honestly don't see any difference. I didn't use any carbon for the first year or even more if I recall. I attribute my growth to the XM 10Ks. Those things grow crazy. You can see my original green slimer frag in the first picture. Also the caps are original as well.

[Kevin McG]

Here's a whole page of my tanks progress right from the beginning

Progress