As someone who has used this forum for over 4 years now and is no longer exactly new to the hobby, I felt as thought it’s high time that I create a build thread. I first started in the hobby with a 10 gallon and two clownfish eventually moving to an ego so I could have a cheap light that supported a nem. All this was happening over the course of my time in college, and during Covid I moved the tank back home to where I would be continuing to study for an unforeseen amount of time. That ended up being about a year and I upgraded to a 40 breeder so that I would have more room for coral and could get bigger fish. Admittedly the tank was overstocked, and I was unable to keep up with maintenance when I had to return to school without the tank (4 hour drive)
Over the course of about a year, my breeder has received close to 20% water changes every third week.my dad was feeding and monitoring equipment on the day to day (with experience as a freshwater breeder). Hands down I could not have asked for someone who has no saltwater or reef tank experience to perform better and notify me when something was off. That being said there were unnoticed cleanup crew or fish deaths and the tank got covered in bryopsis. I eventually treated with reef flux after some illinformed herbivore purchased and it is not gone but has mostly been depleted. The tank has come back to thriving and looks great now. Although it is again time to upgrade. My breeder has sprung a leak quite high in the left corner of the front and left side panes. I am taking this as my sign to upgrade. I will be using an old tempered glass 75 to move my livestock into and I plan on doing so in relatively close to a week. The tank has already been filled and mixed over the last day and a half and I have currently put substrate in. For reference I have attached a photo of my breeder before the leak!
Over the course of about a year, my breeder has received close to 20% water changes every third week.my dad was feeding and monitoring equipment on the day to day (with experience as a freshwater breeder). Hands down I could not have asked for someone who has no saltwater or reef tank experience to perform better and notify me when something was off. That being said there were unnoticed cleanup crew or fish deaths and the tank got covered in bryopsis. I eventually treated with reef flux after some illinformed herbivore purchased and it is not gone but has mostly been depleted. The tank has come back to thriving and looks great now. Although it is again time to upgrade. My breeder has sprung a leak quite high in the left corner of the front and left side panes. I am taking this as my sign to upgrade. I will be using an old tempered glass 75 to move my livestock into and I plan on doing so in relatively close to a week. The tank has already been filled and mixed over the last day and a half and I have currently put substrate in. For reference I have attached a photo of my breeder before the leak!
