Nordy
Community Member
Hello,
Moved about 4 1/2 years ago and did not take my first tank with me. Definitely missed having some reef in a living space. My tank now is a 158.5 gallon display with a 40 gallon sump. Lots of sand and rock work and I’m somewhere near 160 gallons total volume. I bought too much sand and way too much dry rock. It’s in my garage.. if you need rock hit me up in Central Washington. I really wanted a BSJ and designed this tank for that particular fish. Loved having a BSJ, but it took a plunge outta my tank through a half inch gap where my screen had an opening in the back. I constructed the diy net screen, but failed on making it just right. Have had quite a few bumps in the road unfortunately. Dropped a nice media reactor and broke the acrylic body, bumped my Ecotech magnetic drive unit with my arm and it hit the floor and won’t work now, lost a copperband that I overswam due to high flow, anemone found a wave maker shortly after introduction, Fire shrimps overnighted by carriers have been DOA multiple times, flooded my garage with RODI water and a few other things testing my drive to be successful at this again. On the flip side, I have 4 beautiful corals, 5 amazing fish and my OCD to get better and be smarter in this hobby are holding true. 5 more fish and 4 more corals expected by the end of this week. Never really did forums in the past but I got lots to gain from experiences passed on by members here and hope to have a thriving reef ecosystem in time. All the best to you reefers!! Sorry for the not so spectacular pics under a lot of blue light.
Moved about 4 1/2 years ago and did not take my first tank with me. Definitely missed having some reef in a living space. My tank now is a 158.5 gallon display with a 40 gallon sump. Lots of sand and rock work and I’m somewhere near 160 gallons total volume. I bought too much sand and way too much dry rock. It’s in my garage.. if you need rock hit me up in Central Washington. I really wanted a BSJ and designed this tank for that particular fish. Loved having a BSJ, but it took a plunge outta my tank through a half inch gap where my screen had an opening in the back. I constructed the diy net screen, but failed on making it just right. Have had quite a few bumps in the road unfortunately. Dropped a nice media reactor and broke the acrylic body, bumped my Ecotech magnetic drive unit with my arm and it hit the floor and won’t work now, lost a copperband that I overswam due to high flow, anemone found a wave maker shortly after introduction, Fire shrimps overnighted by carriers have been DOA multiple times, flooded my garage with RODI water and a few other things testing my drive to be successful at this again. On the flip side, I have 4 beautiful corals, 5 amazing fish and my OCD to get better and be smarter in this hobby are holding true. 5 more fish and 4 more corals expected by the end of this week. Never really did forums in the past but I got lots to gain from experiences passed on by members here and hope to have a thriving reef ecosystem in time. All the best to you reefers!! Sorry for the not so spectacular pics under a lot of blue light.
