Victoriana

My Tank

My tank started out as a 10g Cichlid tank that I got as a birthday present from my gf. The LFS's fascinating saltwater fish made cichlids seem drab, and so 6 months later I decided to start again as a saltwater.

I bought a used 65g tank, and 70lbs of gently used live rock($70) which came on condition that I take his Snowflake Eel. That Eel was pretty cool, and never bothered my fish. He did make a mess digging in the sand though.

That 65gtank ended up leaking. It shot a tiny stream of water two feet out side seem. I wasnt happy, and my landlord was less so, but the 100 year old hardwood floors didnt seem to mind. Temporarily I kept some of my rock, and livestock in the 10g tank. The rest I stuck in a sump I was using. That snowflake eel stayed in the ten gallong tank for 2 weeks till I gave him away. I bought a new 65g, which I set up in my gf's dance studio. and and moved most of the Rock and stuff in there. I kept the 10g going at home and think it was a big success.


10g tank with 175MH light (Nov 2002) All these coral frags are still alive and in my current tank! Wow.

When I moved into a new apartment I wanted more room and so I had Johnny at North American Fish Breeders build me a bigger tank that still fit on my fireplace mantle, yet tall enough that I could fit my 2Bakpac skimmers on it.. It was 20g aprox and I supped that puppy up with 2 175W metal halides, and 4 Powerheads on a wavemaker. Dang that tank looked good. It's so much easier to fill a small tank with corals. You notice the growth more, and get to frag too since there is no room. I started to feel guilty about using tap water and bought a RODI.

This tank did great, but there was no room, and I started to get hair algae for the first time ever. So when I saw a tank that would still fit on my fireplace, yet was more than twice as big, I jumped on it. It's a 45g tall. 36"wide, 12" deep, and 24" tall. I filled it with more live rock and this is the tank now.