Then and now…

[ca1ore]

Nobody else is brave enough to show their early tanks?! Come on!

Early tanks for me means 1992. Nothing to do with bravery, or lack thereof; rather cannot really be bothered to dig through boxes for physical pictures.

 

[ca1ore]

Nobody else is brave enough to show their early tanks?! Come on!

I also suspect, if I did go digging, that there aren’t many old pictures - wasn’t very good at documenting stuff. Plus I tended to skew planted tanks back then.

 

[Formulator]

I also suspect, if I did go digging, that there aren’t many - wasn’t very good at documenting stuff.

Well its not like everyone had a 10+ megapixel camera in their pocket at all times like today! I totally get it!

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Had to dig up these pics. 1990. Tank did well. Mostly softies and some LPS. 135g with MH and VHO actinics.

1990

Now

Nice!

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Then





Now

 

[Solo McReefer]

Ha

Early tanks for me means 1992. Nothing to do with bravery, or lack thereof; rather cannot really be bothered to dig through boxes for physical pictures.

Have some somewhere out in the garage

"Buy the biggest tank you can afford", they said

Had a Sea Apple in it, simultaneously the ugliest animal and most beautiful animal. I had no idea they did that when I got it

 

[VintageReefer]

2012

2014

Don’t have pics readily available from 2014-2022

2022
Coming out of a few years of break due to priority shift in my life, started fixing and redoing tank

Present day

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Then:

Now:

Future:

 

[kevgib67]

2021

Now

 

[crazyfishmom]

At least I got to experience the final years of a society without screens in everyone’s hands. I even know how to dial a rotary phone!

Rotary phones…. Channeling Barbra Streisand “Memories”… I grew up in Cuba and phones were not a thing. Even rotary phones. There were a few lucky ones then that had a working phone. Maybe one household out of 50 had an old rotary phone. BUT, there was a working public rotary phone outside the local market and during summers all of us kids would gather around it when we thought adults were not looking and would dial the operator with odd requests. Everyone knew what we were doing but it was either let us do that or bug the surrounding adults so I guess there’s that. Life was simpler then. Now my five year old has full conversations with Siri and taught himself to read on his iPad while his sister has figured out how to search for her favorite song so she can perform an interpretive dance. Every generation has its wonder.

 

[VintageReefer]

2021

Now

This is a great looking tank! I like the gsp island. Great way to incorporate without having it become invasive. I also like the contrast of purple and green euphyllia.

Nicely done!

 

[kevgib67]

This is a great looking tank! I like the gsp island. Great way to incorporate without having it become invasive. I also like the contrast of purple and green euphyllia.

Nicely done!

Thank you for the kind words!

 

[ZzyzxRiver]

Top: 10 weeks old
Bottom: 5 weeks old

I love looking at before and after pics from established tanks! Gives me something to look forward to. Even my ugly phase nano tank brings me so much enjoyment to stare at, it’ll be amazing when it’s all settled in.

 

[1112-425XL]

2021

2022

2023

2024

 

[PharmrJohn]

X

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Even though I had to reboot, its still so satisfying to look back at where we came from…

Let’s see your then and now photos!

2016

2019

2023

2024 (today)

I don’t have far to go cuz I only set my tank up in September, but here you go

 

[crazyfishmom]

I guess I can play. Just not a long term differential.

 

[Formulator]

I guess I can play. Just not a long term differential.

Yep, you’re an addict!

What you have accomplished in a short time is very impressive!! Well done!

 

[BristleWormHater]

2024

2024

 

[crazyfishmom]

Yep, you’re an addict!

What you have accomplished in a short time is very impressive!! Well done!

Totally addicted. The other 3 tanks are good examples of multiple tank syndrome rearing its wallet draining head .

Thanks for the kind words. I attribute it all to bacteria and coral being much more forgiving than we give them credit for. It’s hard to capture these things in pictures particularly because it hit me one day that all of a sudden a torch that was just one head now has 11 and completely blew me away.