Evolution...Hobby Wise
 

I was recently going through my collection of pictures(1000+) of my saltwater tanks and thought it might be cool to see other peoples evolution in the hobby.

I'll start.I personally started with a sumpless 20g.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0473.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP0908.jpg

Then moved into a sumpless 68g.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP1249.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP1335.jpg

Then upgraded to my current tank, a 110g display/55g sump.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP1740.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...me/FTS2Oct.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP2539.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...time/TOTM1.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMGP3007.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMG_0398.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMG_0033-2.jpg

timeline
 

Just curious, how long did the evolution take??

Trust me....doug is still evolving :)

Neato! I'll play. No digital before 2002. Started in 2001 with a 20gal.

2002 (48 gal)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...gy/Apr2002.jpg

2003 (before tank upgrade to 90gal later that year)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Apr232003.jpg

2004 Battle of the Dinoflagellates (tank waffled between the following two photos)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../may292004.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...y/oct42004.jpg

2005
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...sept5_2005.jpg

2006
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...y/DSCN5294.jpg

2007
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ology/tank.jpg

2008
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...april82008.jpg

2009
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ogy/tank-1.jpg

Wow so far everyone's progress is amazing...wish I had som old tank pics...never had a digital camera... :(

I didn't get my digital camera until (I think 2004)
my sumpless 75g
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...3Image0006.jpg
my sumpless 55g
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...orsale0043.jpg
2006 175g
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...6arl160074.jpg
2007
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...3Jan070032.jpg
2008
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...rch1208002.jpg
2009
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...feb1609002.jpg

The time-line is two years:biggrin:

Christy, I noticed you got rid of all your M. caps? Also where were all your corals in the pic with all the algae?

Wow Marie that is a serious evolution. I cant believe that first shot is a 75g....looks much bigger than that.

This is embarrassing.

Early 2006 I built a peninsula upstairs. Late 2006 I began building a 400 gallon downstairs and moved the ~70 gallon (which never looked that great to begin with) down as well so I could reno the main floor. I haven't had anything living in a tank since late 2006. The 400 was cut apart and sold (I filled it once to leak test) and the wall torn down to sell the house.

Check out that sweet ro/di feed to my sump!

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/evolving.jpg

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/rescaped2.jpg