Very first tank
 

Just curious where everyone started out. Give us some details about your first aquariums.

My first shot at salt was a 10g with a blue damsel. That was about 8 years ago. Moved to a 45g "reef" and added a trigger and a tang. The tang is still with me after 7 years!

40G tank - mostly SPS
Still going strong after 2½ years.

My first Aquarium is the 180g I'm running right now. Believe it or not, I never even had a freshwater system before this. Zero Fish Experience to 180g Mixed Reef.... it's been quite a ride. lol

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Holy crap, I haven't even has a chance to respond to my own thread yet!:lol:

Mine was a 28 bowfront, with 2 blue damsels, tufa rock and and modified eclips hood. Had it for 9 months before upgrading to a 54g corner.

Still running the 10G I started with.

- 20 years ago

- 48G, fish only, w/ 4 incandescent bulbs, fluval filter, and dead coral ornaments.

20 gallons, full of hair algae and not much else :razz:

75g with a fluval filter and zero experience. No freshwater experience either. 75 was a total failure and an excercise in frustration that almost did me in. I'm either brave or stupid (no additional comments required) but I then jumped into a 230g with a 77g fuge/sump that is still up and running but it has since spawned and produced a 190g, a 44g. a 20g, a 24g and a 12g and is soon have another big baby with my 300g cube gets up and running.

started with a 65g hexagon...big mistake, didn't know why it had a small tank under it and a hole in the tank (ok that's an overflow and sump)~ made plenty of errors~ bought cheap equipment then bought the right stuff:redface: started with very little information....bought 2 RBTA just past cycling:redface: ....still have a clone of the RBTA that is ok.....lost plenty of livestock and plenty of money but now it is an amazing reef tank! Something to be proud of! And it led us to the 120g and 50g tanks that we keep as well. Not a path I would wish on anyone else...that's for sure!