My Old 30 Long

Until not so long ago, this tank had been with me for many years. I never lost anything with this tank. And that was a first for me. Well, wait a minute, I do remember a Goby jumping out once. That was pretty much it though. The whole thing even survived a 2 day road trip in a Honda Civic when I moved from Manhattan back to Chicago. I will never forget what it felt like to finish that trip only to realize that I had to assemble a stocked reef tank right away!

Then a year later, I made a decision I would regret to this day -- I decided I would give it away to a local fish store! Can you believe it? At the time I was working a lot and I just didn't want the responsibility anymore. Seemed like the right thing to do at the time. But now it makes me angry if I think about it. I want it again, but it's gone. What a dumbass! So, if you are just thing thinking about getting a reef tank, or any aquarium at all, ask yourself where you think you will be in a few years and how many moves that will be. And at least have a good backup plan.

So now this is where you come in. You are going to help me build my next tank. Key decisions on hardware, fish and coral will be discussed on this site in the forums section so check in and let me know what you think I should do. And I will post avi's of the progress on the site as well. That should be a lot of fun.