Pictures of pictures of my first SPS tank 10 years ago!

unfortunately i no longer have the computer that my old pictures used to be on so i took pictures of these pictures that were printed on regular paper and had water splashed on them. these are the only living proof of my old tank lol. im 28 now and this was my first SPS setup when i was 18.... enjoy, or try to, sorry about the pictures

 

It was a beautiful tank.

 

Haha, thats awesome! Can you give us some details on what you were using then, such as lights, filtering, media, etc?

 

Looks like you could have fit a couple more corals in there.

Nice tank.

 

lets see... i believe i had a hamilton 2x250w 14000 k halides with 2x96w actinic power compacts, catalina water, i was hand dosing chems without testing (somehow with good results), i think an old school ASM skimmer but that was SO SO long ago ive had a few tanks since then lol. haha i was using RIO 800s as flow for the tank and the sump had bioballs in it. the chiller was like a million years old. but hey i had a pink lemonade colony, several acroporas, several chalices, blastos, acans, blue pectinias, green nepthea, man i had alot of stuff. wish i still had some!

 

WOW
It was a beauty

 

i had clown gobies with my acroporas... back then i didnt know they eat the polyps haha

 

It looks like it was a great tank! I always find it fascinating to hear how this hobby has come such a long ways in only 10-15 years, I can only think of how far it will progress in another 10...

 

sps keepers were far and inbetween back then it seemed like. i felt cool to have a tank full of all corals with some bad *** sps and none of my friends could keep em alive! this hobby has come really far, ive had tanks all my life starting with my very own 12 gallon flatback hex with a power compact retrofit kit and custom made skimmer for it. i was doing nano almost 14 years ago lol