pics of your first tank [Archive]

Big_Pun

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 04:13 PM

ok this is my 12g jbj, Mrcob called a tree farm on my first post on MAAST. oh yeah all natural. who else has them also a pic of my 65 at the begining

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/fish/ftsMedium.jpg

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/65fts1.jpg

Neptune@gabesfish

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 04:24 PM

Nice Torch Coral (left 12g) ..

CoryDude

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 04:35 PM

Nice Torch Coral (left 12g) ..

Lots of flesh on that thing.

Big_Pun

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 04:59 PM

**** peppermint shrimp ripped it up. haters, like I said my first step into salt water

Mr Cob

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 05:00 PM

lol at torch coral.

Chris I so remember that tank. Pretty nice for a first tank. Mine was a 55g hex and it was nasty...not sure I have any pics of it.

Neptune@gabesfish

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 05:16 PM

Dont remember if there was cameras with my first tank.. Maybe ill draw it for you

Scream311

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 05:23 PM

Lmao

Scream311

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 05:24 PM

Can't wait to see your Chrome Trimed tank with a Slate Bottom

Europhyllia

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 05:32 PM

Great tree farm!

I don't think I had a digital camera back then. It as a 15 gallon with mostly Xenia and Cyano

Jarob

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 08:10 PM

lol at torch coral.

Chris I so remember that tank. Pretty nice for a first tank. Mine was a 55g hex and it was nasty...not sure I have any pics of it.

Mine too, a 55g hex, only about 20lb of LR and some fish. That 12g nano was awesome for a first tank!

Bill S

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 10:04 PM

I don't think I can post a pic. I mean, it was back in the hammer-and-chisel days.

Big_Pun

Tue, 9th Nov 2010, 11:30 PM

I don't think I can post a pic. I mean, it was back in the hammer-and-chisel days.

draw a pic with crayons lol

ErikH

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 01:07 AM

Moses saw the burning bush, promptly after he chisled Bill's aquarium onto two tablets. Those tablets are missing to this day. :)

StevenSeas

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 01:43 AM

Here is one of my BC 29 first ones are from maybe 3 or 4 mo. old. The older ones probably a year into the hobby i would say? not entirely sure.

http://www.maast.org/%3Ca%20href=%22http://s932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/aggiereefer12/my%20tank/?action=view&current=DSCF0183.jpg%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3 Cimg%20src=%22http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/aggiereefer12/my%20tank/DSCF0183.jpg%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22Photobuc ket%22%3E%3C/a%3Ehttp://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/aggiereefer12/my%20tank/DSCF0183.jpg?t=1289371260http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/aggiereefer12/my%20tank/DSCF0187.jpg?t=1289371287http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/aggiereefer12/my%20tank/DSCF0188.jpg?t=1289371310

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad161/aggiereefer12/my%20tank/mytank1001-1.jpg?t=1289371383

Bill S

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 02:09 AM

Ok, my wife found this pic. It's from early 1980. So I'd been keeping SWF for about 9 years at the time. Yup. THIS is what they looked like back then:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z157/bstreep/fish.jpg

alton

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 07:19 AM

This was my third tank. I never took pictures of the first and can't find any of the second. Kind of boring back then with no corals

Big_Pun

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 09:41 AM

i love those old salty pics, dang bill i love the variety of macro you kept, good thing there where no tang police they would have ticketed you for that many hippos

Bill S

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 10:57 AM

i love those old salty pics, dang bill i love the variety of macro you kept, good thing there where no tang police they would have ticketed you for that many hippos

Yeah, that macro was expensive back then - probably about $5 each bunch. But the cool thing was when you would take your corals out to dump them in a bucket of bleach every month or 2, you did the same with the macro. They would come out nice and algae free, and back to their "regular" colors!

tebstan

Wed, 10th Nov 2010, 12:25 PM

I've been around tanks a long time, but was scared to have one of my own. People made it sound scary and complicated. It's still complicated, but not so scary. :)

My tank when it was new, July '09
10026

My tank now, November '10
10027

Sorry I can't seem to get a good FTS. It doesn't really do it justice.

Randy@pollyspets

Fri, 12th Nov 2010, 02:39 AM

Here's a pic from my first Tank...Still have the tank, but it's been revamped! The oldest pic I have is from about a year into it, in late 2004...

10037
sometime in 2004

10036
about 3 months later

10038
Sometime in 2010...I think summer

Big_Pun

Fri, 12th Nov 2010, 09:05 AM

nice pics everyone!!

RayAllen

Fri, 12th Nov 2010, 02:38 PM

LOL, my first tank.....

I always used photobucket and no longer have those pics. 1st saltwater tank was 2003.

REBridges

Fri, 12th Nov 2010, 10:44 PM

This was my first tank...it was about 1.5 years ago...
Not bad for a first timer figuring everything out on my own...it was before I discovered MAAST.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e301/rebridges/000_0191.jpg

REBridges

Fri, 12th Nov 2010, 10:46 PM

unfort. everything was lost to a tank crash a long time ago, except for the maroon clown...that fish has been through everything and has survived!

ramsey

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 03:58 PM

Dont remember if there was cameras with my first tank.. Maybe ill draw it for you

Man, I got tire of waiting for your drawing and I'm sure others did as well. So, I made a quick sketch of what your first tank most likely looked like:

http://ramseypawlik.com/gabes-tank.jpg

Notice the pair of RARE (now extinct) Dallasaurus turneri. Man, those must have been awesome! The school of gold fish are pretty cool too. Don't you still have them Gabe?

Also, don't hate on the algae on the glass, Mag Floats hadn't been invented yet.

txg8gxp

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 04:22 PM

hahahaha

Europhyllia

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 04:39 PM

lol@ramsey

ramsey

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 05:02 PM

The awesome thing is, Gabe's current tank looks exactly the same minus the dinosaurs.

Scream311

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 05:28 PM

Haha Nice Ramsey Nice

Big_Pun

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 05:37 PM

lmao, needs a clown and hippo tang

Europhyllia

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 05:49 PM

lmao, needs a clown and hippo tang

I think you missed the Amphiprion elmo in the middle

Kristy

Sat, 13th Nov 2010, 07:04 PM

I thought that was Gabe doing tank maintenance.

ismvel

Wed, 17th Nov 2010, 11:15 PM

Here is my first tank. It was in when I lived in Kansas City, I framed off a corner of my downstairs room and threw this thing up. It was around late 2006 - 2007

135 gallon

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS01.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS02.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS03.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS04.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS04.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS2.jpg

http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy270/ismvel/135FTS3.jpg

Mr Cob

Thu, 18th Nov 2010, 09:53 AM

Such an awesome tank Ismael! Especially for a first tank! I love that the side was open too.

Big_Pun

Thu, 18th Nov 2010, 10:07 AM

wow ismael! very nice love that red cap, and the bubble coral

Europhyllia

Thu, 18th Nov 2010, 10:11 AM

I think any of us would have been proud to have had a first tank (or second or third) like that!

tiger_eyed1

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 02:41 PM

This is my tank back from my Razorback Reef Days.
135g Perfecto

http://users.conwaycorp.net/ready/tank/TE1_135g_inners.JPG

http://users.conwaycorp.net/ready/tank/TE1_135g_live2.JPG

Big_Pun

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 03:23 PM

This is my tank back from my Razorback Reef Days.
135g Perfecto

nice tank,how long ago was that tank

ismvel

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 03:59 PM

Such an awesome tank Ismael! Especially for a first tank! I love that the side was open too.

wow ismael! very nice love that red cap, and the bubble coral

I think any of us would have been proud to have had a first tank (or second or third) like that!

Thank you Rob, Chris, and Karin....

I would say that of the several I have had was my favorite tank. I'd come home and just chill in my room put the game on and just relax.....It was on the lower level of the house and was my little man cave :)

ahhhhh memories....

tiger_eyed1

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 04:30 PM

nice tank,how long ago was that tank

That was back in 2005. I've moved and upgraded so I don't even have that tank anymore. I do sill have all the rock :)

Scream311

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 04:50 PM

Wow Marcus ! That is an Impressive First Build ! I'm sure living in Florida at the Time Helped a Great Deal

Europhyllia

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 05:02 PM

No kidding!!! Geesh. You guys have amazing first tanks!

My very first tank looked like this:
http://www.kitchen-biodiesel.com/images/balljar.jpg

Back in the day they used scam little kids out of money by selling them brine shrimp eggs and calling them seamonkeys...

OMG! They still have them! Same picture and everything. I am tempted to order some all over again!
http://www.sea-monkeys.com/

Scream311

Mon, 29th Nov 2010, 05:58 PM

Haaaaaa Karin. I was one of those Kids too !

Regric25

Wed, 1st Dec 2010, 02:25 AM

I don't have a photo but I have a youtube video. Check out all my videos on my channel.

I can't figure out how to embed this video but Here is a link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLpPb3z-iG0

If a mod knows how to embed help me out if ya want :) Thanks!

FireWater

Wed, 1st Dec 2010, 09:10 AM

I don't have any of my own pics but, here is a link to my first saltwater tank - http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?35082-FireWater-s-Sweet-29g-Oceanic-Biocube-%2856k-no-way%29&highlight=firewater

I think it was set up for close to a year by the time these pics were taken.