Post a picture of a tank you miss.

[RayAllen]

Post a pic of a tank you no longer have, but think about it from time to time.

My 39g Cube in wall, the last phase Late 2008 was a Anemone and Clam only tank. I look at these pics and wonder why I took it down.

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[Mr Cob]

144g half circle : (
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs202.snc1/6922_1040474188206_1716090084_77571_319936_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=75622&id=1716090084)

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs222.snc1/6922_1042234112203_1716090084_81106_6326419_n.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4526212755_73213e8107.jpg


I wanted to comment on your in wall tank Ray...forgot, man that thing was awesome. I remember the build thread. But, you did it up right when you tore it down by making a built in for your entertainment media. Was a cool idea.

[RayAllen]

Rob your half circle was one of the best out there. The black foam really set it off.

[jroescher]

Maybe Ace will post a picture of his clam tank for me. I miss that tank.

[Mr Cob]

^or his SPS tank...that thing was killer, it was my desktop background for awhile...lol, same with Bernie's old SPS tank.

[hobogato]

can i post two?

the 240 just before i got out of the hobby for a short break
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC04743.jpg

and when it was sps dominant:

pre AEFW
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/fulltank11_25.jpg
post AEFW
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02002.jpg

the clam and cuttlefish tank side table
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/clamsncuttles/DSC02006.jpg

earlier pic of some of the clams
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/clams2007_1_15.jpg

[Europhyllia]

Oh WOW. I love that 240 with the eel. Looks like the big brother to your current tank.

[hobogato]

Oh WOW. I love that 240 with the eel. Looks like the big brother to your current tank.

yeah, it was very similar and my current tank is definitely modeled after it. i do miss having that H. magnifica tho

that eel is still at the zoo - bigger of the two zebras in their eel tank. we just visited him this Sunday :)

we need to get to seaworld to visit all of the tangs...

[RayAllen]

Ace your aquariums were and your current aquarium have always been a inspiration for me in this hobby.

[hobogato]

thanks ray, that is a really nice compliment. you had to start this thread and make me look back at that big tank didnt you...

[fjr_wertheimber]

Yeah, Ace, your tanks have always been one of my inspirations, too... Such beautiful pieces of living art, and I love that you're always trying something new, something a bit different from the norm... Gorgeous tanks, man... Hopefully my new 210 will follow your example...

[Janus]

I miss my old Biocube setup before it had cologne dumped into it by the ex. I really miss my mandarin most of all....that little girl ate frozen LIKE A BOSS :)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/janus_shilo/Picture184.jpg

[Bill S]

Front:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z157/bstreep/IMG_2044.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z157/bstreep/IMG_1399.jpg

Back:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z157/bstreep/IMG_1385.jpg

[hobogato]

yep, miss staring at that tank every time i visited bill. although, your discuss tank is certainly stare-worthy :)

[Janus]

I still say discuss are one of the few things that have tempted me to get back into a FW tank

[Europhyllia]

You guys are crazy.
Why would anybody take down any of these awesome tanks?!

I don't miss any of my old tanks. They were horrid. lol

[RayAllen]

Bill your reef was beautiful. The Discuss tank was nice to see to.

[edshas2]

heres my 14g biocube i had. it was nice had it up for labout 2 years.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c332/uknowbest/142.jpg

[hobogato]

very nice!

[Janus]

Very nice indeed!

[ErikH]

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x315/erikharrison/Fish/12-05-2009/DSC_0099.jpg

[hobogato]

oh yeah, that was a sweet tank erik.

[Bill S]

Ugh. These trips down memory lane are hard...

[ErikH]

oh yeah, that was a sweet tank erik.

Thanks!


Ugh. These trips down memory lane are hard...

Tell me about it, all of that rock is going to sit and dry corals included so I can get rid of the RP. Well, unless someone wants to buy it all...

[Mr Cob]

Erik...Bill, I miss both your tanks.

[RayAllen]

Erik your 75g was sweet, got so much better with time.

[ismvel]

Sure i'll play along with my tank from KC. 135 gallon. Moved down here so I had to sell house and tank. :) I sectioned off a corner of my TV room downstairs and built the stand, put up the drywall, painted it, and did up the trim, and made that big ugly peice of rock on the right hand side of the tank with multiple tunnels for fish and such to hide in and swim around. :)

2 sides viewable AND SORRY for all the photos.... well not really you guys started this sad road. :(
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/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

[hobogato]

here are two more tanks i miss, not mine, just my pics

texreefer's plywood tank
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01777.jpg

texreefer's 190
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC04463.jpg

i hope you dont mind me posting these mike

[RayAllen]

texreefers aquariums were AMAZING! Out of a magazine nice, If I recall Didnt the plywood tank get tank of the year.

[Europhyllia]

texreefer's 190
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC04463.jpg
i hope you dont mind me posting these mike
That 190 is awesome. The colors actually remind me a lot of Ace's tankshots with those pretty gold and red hues

[RayAllen]

ismvel Nice corner wall aquarium.

I didnt know you were from KC, wife and I lived there a little over 2years. Glad im not there this winter, cold enough here.

Keep the photos coming folks

This was the 39g inwall before I made it a clam/anemone tank.

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[RayAllen]

are you guys using photobucket to imbed your photos. Ive been using the insert image button and it makes the pics small.

[hobogato]

That 190 is awesome. The colors actually remind me a lot of Ace's tankshots with those pretty gold and red hues

that is because he had a solar tube over his tank too ;)


are you guys using photobucket to imbed your photos. Ive been using the insert image button and it makes the pics small.

yep

[ismvel]

ismvel Nice corner wall aquarium.

I didnt know you were from KC, wife and I lived there a little over 2years. Glad im not there this winter, cold enough here.


Thanks Ray,
Yeah we lived in KC a couple of times. My wife and I were stationed @ Whiteman, then she got out and got a job in Overland Park, so we purchased a house in Blue Springs. Then we ended up selling that one and purchasing a new home (where the fish tank was at) in Northern KC area in between Kearney (where her best friend still lives) and Liberty. We loved KC very much, but YEAH, I am feeling your sentiments. They can have that winter. LOL....I still hop onto their local reef club site as well to see how folks are doing.

And nice inwall.

[Mr Cob]

are you guys using photobucket to imbed your photos. Ive been using the insert image button and it makes the pics small.

I use flickr.com and I just copy and past the image.

Ismael, I love how you had the corner viewable on that in wall tank.

Yeah, Mike's tanks were sweet.

[Europhyllia]

that is because he had a solar tube over his tank too ;)

I bet at least half the people reading this just looked over at their tanks and at least briefly considered a hole in their ceiling. I know I did. lol

[hobogato]

alright brian, your turn to post...

[greenmako]

I miss my tank but I don't miss the work :wink_smile:

http://www.greenmako.com/Aquariums/300-Gallon-SPS-Reef-Tank/Full-Tank-Shots/fts3/299259520_LzQXS-L.jpg

http://www.greenmako.com/Aquariums/300-Gallon-SPS-Reef-Tank/Full-Tank-Shots/IMG5249/247281158_R42ja-M.jpg

[txav8r]

That tank was amazing Brian!!

[hobogato]

:shades::applause:

[Mr Cob]

Help, I've fallen and I can't get up. lol

Alright close the thread!

I can't believe I forgot about Brian's tank. Insane!

[RayAllen]

Brians tank was sick, In a good way. Tank of the month on reefcentral, not easy to do.

[CoryDude]

Brian's was my inspiration when I first joined maast. Still is!!!

[Bill S]

Brian's tank WAS sick. I couldn't believe he tore it down. Then I tore mine down.

Mike's plywood tank was an inspiration to MANY. The really unfortunate thing is that he tore it down to "improve" it, and then kept having tank problems with his new tanks.

We (MAAST) lost a LOT of great tanks in a very short period of time.

[profntbtr]

i wish i still had pictures that would do justice to my pico. 2.5 gallon wall mounted, $3-400 in exotic zoas and acans fell off the wall whilst i was away and returned home to its inhabitants desiccated on the tile. i cried more than a bit.

[Europhyllia]

I would love to hear the stories that went with the tanks and why they were torn down if the owners would like to share...

[RayAllen]

Brian's tank WAS sick. I couldn't believe he tore it down. Then I tore mine down.

Mike's plywood tank was an inspiration to MANY. The really unfortunate thing is that he tore it down to "improve" it, and then kept having tank problems with his new tanks.

We (MAAST) lost a LOT of great tanks in a very short period of time.

It is crazy when you think about how many of the GREAT tanks were torn down. Seemed like overnight, really. New people on here missed out on some of the best reef tanks.

[RayAllen]

Cant forget about Troy Valentines tank. I think it was 2007 the last time I got to see it in person. Beautiful reef.

[Europhyllia]

I saw it in 2010 :)
Still beautiful especially with that monster clam!

[Kristy]

Cant forget about Troy Valentines tank. I think it was 2007 the last time I got to see it in person. Beautiful reef.

Troy didn't tear his down did he though? I think it's still up!

[RayAllen]

Sorry for the confusion. I just meant that no one had mentioned Troys tank yet, not that it was gone.

[Bill S]

I would love to hear the stories that went with the tanks and why they were torn down if the owners would like to share...

Being honest, several of these came down in part because of what was going on at MAAST at the time. When you become alienated from your friends that you have a common interest with, you tend to lose interest.

Mine was a combination of things: The above, a bryopsis outbreak, and the ongoing cost. My wife says I put $15K into that tank. I'd bet I put $2K into trying to get rid of bryopsis. When I finally decided to tear it down to get rid of the bryopsis, I lost all of my SPS - and that quickly became the end.

[hobogato]

for me, it was a single event. while driving to the coast on a family trip, i spent most of the drive talking to tank owners in Corpus Christi about coming to visit that weekend. As i hung up the phone on the last phone call I had the sudden realization that I was neglecting my family for a fish tank. I posted the tank for sale from my inlaws' house in CC and took my first break from having a tank in about 15 years. even tho the time away was only about 6 months, it was enough time to reprogram myself and my priorities :)

[RayAllen]

With me Im a person who likes to change things. Rather its the re-arranging furniture in the house, starting a new hobby or changing a aquarium. My wife is the exact opposite, I stress her out sometimes with my changing everything disorder.

Although im not as bad as changing aquariums as some other maastards (i wont name any names ;) ) ive had my fair share. 8 saltwater aquarium within the last 7 years that I can think of (not counting freshwater tanks :) ). Really not that bad when I look at it that way. Im letting the 180g mature before switching over to my next tank which im already thinking about. Going to wait at least another year if I can help it. Want a large 3x3 cube.

[RayAllen]

Being honest, several of these came down in part because of what was going on at MAAST at the time. When you become alienated from your friends that you have a common interest with, you tend to lose interest.

Mine was a combination of things: The above, a bryopsis outbreak, and the ongoing cost. My wife says I put $15K into that tank. I'd bet I put $2K into trying to get rid of bryopsis. When I finally decided to tear it down to get rid of the bryopsis, I lost all of my SPS - and that quickly became the end.

Bill you lasted a lot longer than I would have, I would have given up and went fresh long before you called a quits

[jroescher]

The only thing missing now is one of SamIamorami's Zen Reef tank with the buddha.

[ErikH]

I found some pics (Allan made me look for them:D) of my old 75. I know I already posted a pic, but here are a few more.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x315/erikharrison/Fish/5-2-09/DSC_0103.jpg

Texas trash palys have since ravished these rocks, and they all look brown now. It's so sad!

Here's some Eye of Rah Zoas which turned a crazy light blue. They look much nicer in this pic than when I originally got them.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x315/erikharrison/Fish/5-2-09/DSC_0056.jpg

One more....
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x315/erikharrison/Fish/200g%20Oceanic/4-8-2010/DSC_0618.jpg


And who can forget the Natty Tank?

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x315/erikharrison/Fish/DSC_0003Large.jpg

[Europhyllia]

Oh tell me more about the Natty tank!

[Mr Cob]

I tore my half circle down because of a planned moved...but I really needed $ to cover my share of starting a side business.

Another tank I miss...which I was reminded of when I saw Erik's macro tank above (which by the way mine does not compare to his amazing macro tank)...

8g BioCube macro tank: I really enjoyed this tank...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2222/4368029425_639760a878.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4368773928_35c485233c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4368769356_314612cdfe.jpg

[Mr Cob]

for me, it was a single event. while driving to the coast on a family trip, i spent most of the drive talking to tank owners in Corpus Christi about coming to visit that weekend. As i hung up the phone on the last phone call I had the sudden realization that I was neglecting my family for a fish tank. I posted the tank for sale from my inlaws' house in CC and took my first break from having a tank in about 15 years. even tho the time away was only about 6 months, it was enough time to reprogram myself and my priorities :)

That's awesome Ace. Thanks for sharing that. I think we all get caught up in our hobby and not many of us are ever aware of the neglect we might be showing our loved ones or if we are aware we don't do anything about it. It's great that you took action and didn't let something come in the way of what's important in your life.

I find myself trying my hardest at times to just go straight to my boys and wife when I get home instead of my tank and do my best to not even look in the direction of my tanks until everyone is sleeping :) I think I need those blinders that race horses wear....you know the covers that keep their eyes straight ahead. lol

[lt1z28]

My 240.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3564.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3565.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3570.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3569.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3568.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3556.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_3557.jpg

[Mr Cob]

amazing tank Bernie...one of the best I've seen in person. And...honestly those pics do no justice for that tank...the colors were simply amazing. The kind of tank that got you thinking about our creator....

[Europhyllia]

so what's the story? Where did it go? Why was it taken down?

[ErikH]

Miss your skills B-Man!

[lt1z28]

amazing tank Bernie...one of the best I've seen in person. And...honestly those pics do no justice for that tank...the colors were simply amazing. The kind of tank that got you thinking about our creator....
Thanks!


so what's the story? Where did it go? Why was it taken down?
I lost alot of my corals after trying to replace the stand the 240 sat on with a taller stand. I then sold everything that was left when we sold our home.


Miss your skills B-Man!
I'll be back soon!

[RayAllen]

I lost alot of my corals after trying to replace the stand the 240 sat on with a taller stand. I then sold everything that was left when we sold our home.



Its amazing how one change can cause so many problems in this hobby.