from 29 to 55 ... the addiction grows *** new pics added 05.11.11

Over the weekend I made the leap from my 29 gallon to a 55 gallon. I got a deal that I couldn't pass up for all completely brand new equipment so I had to take it. Right now in the pics all that is in the tank is what was in my 29. I am ordering 50lbs of base rock probably this weekend to arrive late next week and a huge pack of snails too. I scrubbed every inch of my LR with dirty tank water to get off as much of my HA problem as possible before I transferred it into my new tank.

We started with this....


And went to this...

sounds like your becoming part of the MTS club too

No not really MTS...I sold the 29.

Cool deal. Looks good. I cant wait to see it loaded. I have got to get my new tank up and running too. But congrats.

Very nice!

Coming along very nicely!

nice! your on your way to bigger and better things (in the SW world) more room and space for fish and corlz!! youll love it:)
you should have thought twice bout then crushed coral though......

I'll think twice on the crushed coral when / if it gives me trouble. Right now there is about 2" of aragonite on top of it.

Thanks though.

Who ever said a box of rocks is dumb? LOL ... the rocks arrived on Thursday and today I got them in the tank. OMG! I love it. I look at it and don't think I want to rearrange anything which is odd for me. I rearrange stuff all the time :wink:

Anyway....on with the pics!
The tank with just the rock from the 29 gallon...


The rocks after rinsing...





And now that they are wet!

I'm LOOOOOOOVIN IT!!

ITS A DISEASE...I told myself when I sold off the last 5 tanks that I would only keep the 180 now here I am back to 4 tanks and gonna build a 5th for a nursery..
you wait tanks are like tatar chips you can't have just one:)

Man, very pretty, and I love the stand and canopy!!

I agree with Cwhip !!! I started with one ,,,, that was 43 tanks ago !!!!!!
and we have maybe 25 other tanks that are not set up ( yet )

LOL pretty soon you'll find yourself stopping by LFS that aren't on the way home.
then you'll start adding new fish/corals while no one is around and hoping they don't notice the new additions "oh that old fish he came out of the live rock"
"credit card statement? what credit card statement?" the list go's on

Nothing new added to the tank just took some new pics last night...

cwhip wrote:

LOL pretty soon you'll find yourself stopping by LFS that aren't on the way home.
then you'll start adding new fish/corals while no one is around and hoping they don't notice the new additions "oh that old fish he came out of the live rock"
"credit card statement? what credit card statement?" the list go's on

I have to admit that i have added stuff while no one is around and had it work successfully for the most part. lol. until my kids noticed and said something in front of my hubby. oops!

Where did you obtain your dry rock?

popebosephus wrote:

Where did you obtain your dry rock?

http://www.reefcleaners.org

I got the 50# for $85 (including shipping) package. You can tell him if you want a certain size pieces too. I told him to send me medium sized stuff to fill in my 55 gallon with and I love what he sent.

thanks! I'm debating between that and the brs eco-saver/pukani at the moment. I'm going from 29 to either a 58 (almost in hand) or a 65 (tank only deal on CL, would have to ditch 58)... not entirely sure yet. Either way... I'm gonna need another 50 pounds of rock.

Here's where I openly admit I've been wrong about SPS in the past, and now I must have all the tasty acros under the sun. Build thread forthcoming once I have the 58 in hand.

Hey we all change our minds as we go! That's why anyone starting a FOWLR tank, I advise ahead of time that they should build toward corals because they ARE going to want them once they get started!