Tanks older than Five years

[chumcrazy]

Exactly what the title says. Maybe a pic with list of equipment. I wonder how many old nano tanks are out there.

[jcs11235]

i have had mine for 5 years.. Its been thru so many changes in the begining but now its stable. i have a 10 gal hex. 80 watts pc lighting. 20 lbs live sand-25lbs live rock. I am running a aquaclear 20 with chemipure. Current live stock: tomato clown,watchman goby, a bunch of snails,hermits, cleaner shrimp, gsp,zoas,frogspawn,mushrooms,cabbage leather,finger leather,rics, and candycanes.

[cdr5y7]

be cool to see starting pics then maybe yearly growth shots. if you have them.

[AZDesertRat]

This nano started out in a well used standard 20H glass tank in 1990. It was later transferred into a new 20H in probably 2000. Later I bought a Via Aqua 18G curved glass tank which worked well until one evening I hear my wife scream and the sound of running water hitting a tile floor! The tank cracked top to bottom so was transferred overnight into 5G buckets. That was two years ago and it is now in a 16G bowfront and still doing fine.

The mushrooms, polyps and sebae anemone are all from the 1990 tank so are 20 years old. The equipment evolved from a Skilter, Rio 90 powerhead and 4x18w normal output fluorescents to a CPR BakPak skimmer and 2x65w PC lights then 3x65w PC to todays modified AC500 fuge, Koralia K1 and 96w powerquad PC.

Various stages over the years:

 

 

 

 

I just realized I don't have any of the old 20G pictures or current ones in the 16G as it is getting overgrown on PhotoBucket, I'll have to dig up a few and post.