Like I stated earlier, I've been in the hobby for about nine years.  I originally started out as a Freshwater fish keeper.  My first tank was a ten gallon, I had bought from a friend, just to have a nice little something to enhance my new apartment living room.  I didn't know it was the beginning of a huge, huge investment beyond my belief.  If you had told me that I would have accumulated more than $6000.00 in fish equipment, accessories, fish and coral, I would have told you were crazy, but I have.   I don't keep an account on my expenditures, I don't want anything to reinforce the fact that I have a problem.  

I move from the ten gallon to a 55 gallon when my Oscar got too big.  I then bought several more fish and they grew so I moved up to a 75gallon.  I wanted larger, so then moved to a hundred gallon, and I have had it for 7 1/2 years.  I traded all my freshwater fish in for salt and crush coral after my favorite freshwater fish (arowanna), jumped out of the tank and died.  So, I then  begin my saltwater journey.  I didn't kill many fish in the beginning because I mainly brought aggressive fish, but I unfortunately fell victim to a couple of stores who sold me corals knowing I didn't have the system to maintain them.  I learned fast to research, research, research before I go to the shops, cause most will sale you anything if they could. 

Now, this summer was pretty good, I added several new fish along with a few new corals.  I also bought a new 1/3 hp chiller along with a U.V. Sterilizer.   Added a new ballast to my existing halide set-up and put an close loop system on my tank.  This summer was really productive and I plan to buy an 215gal.  by December.  I'm in the process of designing my stand and canopy.  I've found that D.I.Y. projects are cheaper and more rewarding.  I built my Sump, which I broke this past summer so I had to purchase an new sump one.  I built my canopy, canopy top for refugium, my reservoir, and did all the work on the Refugium.  I think I've done a pretty good job and have spent half the money.  My tank is running at peak performance right now.  I switch from biweekly water changes to smaller weekly water changes and I must say it looks good.  I also just purchased some 14k bulbs which looks beautiful.

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