Wondering what’s the longest up and running tank on ARC.
mine is only a little over a year after reboot of losing everything during a move.
mine is only a little over a year after reboot of losing everything during a move.
How long have you had your tank up and running?
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Back when I first started, I ran my tanks for almost 10 years. With my recent return to the hobby, my tanks were up for almost a year before disaster struck. Hoping this tank will be my forever system and it stays up and running a good long while.
I think we all been there. I’m at a year and I’m itching to change.
10 years!! Nice.
My 120 in its current location has been up for 3 years, before that it was a 90 for about three years, before that it was a 65 for about a year. I have moved a few times, I bought a bigger tank everytime I moved, old tank contents went into new tank. I never experienced any negative results during the moves/upgrades. Including transplants around 7 years, no reboots and no serious crashes.
I've had the same basic tank in my living room for 17+ years. I swapped out the glass in 2010 so it's officially going to be 10 years old this summer.
that is a long running tank. What size?
Currently, I’m at 1 year.
My first tank ever was a 75g I had for ~5 years; purchased used on Craigslist and transferred all rock, sand, and 50% water. That was running for over 30 years before I purchased it, and is the longest I had ever heard. ...however, it is no longer running, so it doesn’t count. Lol
My first tank ever was a 75g I had for ~5 years; purchased used on Craigslist and transferred all rock, sand, and 50% water. That was running for over 30 years before I purchased it, and is the longest I had ever heard. ...however, it is no longer running, so it doesn’t count. Lol
wait... the previous owner ran it for 30 years?
Yes. As a high schooler, he set up the tank. And when he went off to college, he taught his dad how to feed the fish and do a monthly water change. Auto top off was plugged into RODI hard-plumbed into the wall (and in retrospect, they got terribly lucky no issues happened in so many years). Anyways, he went off to college, then graduated, got a job, had kids... meanwhile, his dad was just doing a monthly water change on the sons tank. Lol. Then the dad decided to sell the tank one day, as his son clearly no longer wanted it. “Over 30 years” is what the old man told me
when I got it; it was overgrown with green hair algae, including the front glass,... and about 100-200 purple discosoma mushrooms and a few toadstools. No fish.
Just a regular old 65g reef ready tank. I set it up initially in 2000 and after 10 got a good deal on the exact same tank (but brand new). Took the opportunity to re-scape everything and got rid of all the scratches. My basement is where I have the most fun in terms of swapping and moving tank around.
My 90g is right at 6 years and I’m breaking it down. I had it running right before our first thanksgiving in our house.
My 20g has been going right around a year. I set it up just before my daughter was born in February
My 20g has been going right around a year. I set it up just before my daughter was born in February
The 180gal in my signature was bought from another member on the original ARC site in October of 2006. It was set up within a month and is still running today. It's been through many stages, and at one time was quite a nice mixed reef. 
After a second major tank crash, it's basically a FOWLR with 3 fish.
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After a second major tank crash, it's basically a FOWLR with 3 fish.
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180 up for eight years... will be pulling down next year for a move.
