Ive been meaning to do this for a while and with the new tank and equipment trickling in I figured better to do it now. Ive been keeping fish of one type or another for 30 years. I switched to saltwater about 15 years ago but never attempted a reef of any type. After a 5 year hiatus from the hobby due to several moves.... Im back!
I started with a 24 gallon aquapod back in august. 30 lbs of live rock and 20lbs of live sand
I found out later that I was talked out of the BioCube by a LFS employee who wanted it for himself. I had the AP setup for only a few hours when I found out and I was

so mad I broke down the tank and returned the AP for a 29 gallon biocube.
See the difference in the lighting? I added another 5lbs of rock and another bag of sand.