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Ok, so, new to the forum and r2r it isn't exactly laid out like my usual haunts and I'm still figuring out what goes where so if this is posted in the wrong section I apologize in advance and trust the mods will move it to where it belongs.
First the backstory:
As I'm sure many of you can relate I've wanted a reef since the moment I first laid eyes on one as a child. Every time the idea came up I was always told that "it would be way too expensive and complicated to try something like that" and agreed "yeah you're probably right" and let it go. Until a day in the not so distant past I decided I can do whatever I want and I want a reef so I set to work researching and found out really it's not that difficult. One thing lead to another and next thing I knew i had a comprehensive plan for a fairly advanced 75 gallon system but as luck would have it shortly after that I had to scrap my budget to buy a house. Never being one to give up; I HAD to have a tank so here's my reef build on pocket change.
The Money:
Since I have to save everything I can for the house I've started going the extra mile to visit the ATM and make all of my daily purchases in cash and saving the change to fund my project. Now I must admit I did have a little cash stashed away for the original build and I decided that since it was already supposed to be reef money i wasn't putting it toward the house.
First the backstory:
As I'm sure many of you can relate I've wanted a reef since the moment I first laid eyes on one as a child. Every time the idea came up I was always told that "it would be way too expensive and complicated to try something like that" and agreed "yeah you're probably right" and let it go. Until a day in the not so distant past I decided I can do whatever I want and I want a reef so I set to work researching and found out really it's not that difficult. One thing lead to another and next thing I knew i had a comprehensive plan for a fairly advanced 75 gallon system but as luck would have it shortly after that I had to scrap my budget to buy a house. Never being one to give up; I HAD to have a tank so here's my reef build on pocket change.
The Money:
Since I have to save everything I can for the house I've started going the extra mile to visit the ATM and make all of my daily purchases in cash and saving the change to fund my project. Now I must admit I did have a little cash stashed away for the original build and I decided that since it was already supposed to be reef money i wasn't putting it toward the house.