This is really exciting for me. I have dreamed of having a reef tank for more than a decade. In fact, I have wanted a reef tank so long that I got interested when people used to buy books to learn instead of going to internet forums . Here is my collection.
After so long, the time has come when I am semi-permanently settled into a house (instead of moving every few years) and have the financial resources to think I can afford this hobby. I was really inspired by the BRS 5 minute guide and I finally decided to jump in. I have been buying a little bit of equipment every month and I have enough to get started now.
I am building a 40 gallon breeder. Here is a photo.
I am not a carpenter at all but I built the stand myself. I am pretty happy with it. Its not professional quality if you look closely but its definitely passable if your not looking for problems. The people on the forums here who documented their stand builds were a great help for the design.
I also have a small quarantine tank. Its a converted fresh water tank/terrarium that hasn't been used for twenty years. I kept it because I always thought I would use it as a sump, but for this build I am going sumpless. Here is a photo of that.
I really look forward to documenting my journey. I hope it will help some else as much as all of the build threads on this forum helped me.
After so long, the time has come when I am semi-permanently settled into a house (instead of moving every few years) and have the financial resources to think I can afford this hobby. I was really inspired by the BRS 5 minute guide and I finally decided to jump in. I have been buying a little bit of equipment every month and I have enough to get started now.
I am building a 40 gallon breeder. Here is a photo.
I am not a carpenter at all but I built the stand myself. I am pretty happy with it. Its not professional quality if you look closely but its definitely passable if your not looking for problems. The people on the forums here who documented their stand builds were a great help for the design.
I also have a small quarantine tank. Its a converted fresh water tank/terrarium that hasn't been used for twenty years. I kept it because I always thought I would use it as a sump, but for this build I am going sumpless. Here is a photo of that.
I really look forward to documenting my journey. I hope it will help some else as much as all of the build threads on this forum helped me.