Hi, I’m CaptainJimmy, welcome to my first build ever.
I had never had any interest in keeping fish when I was young, I had three goldfish as a kid called Ren, Stimpy and Fluffy who lived a (very) short life.
Around a decade ago I stumbled across some cool pics of corals in a tank, did a search and came across a forum and discovered an entire world of people absolutely OBSESSED with reef tanks. It blew my mind!
I began to read through the forum, there were so many interesting threads. I knew nothing about any of the topics but the contributor’s passion was addictive and I couldn’t stop reading. I remember one afternoon while I was procrastinating at work I started reading a thread about someone looking for a bobbit worm in their tank. I’d never heard of a bobbit worm before so googled it (don’t do this btw, they are terrifying) and found myself following along. I think this was the thread if anyone is interested.
https://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/advanced-topics/84173-bobbit-worm-chronicles.html
Anyway, I was hooked. I discovered Manhattan reefs and R2R. I started researching tanks and planned to get one but I have lived in inner city apartments for the last decade and could never swing it. I have finally moved to a big place and have convinced my wife to let me pull the trigger as a covid time hobby, so here we go!
I have zero experience with tanks, plumbing, electrical work, basically any handyman stuff I don’t do. I have the soft, plump hands of a privileged layabout that works on computers for a living, manual labour has always been a foreign concept to me so needless to say this has been a seriously challenging experience so far. On the flip side it is exciting, i’m learning new skills and soon enough will be enjoying my aquatic friends with my family.
Plus, nipping over to home depot with the kid every weekend is pretty fun..
I have really struggled to find lots of details about things that are probably obvious to people with more experience, I found a lot of it quite stressful, however I have managed to bungle my way through so far and will do my best to list some of the info I couldn’t find and that I think will be helpful for people starting out.
I have already done a bunch of stuff, I have just been lazy about starting a thread so hopefully we can get through a few posts quickly.
Tag along for the ride if you like, I’m looking forward to discussing stuff with the wiser people around here.
I had never had any interest in keeping fish when I was young, I had three goldfish as a kid called Ren, Stimpy and Fluffy who lived a (very) short life.
Around a decade ago I stumbled across some cool pics of corals in a tank, did a search and came across a forum and discovered an entire world of people absolutely OBSESSED with reef tanks. It blew my mind!
I began to read through the forum, there were so many interesting threads. I knew nothing about any of the topics but the contributor’s passion was addictive and I couldn’t stop reading. I remember one afternoon while I was procrastinating at work I started reading a thread about someone looking for a bobbit worm in their tank. I’d never heard of a bobbit worm before so googled it (don’t do this btw, they are terrifying) and found myself following along. I think this was the thread if anyone is interested.
https://www.michiganreefers.com/forums/advanced-topics/84173-bobbit-worm-chronicles.html
Anyway, I was hooked. I discovered Manhattan reefs and R2R. I started researching tanks and planned to get one but I have lived in inner city apartments for the last decade and could never swing it. I have finally moved to a big place and have convinced my wife to let me pull the trigger as a covid time hobby, so here we go!
I have zero experience with tanks, plumbing, electrical work, basically any handyman stuff I don’t do. I have the soft, plump hands of a privileged layabout that works on computers for a living, manual labour has always been a foreign concept to me so needless to say this has been a seriously challenging experience so far. On the flip side it is exciting, i’m learning new skills and soon enough will be enjoying my aquatic friends with my family.
Plus, nipping over to home depot with the kid every weekend is pretty fun..
I have really struggled to find lots of details about things that are probably obvious to people with more experience, I found a lot of it quite stressful, however I have managed to bungle my way through so far and will do my best to list some of the info I couldn’t find and that I think will be helpful for people starting out.
I have already done a bunch of stuff, I have just been lazy about starting a thread so hopefully we can get through a few posts quickly.
Tag along for the ride if you like, I’m looking forward to discussing stuff with the wiser people around here.