Welcome! Glad you joined. I'm in Grand Prairie, so perhaps we are close to each other. There is a great local club called Dallas Fort Worth Marine Aquarium Society (www.dfwmas.org). They'll have an info booth at Ft Worth Coral Farmers Market event this Sunday. Texas has Aquashella in August and Reef A Palooza in October, so its a big year!
Have you considered starting your build thread? I found its a great place to document my tank's evolution for myself. I started tank first then joined, so I'm still finding myself going back collecting pictures & updating historically as well as current state. Once you create your first post in your thread and link it to your account, they will give you build badge (look left, under my ID)
This is a good reference book type online article I still review:
The Supreme Guide To Setting Up A Saltwater Reef Aquarium
This article was sponsored by @MarineDepot at www.marinedepot.com. Introduction The marine environment is one of the most complex systems on the planet. The aquarium you are about to set up is only a tiny sliver of the vast ocean, but it is no...www.reef2reef.com
I'm in Arlington so it looks like we're neighbors! Thanks for all of the great info, I had no idea there were that many events coming up. Looking forward to attending as many as I can.
I've heard great things about DFWMAS, I'll definitely drop by to say hello on the forum.
To be brutally honest, I'm not even sure I know how some of the hardware on the tank works. I've still got a ton of reading to do. Once I don't feel like a complete idiot I'll look into a build thread.