Mathnes
Community Member
Hi All, been watching reef2reef since starting this hobby and finally made an account. Please excuse my English, I try my best.
I started reefing last year. Before that I had freshwater aquariums on and off but it never could catch my attention as reefing has done. I think I was inspired by Danny’s aquariums. The guy who has a YouTube channel and keeps reefs without sumps and skimmers. For me this was a eye opener because this was the first time I discovered you can start small/simple in reefing. I used a 10g aquarium with a oase biomaster as my first reef. I think I kept it for 5 months and was a great introduction to reefing. I made a lot of faults there, like using a cheap hydrometer which led to having a salinity of 39 for months, or a crummy heater and running the temp way to high, chancing things way to fast., etc.etc. But it was a great learning experience.
After that I upgraded to my current aquarium. A 25g custom/shallow reef. With sump. This is when it really started for me. It was great to finally have a sump to put stuff out of sight. And I finally had room to buy more corals! And not to forget fish. In the 10g I only kept inverts and didn’t know I would enjoy the fish as I do now. Made a lot more mistakes(nothing mayor) bought a lot of coral, lost a lot of coral. And grew out of room fast. So, in January I decided to order a new 75g nyos opus 300 and still waiting( allegedly production problems)ordered a nice polycarbonate lid to match and currently have all the new equipment waiting on my shelf(hope it all works).
In the mean time I moved my reef to another spot, bought more corals and fish, built and cycling my new aquascape and try to keep motivated during the wait for my new reef.
It is a pleasure to join and excited for the future. Nice to meet you.
I started reefing last year. Before that I had freshwater aquariums on and off but it never could catch my attention as reefing has done. I think I was inspired by Danny’s aquariums. The guy who has a YouTube channel and keeps reefs without sumps and skimmers. For me this was a eye opener because this was the first time I discovered you can start small/simple in reefing. I used a 10g aquarium with a oase biomaster as my first reef. I think I kept it for 5 months and was a great introduction to reefing. I made a lot of faults there, like using a cheap hydrometer which led to having a salinity of 39 for months, or a crummy heater and running the temp way to high, chancing things way to fast., etc.etc. But it was a great learning experience.
After that I upgraded to my current aquarium. A 25g custom/shallow reef. With sump. This is when it really started for me. It was great to finally have a sump to put stuff out of sight. And I finally had room to buy more corals! And not to forget fish. In the 10g I only kept inverts and didn’t know I would enjoy the fish as I do now. Made a lot more mistakes(nothing mayor) bought a lot of coral, lost a lot of coral. And grew out of room fast. So, in January I decided to order a new 75g nyos opus 300 and still waiting( allegedly production problems)ordered a nice polycarbonate lid to match and currently have all the new equipment waiting on my shelf(hope it all works).
In the mean time I moved my reef to another spot, bought more corals and fish, built and cycling my new aquascape and try to keep motivated during the wait for my new reef.
It is a pleasure to join and excited for the future. Nice to meet you.
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