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Hello R2R I'm Josh. Welcome to my first thread. I've been contemplating this for months. I got my first Partner badge today and it motivated me to get this going.
The title might make me sound like a crazy cat lady for corals, but it's finally time I start a build thread of this hobby that has taken over most of my life in the last 18 months. After swapping through/owning 13 different tanks (about half of which I didn't use or haven't used yet) and pushing $30,000 in purchases, I hope you enjoy this story. I will be making multiple posts instead of one mile long post you'll never want to read.
I selected big tanks as my primary and largest tank is the Waterbox 230.6 ...which we will get to later.
Where to begin?
I had 2 tanks about 5 years ago, I never speak of them because I was not a well educated reefer and was irresponsible. But it happened, I only have 1 or 2 pictures that I'll throw up. Not proud of that.
Fast forward to post-military life and a real house.
I begged the wife and with her reluctant approval, I put a $100, 55 gallon tank with HOB filters and coral "wall paper" scene in the living room. Those were the days your grandparents talk about where everything was a nickle.
The title might make me sound like a crazy cat lady for corals, but it's finally time I start a build thread of this hobby that has taken over most of my life in the last 18 months. After swapping through/owning 13 different tanks (about half of which I didn't use or haven't used yet) and pushing $30,000 in purchases, I hope you enjoy this story. I will be making multiple posts instead of one mile long post you'll never want to read.
I selected big tanks as my primary and largest tank is the Waterbox 230.6 ...which we will get to later.
Where to begin?
I had 2 tanks about 5 years ago, I never speak of them because I was not a well educated reefer and was irresponsible. But it happened, I only have 1 or 2 pictures that I'll throw up. Not proud of that.
Fast forward to post-military life and a real house.
I begged the wife and with her reluctant approval, I put a $100, 55 gallon tank with HOB filters and coral "wall paper" scene in the living room. Those were the days your grandparents talk about where everything was a nickle.