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Hey I’m John from California and getting back into the hobby. I have a daughter who’s 8 who’s been asking for an aquarium.
I sprung a leak on a 225 in wall mixed reef and I just walked away for a long time.
Last time I was around here, Triton testing was new, they were banning fish sales and certain live rock. Still trying to play catch up on the hobby as I’m sure there’s tons of new products and methods so look forward to doing some research. I’ve had a 60 gallon Lee Mar shallow cube sitting around new/unused for like 15 years so that’ll be the next build.
I’m a welder by trade so I’m going to build the stand this week and order some equipment.
Is no one using Radium’s anymore btw!
 
Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family! :D
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Welcome John! I’m completely new to reefing and still just researching and planning for a build I hope to start in 2028. I’m currently building a 29g freshwater betta community tank. I know a lot has changed. I’ve been watching the BRStv video series called “52 weeks of reefing”. It’s 10 years old and some of the manufacturers they liked are gone.
 
Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

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Hey I’m John from California and getting back into the hobby. I have a daughter who’s 8 who’s been asking for an aquarium.
I sprung a leak on a 225 in wall mixed reef and I just walked away for a long time.
Last time I was around here, Triton testing was new, they were banning fish sales and certain live rock. Still trying to play catch up on the hobby as I’m sure there’s tons of new products and methods so look forward to doing some research. I’ve had a 60 gallon Lee Mar shallow cube sitting around new/unused for like 15 years so that’ll be the next build.
I’m a welder by trade so I’m going to build the stand this week and order some equipment.
Is no one using Radium’s anymore btw!
Welcome to R2R!
 

WHAT KIND OF SUBSTRATE ARE YOU RUNNING ON YOUR TANK?

  • Bare bottom

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • A shallow bed of fine sand

    Votes: 6 25.0%
  • A shallow bed of coarser sand

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • A deep sand bed

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Mixed substrate or varying sand depth

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • Some other substrate (posted in the comments)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I don’t have a reef tank yet

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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