Greetings from the Jersey Shore

Hello all. I am Drew, and I have a fish problem. Been obsessed with fish and the underwater world in general for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories is helping my dad with his 55 gallon tank, and I did such a great job he got me my own tank, with ironically the same maintence schedule. I’m 51 now and have had fish almost all the years in between. I have had nearly everything you can keep in 90 gallons or less in FW, and 3 years ago I began my reef journey. I started with a 24 gallon AIO, then grabbed a 55 corner with a sump off Craigs list, and about a year ago I combined those 2 systems into a 210 gallon system. It still amazes me how different sw is from fw.

Aside from the reef, which is mostly fish and some baby corals, I have a planted and CO2 injected South American system, and an Mbuna system. I live in Ocean County not far from Atlantic City. See you all around…
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Welcome to R2R Drew
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WHAT PART OF LIVING WITH A REEF TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE?

  • How much space the supplies and equipment take up

    Votes: 9 52.9%
  • Salt creep, spills, and cleanup outside the tank

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Planning trips or finding someone to care for the reef

    Votes: 6 35.3%
  • How attached I’d get to individual animals

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Making decisions when there’s no clear right answer

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • How much the reef affects everyday household life

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • Nothing in particular, I felt well prepared

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 1 5.9%
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