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Been lurking for a long time and want to start posting. Previous username was my full name, and I'd rather have something else so here we are. Way high, as in, we live at nearly 9,000' in the mountains.

Started with salt water aquariums at age 10, which was more than 30 years ago. First reef (meaning trying to keep coral alive) was in 1998. There have been various setups and breaks with the hobby due to life happening over the years. Current setup started July 2018, the future QT system as I call it, is a 30 gallon JBJ AIO mixed reef. Here's a quick pic just snapped with my phone through an orange filter:
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Not sure exactly what to share before we move, hopefully this year. That means a new, large build which I plan to document here on R2R. Until then, looking forward to sharing random experiences with The Future QT and interacting with the fine folks of R2R.
 
Welcome to fantasy Island! ...wait no.. that was 80's TV....Welcome to reef2reef!

You cube guys posting your awesome pictures trying to peer pressure me into a small cube for my office! No... I can only build one tank at a time!

Btw thank you for saying you used an orange filter...been dying to figure out how everyone's pictures look awesome and mine looks like I am at a bad rave.
 
Thanks everyone for the compliments and a very warm welcome!

Are you moving up or down?
Hopefully neither. We like this altitude!

I wonder if the high altitude changes things in a reef tank .
Doesn't seem like it does anything, aside from an evaporation rate that rivals the desert. That and I think that maybe the first wrasse we tried to add popped a swim bladder or something on the drive up from the valley; I mean, something definitely happened on that car ride.

Btw thank you for saying you used an orange filter...been dying to figure out how everyone's pictures look awesome and mine looks like I am at a bad rave.
LOL. Yeah a cheap orange gel works above its pay grade.
 

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