Hello fellow reefers!

[CMMorgan]

Welcome to the fishy family!! I am certain that you and your son will share many beautiful memories together.

 

[G Santana]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Macbalacano]

Hi guys! I wanted to introduce myself to the forum. My name is Trey and I have an addiction to SPS corals. I have alway been drawn to SPS dominant tanks and in the 90's I decided I needed to build one for myself. What started off as a 55gal, quickly evolved into a 250gal SPS dominant tank over the span of a couple years. As you guys know it took years of hard work and countless hrs to get to where I wanted. After rougly 10yrs of building my dream tank, on a nice sunny day 4hrs out to start my wife's and my annual road trip, I get the call. A good friend of mine with zero experience was left to keep an eye out and feed the fish and what not. Well, he calls and tell me " your tank is milky white. Do i need to do something?" Not a good thing to hear when your 300 miles away. Anyhow, I lost everything. It was heartbreaking. I was beside myself and decided I was done and took it all down and got out of the hobby all together. Fast foward 15 years. I now have a 6yo boy and began noticing he was drawn to aquriums. Well, I relapsed and went down the rabbit hole again. Only this time on a nano scale. I have began building "my son" a nano SPS dominant tank. Im amazed with the technology thats available now to manage reef tanks. I currently have a 20gal Waterbox cube. It is an SPS dominant nano tank. Went with live rock and decided I wanted the look of a sand bed. Its been running since November. It is already loaded with frags which are doing beautifully. For circulation I run a Nero 3 power head and an Icecap gyre 2000. Return pump is a sicce 1.0. For lighting I went with 1 Radeon xr30 g5 pro blue. Controller is an Apex el. I also began dosing Aquaforest Component 1,2,3 via Apex DOS. For auto top off, Im using XP Aqua ultimate ATO. So far everything has been running smooth. I look foward to seeing and reading about everyones experience. Feels good to be back in the hobby.

Welcome! Gorgeous tank!

 

[SPR1968]

Hi Trey Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world Trey. Great looking tank. Good to involve your son. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[Zach B]

Welcome