AcRomero412
Community Member
How’s it going reefers, I’m new here. I go by Drew, I’m from Pittsburgh, and il be starting my first salt water aquarium very soon. Iv had several fresh water tanks over the years, the largest being a 180g planted tank with about 50 red bellies at the start, less by the end lol. I had it for years before I ended up moving and giving it to a friend who wanted it. But I haven’t kept any fish or reptiles for about 10 years now.
I love scuba diving and have several certifications to my name. And have witnessed some incredible things diving mostly around the Bahamas and Virgin Islands, but again I haven’t been diving in years. But I always loved the ocean, which we don’t have in Pittsburgh, so a couple years ago I made this account when I was getting really into the idea of keeping corals. Ultimately I got side tracked and got into motorcycles and warhammer instead (I seem to collect expensive hobbies
) Pics below..
But I’m here now, and have committed myself to reefing in 2026 and beyond. I have ordered a Cade 1500 series 2 peninsula. It won’t be shipped till after the holidays and honestly I have no idea when it will arrive yet. But I have ordered about 200lbs worth of Marco rock, some large foundation Marco rocks and a bunch of glue/epoxy/plaster to start scaping the reef in the mean time. I’d love to talk about my aquascape ideas but I noticed there’s another thread for that so il post about it over there at some point. I will also start a thread about the tank and my ideas for that to.
There is so much to absorb when it comes to the salt life. Iv read 4 books, and listen to various podcasts and videos while at work for the past month or so and there can definitely be a bit of information overload. Iv been so consumed by it that I recently started having aquarium related dreams
. Anyways, il see you guys around, I plan to stay active and might potentially start posting on various socials like IG/YT to document the whole thing and see where this goes as a fun project.
I love scuba diving and have several certifications to my name. And have witnessed some incredible things diving mostly around the Bahamas and Virgin Islands, but again I haven’t been diving in years. But I always loved the ocean, which we don’t have in Pittsburgh, so a couple years ago I made this account when I was getting really into the idea of keeping corals. Ultimately I got side tracked and got into motorcycles and warhammer instead (I seem to collect expensive hobbies
) Pics below..But I’m here now, and have committed myself to reefing in 2026 and beyond. I have ordered a Cade 1500 series 2 peninsula. It won’t be shipped till after the holidays and honestly I have no idea when it will arrive yet. But I have ordered about 200lbs worth of Marco rock, some large foundation Marco rocks and a bunch of glue/epoxy/plaster to start scaping the reef in the mean time. I’d love to talk about my aquascape ideas but I noticed there’s another thread for that so il post about it over there at some point. I will also start a thread about the tank and my ideas for that to.
There is so much to absorb when it comes to the salt life. Iv read 4 books, and listen to various podcasts and videos while at work for the past month or so and there can definitely be a bit of information overload. Iv been so consumed by it that I recently started having aquarium related dreams
. Anyways, il see you guys around, I plan to stay active and might potentially start posting on various socials like IG/YT to document the whole thing and see where this goes as a fun project.
