Hello from Pittsburgh

JHSteepat · Apr 2, 2023

Hi all. Just getting back into the hobby after tossing arms up and selling off/giving away everything (SPS, fish, etc.) a little over 15 years ago; after trying to maintain a tank with 2 little kids and not understanding safety backup strategies (lost two nice fish to a power outage and pump failure). Putting together a build, eyeballing a WB Infinia 150.4 after thinking smaller. This will be my third saltwater and second reef. It will be a mixed reef (some LPS, lower light SPS, and zoas), but I am not there yet. Having a heck of a time trying to figure out things - too many choices and opinions and I'm finding that it's a slippery slope in terms of technology when 15 years ago I grew coral nicely with only a Current T5 fixture and a cruddy skimmer. I feel like a know a bit more know after lurking here and watching a ton of videos, but still wouldn't mind some mentoring independent of the LFS. I'll post my questions separately.

Excited to be here.