KrustyCrab
New Member
Hello All,
I wanted to introduce myself as I recently signed up on this forum. My name is TJ and my family and I are ocean loving people who have been keeping saltwater fish since 1998. It started when I purchased a 125g glass aquarium which I built a custom stand and canopy for. We’ve owned a number of different fish in the years following including Dogface Puffers, Spiny Puffers, Snowflake Eels, various large wrasses, tangs and triggerfish. Up until about three years ago we just maintained the FOWLR as I didn’t think we were able to afford the more expensive lighting and filtration that a reef would require for that tank. We did purchase a smaller 24g JBJ in 2012 which we did up in a reef tank with some different soft and LPS corals and small fish. I really liked the success we had with the smaller reef critters and corals available in the trade, so I upsized and upgraded to a 40B w/ refugium. I have put a bit of money into this (as now I am able) to get what I wanted and so far so good. I have had this new set-up going for about two months now and things are going as well as I hoped. My two kids and I worked on installing the required plumbing for the glass 40B tank as well as put together a new stand and a refugium kit we bought online. We’ve got a great couple LFS’s which we acquire all our livestock from and have been diligent in making sure we have no parasites and diseases introduced into the main DT. Here are some photos of both our set-ups.
40B build
40B with reef critters
125g FOWLR tank
125g FOWLR tank display
I’m looking forward to learning more here as I go and hopefully give some assistance to others in the forum when I can.
Happy Reefing all!!
I wanted to introduce myself as I recently signed up on this forum. My name is TJ and my family and I are ocean loving people who have been keeping saltwater fish since 1998. It started when I purchased a 125g glass aquarium which I built a custom stand and canopy for. We’ve owned a number of different fish in the years following including Dogface Puffers, Spiny Puffers, Snowflake Eels, various large wrasses, tangs and triggerfish. Up until about three years ago we just maintained the FOWLR as I didn’t think we were able to afford the more expensive lighting and filtration that a reef would require for that tank. We did purchase a smaller 24g JBJ in 2012 which we did up in a reef tank with some different soft and LPS corals and small fish. I really liked the success we had with the smaller reef critters and corals available in the trade, so I upsized and upgraded to a 40B w/ refugium. I have put a bit of money into this (as now I am able) to get what I wanted and so far so good. I have had this new set-up going for about two months now and things are going as well as I hoped. My two kids and I worked on installing the required plumbing for the glass 40B tank as well as put together a new stand and a refugium kit we bought online. We’ve got a great couple LFS’s which we acquire all our livestock from and have been diligent in making sure we have no parasites and diseases introduced into the main DT. Here are some photos of both our set-ups.
40B build
40B with reef critters
125g FOWLR tank
125g FOWLR tank display
I’m looking forward to learning more here as I go and hopefully give some assistance to others in the forum when I can.
Happy Reefing all!!
