Hobby Reintroduction/Kick up the butt

[Gman83]

Welcome!

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Welcome to Reef2Reef

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !! :cool:

 

[00W]

Welcome Welcome to R2R!

 

[Kurtc1990]

I’ve been there for sure. My advise would be to automate as much as possible so if your life gets busy, the tank is still in okay shape. RODI connected to the ATO tank with a float valve, a good CUC, timers on everything, Auto water changes if that’s your thing, auto testers if you can afford it, alarms on key parameters, etc.

Good luck!

Already in the process of setting my Xepta Autobalance and Abex back up, funds got abit tight last time so they didn’t get utilised to its full potential.

Autobalance tests KH. PH and doses for Alk, calcium and magnesium

Abex tests for calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and nitrate.

(Also have 2 kamoer dosing pumps for additional dosing products,)
And have attached a dnd heat control.

 

[RockRash]

 

[Llyod276]

Man what a beautiful swamp tank!!!!

Why would you destroy such magnificence???

Poor shrekfish

Oh and welcome to REEF2REEF!!!

 

[danreef55]

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world Kurt. Your setup looks great.

Where in the UK are you?
You can get the UK banner here: Click Account then “Join User Group”, scroll to the bottom and click on “United Kingdom User Group‘’

 

[Kurtc1990]

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world Kurt. Your setup looks great.

Where in the UK are you?
You can get the UK banner here: Click Account then “Join User Group”, scroll to the bottom and click on “United Kingdom User Group‘’

I’m in the northwest of England.
I will join that group now :) thanks

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[Anna K]

(And a sump that when disturbed turned into something that would have been confused for chocolate milkshake.

Ew, but welcome to the community! I can't wait to follow your progress of your accountability. I think you could easily get a beautiful reef going! :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

 

[Kurtc1990]

Around a week back in, Clean up crew doing there thing.
Slow and steady wins the race.

 

[BryanM]

It’s sad to say that although I’ve been “in the hobby” for a couple of decades, I’ve never managed to get to a full stocked, what I would consider beautiful reef tank.

I’ve had many size tanks over the years, but unfortunately my current tank has been very neglected over the past 2 years. As of a few days ago it became nothing more than a glass box holding a hippo tang, rock, water and lots of algae.
(And a sump that when disturbed turned into something that would have been confused for chocolate milkshake.

So this is my accountability post, I’ve
-Stripped and deep cleaned the sump removing years of grime and buildup. (resulting in around a 1/3 water change),
-Purchased the first batch of clean up crew, (mainly snails but a few hermit crabs)
-Swapped out my old small skimmer for a nice new Reef Skimmer 600
-Added a dnd temp controller and new heater.
-And finally cleaned out air tube and restarted my auto tester (I use the xepta autoBalance), I also have the additional xepta abex unit and will add that back in at a later date)

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Kurtc1990]

Amazing what a few snails and crabs can do in 3 weeks.
Have been doing water changes and added the oversized skimmer. But no hands in the tank for manual removal.

 

[Buckster]

Hello and Welcome back to the hobby and to R2R! The sump looks so much cleaner with the new skimmer

 

[I never finish anythi]

Amazing what a few snails and crabs can do in 3 weeks.
Have been doing water changes and added the oversized skimmer. But no hands in the tank for manual removal.

Amazing results. Happy for you ;)