Introducing yourself

mrbluewildcats · Jun 13, 2019

Glad to be a member here, so much information on this forum. Russell here, and I live in Western Kentucky. If there are any members very close by, I'd love to talk. I used to have a 125g Cichlid tank years ago, and I really miss it. Now it's time to try the saltwater route. Here's a picture of my new tank, lol. I'm not buying anything more until at least July, to hopefully avoid very much of "if I only knew that, I wouldn't have bought this". Only a few years to go and this will be an awesome reef tank!

Bleigh · Jun 13, 2019

Welcome ! Great size tank!

I have a 60 gallon cube that's been sitting in my office for a month for the exact same reason. The sump should be here sometime next week, so hopefully I'll be able to get started on it soon.

Crabs McJones · Jun 13, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

BadFish619 · Jun 13, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

GThompson · Jun 13, 2019

Welcome to R2R. Good move on researching before you buy. I have a room full of uh-ohs. Lol. Good luck with the build

Mjrenz · Jun 13, 2019

Welcome to the forum!

mrbluewildcats · Jun 13, 2019

GThompson said:
Welcome to R2R. Good move on researching before you buy. I have a room full of uh-ohs. Lol. Good luck with the build

Thanks! I've already learned a ton and will probably start sump construction before long, but need to find out the exact equipment so I know how to size it all. My head has already exploded twice I think.

mrbluewildcats · Jun 13, 2019

Bleigh said:
Welcome ! Great size tank!

I have a 60 gallon cube that's been sitting in my office for a month for the exact same reason. The sump should be here sometime next week, so hopefully I'll be able to get started on it soon.

Appreciate it! I can't wait until the day I put something in it other than the water I used to test for leaks. 15 minutes to fill it up, about an hour to siphon it back out, lol. At least it's in the house!

Ruben's Reef · Jun 13, 2019

!!! Welcome to R2R Russell !!!

Bleigh · Jun 13, 2019

mrbluewildcats said:
Appreciate it! I can't wait until the day I put something in it other than the water I used to test for leaks. 15 minutes to fill it up, about an hour to siphon it back out, lol. At least it's in the house!

Wow, Only 15 minutes to fill it? That was fast!

mta_morrow · Jun 13, 2019

Hello and welcome to R2R!

Please be sure to start a build thread so we can follow along!

Instructions are in my signature!

mrbluewildcats · Jun 13, 2019

mta_morrow said:
Hello and welcome to R2R!

Please be sure to start a build thread so we can follow along!

Instructions are in my signature!

Thanks for this, will absolutely do that....in about a month, lol.

mrbluewildcats · Jun 13, 2019

Bleigh said:
Wow, Only 15 minutes to fill it? That was fast!

Faster than I would have imagined. I have pretty good water pressure, and just rubber banded a towel around the end of a garden hose to prevent scratching. No leaks though!