late thread my tank has been up about 2 months at this point but let’s get to it
EarlyJune someone in a local fish group sold me this entire set up since he sized up and bought all new stuff
So I squeeze it into the car and drive through DFW with wet sand and half a tank of water in my car
I found a nice spot across from my bed and got the tank set on the stand and racked my brain as I tried to figure out the plumbing on my first aquarium
Bonus pic from Vegas when I had to take a long break from my tank to go on a birthday trip
After waiting for my tank to cycle and clear up and going back on my trip I ordered a refugium start pack from algaebarn and saw my copeopod blossom within a few weeks
After about a month of being back from Vegas and making sure my parameters were cycled I got my first little buddy! A Yellow Watchmen Goby and a Pistol Shrimp who are currently very happy and constantly peeking out to see what I’m doing
Sorry about how poorly done and formatted this was was done on mobile and I inherited this tank while also taking a big step into saltwater without previously owning a tank was very nervous since i had only watched videos and read from here for a few months
I'll slowly update this thread as i upgrade my equipment since I'll be knowledgeable about what hardware is under the tank ; as of rn I'm pretty clueless aside from my Reef octopus skimmer i bought since everything else was just around in the sump when i picked it up