I’m not one really to share to much so this is a change for me. I’ll try my best to update this as often as possible.
Here’s my story...
I started in salt water to many years ago to remember. I think my first tank was in 7th grade. I’ve had about 8 tanks with the last half being reefs. My last tank was a 180 which I took down around 2008. Took some time to get married, build a house and have a kid. I always wanted to get back into the hobby but I was never in a rush.
This is one of the last pictures of my 180..
As my son turned 5 last year we happen to be picking up some dog toys in PetSmart and he saw the goldfish and asked if we could have one. We escaped PetSmart without goldfish. Until a week later he asked again so we picked up a 10gal and we brought home Goldie and Steven. My son was so excited. It was fun to see him get as excited as I once was.
A few weeks later my wife said the words “I miss the tank” about 2 months later we agreed on a place to put a new reef tank and I started to shop for a new tank....
Here is my current tank about a week after set up in May of 2019 with just a pair of Clown fish.
As if right now the Tank is a Red Sea 425xl and this is most of my current equipment
As far as equipment goes I’ve changed a lot over the past 18 months - gave LED’s a try (Hydra 52’s in the picture above) but I like the simplicity of T5’s - started with Nero 5’s went to Gyre’s and went to MP 40’s - easy to clean.
My main principle is to keep things easy. T5’s turn on and off - easy. Calcium Reactor is set and forget - easy. I can monitor every from the Apex - easy.
Here is the tank today - just about 18 months. Everything started from frags...
My current fish are -
4 Lyertail 1m3f
9 Ignitus Anthias
7 Green Chromis
1 Chevron Tang
1 Midas Blenny
1 Black Leopard Wrasse
1 Yellow Wrasse
1 Mandarin
So what’s next? Well I’m running out of space so there’s an obvious answer to that question and that will be my next post...
Thanks for reading!
Here’s my story...
I started in salt water to many years ago to remember. I think my first tank was in 7th grade. I’ve had about 8 tanks with the last half being reefs. My last tank was a 180 which I took down around 2008. Took some time to get married, build a house and have a kid. I always wanted to get back into the hobby but I was never in a rush.
This is one of the last pictures of my 180..
As my son turned 5 last year we happen to be picking up some dog toys in PetSmart and he saw the goldfish and asked if we could have one. We escaped PetSmart without goldfish. Until a week later he asked again so we picked up a 10gal and we brought home Goldie and Steven. My son was so excited. It was fun to see him get as excited as I once was.
A few weeks later my wife said the words “I miss the tank” about 2 months later we agreed on a place to put a new reef tank and I started to shop for a new tank....
Here is my current tank about a week after set up in May of 2019 with just a pair of Clown fish.
As if right now the Tank is a Red Sea 425xl and this is most of my current equipment
- Apex EL
- COR 15
- 2 MP40’s
- LifeReef Skimmer
- 48in ATI SunPower 6 bulb with 2 LumiLight Pro’s
- BRS media reactors (Carbon & GFO)
- 5 stage BRS RODI
- 2 Apex Versa for AWC (1 gallon a day)
- Aquamaxx Calcium reactor, 2 stage regulator, Kamoer FX-STP - 10lbs CO2 tank.
- UV Sterilizer - can’t remember which one.
As far as equipment goes I’ve changed a lot over the past 18 months - gave LED’s a try (Hydra 52’s in the picture above) but I like the simplicity of T5’s - started with Nero 5’s went to Gyre’s and went to MP 40’s - easy to clean.
My main principle is to keep things easy. T5’s turn on and off - easy. Calcium Reactor is set and forget - easy. I can monitor every from the Apex - easy.
Here is the tank today - just about 18 months. Everything started from frags...
My current fish are -
4 Lyertail 1m3f
9 Ignitus Anthias
7 Green Chromis
1 Chevron Tang
1 Midas Blenny
1 Black Leopard Wrasse
1 Yellow Wrasse
1 Mandarin
So what’s next? Well I’m running out of space so there’s an obvious answer to that question and that will be my next post...
Thanks for reading!