new here.

Justin Harrington · Jan 15, 2019

Hi guys Im Justin, Im new here to R2R, and the saltwater aquarium game. I currently have a FOWLR tank and was looking to add some corals and go from there before getting nuts deep into it. Ive had my tank setup for about 9 months now with a variety of fish and everything is well. so long story short ive been using a Fluval FX4 since I set the tank up. I recently came across a guy on face book in my area selling a ton of equipment from his 700gallon system. Some of which I was looking to purchase (sump,pumps,heaters,battery backups) but he wouldn't split the lot so I had to buy it all. Now I have so much equipment I have no idea what it is. Currently I dont have a list of what exactly is there but I have coralife RO/DI filters, Kessil lights, half dozen power heads, pumps, dosing pumps, multiple other grow lights with hundreds of $$ worth of spare bulbs.. where should I start by figuring out what I need and what I don't.

WV Reefer · Jan 15, 2019

Justin Harrington said:
Hi guys Im Justin, Im new here to R2R, and the saltwater aquarium game. I currently have a FOWLR tank and was looking to add some corals and go from there before getting nuts deep into it. Ive had my tank setup for about 9 months now with a variety of fish and everything is well. so long story short ive been using a Fluval FX4 since I set the tank up. I recently came across a guy on face book in my area selling a ton of equipment from his 700gallon system. Some of which I was looking to purchase (sump,pumps,heaters,battery backups) but he wouldn't split the lot so I had to buy it all. Now I have so much equipment I have no idea what it is. Currently I dont have a list of what exactly is there but I have coralife RO/DI filters, Kessil lights, half dozen power heads, pumps, dosing pumps, multiple other grow lights with hundreds of $$ worth of spare bulbs.. where should I start by figuring out what I need and what I don't.

Welcome to R2R!! :)

I would start by looking at other peoples tanks and how they run their systems and then decide what may be best for you and your tank.

Billldg · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!!

dantimdad · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome aboard!

Ruben's Reef · Jan 15, 2019

!!! Welcome to R2R !!! All depends on how many gallons tank you have now or if you want to go bigger in the future.

Justin Harrington · Jan 15, 2019

WV Reefer said:
Welcome to R2R!! :)

I would start by looking at other peoples tanks and how they run their systems and then decide what may be best for you and your tank.

Thanks! I need to figure out what I can use from this lot and what isn’t needed. It looks like a fish store threw up in my living room rite now. There’s cases and cases of stuff. But I couldn’t turn it down for the price.

Beefyreefy · Jan 15, 2019

Justin Harrington said:
Hi guys Im Justin, Im new here to R2R, and the saltwater aquarium game. I currently have a FOWLR tank and was looking to add some corals and go from there before getting nuts deep into it. Ive had my tank setup for about 9 months now with a variety of fish and everything is well. so long story short ive been using a Fluval FX4 since I set the tank up. I recently came across a guy on face book in my area selling a ton of equipment from his 700gallon system. Some of which I was looking to purchase (sump,pumps,heaters,battery backups) but he wouldn't split the lot so I had to buy it all. Now I have so much equipment I have no idea what it is. Currently I dont have a list of what exactly is there but I have coralife RO/DI filters, Kessil lights, half dozen power heads, pumps, dosing pumps, multiple other grow lights with hundreds of $$ worth of spare bulbs.. where should I start by figuring out what I need and what I don't.

If you think there is any chance you are going to stick with the hobby... Keep everything. You'll need it all eventually. Are you Justin Harrignton of the VW/GTI world by any chance?

WV Reefer · Jan 15, 2019

Justin Harrington said:
Thanks! I need to figure out what I can use from this lot and what isn’t needed. It looks like a fish store threw up in my living room rite now. There’s cases and cases of stuff. But I couldn’t turn it down for the price.

Start taking pics and posting them up.......people here will be happy to help. :)

bsn_rn_cen · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to reef2reef.

Justin Harrington · Jan 15, 2019

No I am not. Never owned a vdub

Justin Harrington · Jan 15, 2019

Beefyreefy said:
If you think there is any chance you are going to stick with the hobby... Keep everything. You'll need it all eventually. Are you Justin Harrignton of the VW/GTI world by any chance?

Nope not me

Dan I · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

reef lover · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to r2r and the salt life!!

VSVP bet · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to the forum! Pics, we love pictures.

scott11106 · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to R2R, post pics and info and we can help you dissect if things are good, bad or whatever...

IslandLifeReef · Jan 15, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

I agree with the picture suggestion. Show us your current set-up and what kind of corals you want to keep and I'm sure people will help you out. :)