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Hello all! My name is Jordan. I am new to the reef aquarium community. I’ve been into aquariums all my life. Ive owned many fish only freshwater aquariums as well as a few high tech planted aquariums. I did attempt to set up a reef aquarium about 12 years ago. I encountered every problem possible, including multiple algae outbreaks, bristle worms, aiptasia, hidden CUC death which spiked water parameters, and finally a malfunctioning heater that cooked all of the tank inhabitants. All of these challenges caused me to throw in the towel. Last year I got multiple scuba certifications which made me fall in love with the beauty of the ocean again. I’m finally ready to re-embark on a reef journey. Here is a list of my equipment I’m using to start a zoa only tank.

•LED BioCube 32 with stock lighting
• Custom stand (in progress)
• Intank basket and refugium
• 2 Koralia 525GPH powerheads
• 2 100w Eheim E-heaters
• Inkbird heater controller
• 35 lbs Real Reef Rock
• 20lbs Fiji pink sand
• 10lbs Special Grade reef sand
I plan on posting a build thread once I start setting up. Cheers!
 
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Welcome to R2R!! We're happy to have you :)

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Hi Jordan, Welcome back! You've got a big'ol support group here rooting for you and the tank. Let us know how we can help, you're already well on your well to getting back up and running. Keep dropping posts so we can help! Congrats on the scuba certs.

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diverjm said:
Hello all! My name is Jordan. I am new to the reef aquarium community. I’ve been into aquariums all my life. Ive owned many fish only freshwater aquariums as well as a few high tech planted aquariums. I did attempt to set up a reef aquarium about 12 years ago. I encountered every problem possible, including multiple algae outbreaks, bristle worms, aiptasia, hidden CUC death which spiked water parameters, and finally a malfunctioning heater that cooked all of the tank inhabitants. All of these challenges caused me to throw in the towel. Last year I got multiple scuba certifications which made me fall in love with the beauty of the ocean again. I’m finally ready to re-embark on a reef journey. Here is a list of my equipment I’m using to start a zoa only tank.

•LED BioCube 32 with stock lighting
• Custom stand (in progress)
• Intank basket and refugium
• 2 Koralia 525GPH powerheads
• 2 100w Eheim E-heaters
• Inkbird heater controller
• 35 lbs Real Reef Rock
• 20lbs Fiji pink sand
• 10lbs Special Grade reef sand
I plan on posting a build thread once I start setting up. Cheers!
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Welcome, hope you have better success this go around!
 
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diverjm said:
Hello all! My name is Jordan. I am new to the reef aquarium community. I’ve been into aquariums all my life. Ive owned many fish only freshwater aquariums as well as a few high tech planted aquariums. I did attempt to set up a reef aquarium about 12 years ago. I encountered every problem possible, including multiple algae outbreaks, bristle worms, aiptasia, hidden CUC death which spiked water parameters, and finally a malfunctioning heater that cooked all of the tank inhabitants. All of these challenges caused me to throw in the towel. Last year I got multiple scuba certifications which made me fall in love with the beauty of the ocean again. I’m finally ready to re-embark on a reef journey. Here is a list of my equipment I’m using to start a zoa only tank.

•LED BioCube 32 with stock lighting
• Custom stand (in progress)
• Intank basket and refugium
• 2 Koralia 525GPH powerheads
• 2 100w Eheim E-heaters
• Inkbird heater controller
• 35 lbs Real Reef Rock
• 20lbs Fiji pink sand
• 10lbs Special Grade reef sand
I plan on posting a build thread once I start setting up. Cheers!
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Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world.
 

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