New Reefer!

[Moontower]

Hello everyone!
My name is Jay, and I am new to reefing, started in October with a Red Sea Nano Max and now just upgraded this past weekend to the XL425. Been planning to since January and finally did last week. Took 2.5 solid days with my Bro in law who’s been a Reefer for years, he has me hooked. Attached are a couple pics from when we started on Thursday, been up and running for a few days. Didn’t realize how involved, complicated and costly this hobby is but I’m loving it! So far the number one thing I’ve learned so far is you must have patience which I have none haha but good things come to those who wait. Happy to be on the forum and looking forward to seeing everyone’s tanks as well as my own grow. Cheers!

 

[Bryn]

Wow...

Sorry, welcome.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Welcome Jay! Very nice start man!

 

[Lithoman]

Welcome .. you are about to open your reefing world with tons of knowledge.. Enjoy the ride!

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Kris 2020]

welcome

 

[AcroNem]

Welcome to Reef2Reef! Nice setup you have there

 

[AZ_Reef]

Welcome! What’s the measurement for the controller board? Where did you get the orange cover?

 

[Bdroid]

Welcome!!!

 

[DeniseAndy]

He did set you up in the right direction. Nice system going there. Cannot wait to see some livestock... but be patient before trying to rush them.

 

[Silverfish]

Awesome pictures. Welcome. Also nice Intro!

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome, looks awesome!

 

[WIReefer]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Ippyroy]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Moontower]

Welcome! What’s the measurement for the controller board? Where did you get the orange cover?

Hey bud thanks! The board is a standard 16”x48” white laminate pressboard from home depot. The actual width is 15.75” which was great cuz it fit perfectly in that right side compartment. I cut it down to 27” high to leave about 3” from the top of the board the the ceiling of the compartment to leave room for wires into the plugs if the EB832. As far as color, do you mean the lights or the orange grommets? The lights were from Target that have a remote and change to a few colors for show and the orange grommets I got from BRS 1.25”.

 

[Moontower]

Welcome .. you are about to open your reefing world with tons of knowledge.. Enjoy the ride!

Thanks! I know I’ve been doing nothing but researching everything and since I had a taste with the Nano, I knew what I was looking to get, took a while to get everything but it was worth itThere’s so much to learn, so many opinions, I have a great brother in law as a reef encyclopedia so he helps me out all the time with my basic questions

 

[Moontower]

He did set you up in the right direction. Nice system going there. Cannot wait to see some livestock... but be patient before trying to rush them.

Thanks! Yea he is a huge help and I owe everything I learned so far from him. I threw in the clown and wrasse I had in the nano right away. Put in the few small frags I had too. Used live sand and the LFS filled it with seasoned water, I’m still dosing the seed and Alpha though for 7 days. Everything’s looking good so far. Happy to be I. Here, I’m sure I’ll need a lot of advice as it grows

 

[fishguy242]

hi welcome to the reef going to love it here!!
lots of fun/info/fun/help/fun....

 

[Seffner]

Welcome, as Silverfish said, nice intro. I look forward to seeing your progress.. take the suggestion that's bound to come from R2R and start a build thread, I'll follow it!

 

[SCReef'n]

looks awesome. Welcome to R2R!!