Hi Andy, a beautiful tank you have there! I also began the hobby when a nice coral colony could be gotten for $30-60 and live rock (with living stuff on it was the way we started a tank).
Anyway, welcome to R2R!
Andy welcome to the reef. I discovered this forum as it seemed to always come up when I googled a question. Finally joined, then chose to become a supporting member and later a partner member to keep the forum available for others to come. My wife @Ocean_Queenie and I started culturing copepods and phytoplankton eventually selling some on here as a hobbyist. Eventually we decided to try to make a career out of it so we are now sponsors as well. I love the Reef2 Reef community here and the wealth of knowledge. Thanks for joining us.