Hey Everyone! First off thanks for having such a wonderful community for people like us. I have been browsing around a bit and this place seems like a great treasure trove of information.
I am not 100% new to the hobby as I have had tanks my whole life growing up. Nothing to serious though. I have done one salt water tank about 15+ years ago and it was just a small 37 Gallon. SO I have minimal experience. It was a successful tank with live rock and many different coral and fish. Lion Fish, Grouper, Eel even. All that came crashing down when I asked the wrong person for advice and their advice killed absolutely everything.:mad: My mistake for taking advice from someone I knew wasn't a true salt water professional.
Any way I am getting back into the hobby and going to do it BIG this time. I own a home now and starting a family so I feel it is a perfect time to do a nice huge setup. I have not purchased anything yet, but I have an awesome LFS that seems to be top notch and we have gone through everything and discussed a set up and quote. I am hear for new comer advice, on steps I should take, Equipment opinions, basically anything that can help me. I know everyone will have an opinion just like anything in life, but I appreciate you taking your time to read and help me out.
Here is the equipment I am starting off with.
I will be setting up a 220 Gallon Aqueon Mega Flow 72.5" x 24.5" x 29.7"
MarineLand Monterey Stand and Canopy
Eshopps RS-300 3rd Gen Reef Sump
Bubble Magnus Curve d9 Protein Skimmer
10 Gallon Auto Top Off Tank with a Smart ATO 125
Ecotech Vectra L1 Return Pump
2 Ecotech MP40 Power Heads
3 Ecotech Radion Gen 4 XR30w Pro
Ecotech Reeflink
Cobalt 300w Heater
All this, plus of course the plumbing of Vinyl Tube with Ball Valves and T and it all installed professionally.
So Thats what I am starting off with. Opinions?
I feel like this is a pretty monster set up for not being in the hobby for 15+ years. But Go BIG or go home as they say. As I said above I know everyone will have a different opinion on equipment but I am looking to see if this is a good set up. Does this more then meet the needs? What Else should I have to start? What else might I need in the future? I plan on also doing more research on my own as far as things I need to learn so any direction in where to find good info is appreciated too.
Basically I want something that looks like this when I am done... well I know you are never done. but you know
Thanks again and hopefully down the road I will be able to share my experience and then help others too.
I am not 100% new to the hobby as I have had tanks my whole life growing up. Nothing to serious though. I have done one salt water tank about 15+ years ago and it was just a small 37 Gallon. SO I have minimal experience. It was a successful tank with live rock and many different coral and fish. Lion Fish, Grouper, Eel even. All that came crashing down when I asked the wrong person for advice and their advice killed absolutely everything.:mad: My mistake for taking advice from someone I knew wasn't a true salt water professional.
Any way I am getting back into the hobby and going to do it BIG this time. I own a home now and starting a family so I feel it is a perfect time to do a nice huge setup. I have not purchased anything yet, but I have an awesome LFS that seems to be top notch and we have gone through everything and discussed a set up and quote. I am hear for new comer advice, on steps I should take, Equipment opinions, basically anything that can help me. I know everyone will have an opinion just like anything in life, but I appreciate you taking your time to read and help me out.
Here is the equipment I am starting off with.
I will be setting up a 220 Gallon Aqueon Mega Flow 72.5" x 24.5" x 29.7"
MarineLand Monterey Stand and Canopy
Eshopps RS-300 3rd Gen Reef Sump
Bubble Magnus Curve d9 Protein Skimmer
10 Gallon Auto Top Off Tank with a Smart ATO 125
Ecotech Vectra L1 Return Pump
2 Ecotech MP40 Power Heads
3 Ecotech Radion Gen 4 XR30w Pro
Ecotech Reeflink
Cobalt 300w Heater
All this, plus of course the plumbing of Vinyl Tube with Ball Valves and T and it all installed professionally.
So Thats what I am starting off with. Opinions?
I feel like this is a pretty monster set up for not being in the hobby for 15+ years. But Go BIG or go home as they say. As I said above I know everyone will have a different opinion on equipment but I am looking to see if this is a good set up. Does this more then meet the needs? What Else should I have to start? What else might I need in the future? I plan on also doing more research on my own as far as things I need to learn so any direction in where to find good info is appreciated too.
Basically I want something that looks like this when I am done... well I know you are never done. but you know
Thanks again and hopefully down the road I will be able to share my experience and then help others too.