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Hi there folks!

I'm new to R2R. Been a long time lurker as I started my learning journey to caring for a future saltwater tank. I had an old 45 gallon fish-only saltwater tank ages ago, but didn't take care of it the right way and kind of left the hobby for a long time. About 2 years ago I started up again with freshwater while simultaneously studying on what would be required to restart the saltwater journey again. At this time I'm slowly building up a new 180 gallon tank that I just got from Planet Aquarium. It's quite a journey, but I'm doing my best to take it slowly and patiently. The patience part is hard! lol.

I personally love both freshwater and saltwater, as much as I know many people like to lean one way or the other :) After this saltwater tank is all setup and such, I do have plans to upgrade my lil freshwater 20 gallon tank to a larger 80-something gallon freshwater and then repurpose that 20 gallon as a quarantine tank... Or something else, we'll see haha.

Anyway, hope to get to know some folks here over time. I won't be posting too frequently due to a super busy life, but I'll try to participate every now and then!
 
Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family! :D
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Hi there folks!

I'm new to R2R. Been a long time lurker as I started my learning journey to caring for a future saltwater tank. I had an old 45 gallon fish-only saltwater tank ages ago, but didn't take care of it the right way and kind of left the hobby for a long time. About 2 years ago I started up again with freshwater while simultaneously studying on what would be required to restart the saltwater journey again. At this time I'm slowly building up a new 180 gallon tank that I just got from Planet Aquarium. It's quite a journey, but I'm doing my best to take it slowly and patiently. The patience part is hard! lol.

I personally love both freshwater and saltwater, as much as I know many people like to lean one way or the other :) After this saltwater tank is all setup and such, I do have plans to upgrade my lil freshwater 20 gallon tank to a larger 80-something gallon freshwater and then repurpose that 20 gallon as a quarantine tank... Or something else, we'll see haha.

Anyway, hope to get to know some folks here over time. I won't be posting too frequently due to a super busy life, but I'll try to participate every now and then!
Welcome to R2R!
 

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