48Kaiser
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I’m 55. Wife and I had a few reef tanks years ago starting with a 75, then a 90, then a 180 and finally a 225 or 235. It’s been about 25 years, can’t remember for sure. I was the one who took care of it. I wouldn’t say I was any kind of expert. I did a lot of things the wrong way but had pretty good success with the last 2 tanks. I never did a quarantine tank. Didn’t even know that existed until the internet came along a couple years before I got out of it. I did water changes but not as much as I probably should.
Anywa, kids cane along, wife wanted to stay home, I started working 6 days a week to give her that. Just couldn’t keep up with the tank and traded it for a bunch of tools and stuff. Kids are grown now, wife and I are taking about getting into it again. I just starts a business so money is tight and this will probably be a year or 2 down the road till I get the business off the ground but though I’d look into what’s changed in 25 years. I had live rock, live sand and a skimmer for filtration.
I did a little brief searching on here but nothing extensive. Did see where some suggest no skimmers anymore. I read the thread on how to do a quarantine tank. That’s a lot to digest for me but I’m not opposed to it even through I never seemed to have problems not doing it. I see people buy fish and coral online and have them shipped direct. That wasn’t a thing back then.
If I do this it will be minimum 180, preferably bigger if money and space allows. I guess I’m looking for advice on how to run the tank. I would like it to be as automated as possible if it’s not too expensive.
Anywa, kids cane along, wife wanted to stay home, I started working 6 days a week to give her that. Just couldn’t keep up with the tank and traded it for a bunch of tools and stuff. Kids are grown now, wife and I are taking about getting into it again. I just starts a business so money is tight and this will probably be a year or 2 down the road till I get the business off the ground but though I’d look into what’s changed in 25 years. I had live rock, live sand and a skimmer for filtration.
I did a little brief searching on here but nothing extensive. Did see where some suggest no skimmers anymore. I read the thread on how to do a quarantine tank. That’s a lot to digest for me but I’m not opposed to it even through I never seemed to have problems not doing it. I see people buy fish and coral online and have them shipped direct. That wasn’t a thing back then.
If I do this it will be minimum 180, preferably bigger if money and space allows. I guess I’m looking for advice on how to run the tank. I would like it to be as automated as possible if it’s not too expensive.
