Hello everyone. For over two years my wife and I have been waiting to start this thread about our project to build a custom saltwater reef dream tank. Back in 2017, we bought the perfect lake home up in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina and had looked forward to building our custom reef tank as part of our retirement plans. That changed in early 2018 when I was asked to come and assist our country at the Department of Defense. It’s been a real privilege working with the Men and Women in uniform that protect our freedoms. When I asked my wife what we should call our Saltwater Reef tank project, she came-up with the prefect name “Patriot Serenity” and I added ”where the ocean meets the lake”. Ok enough on my career and retirement. First some background on our saltwater reef building experience. My wife and I fell in love with keeping a saltwater reef aquarium when we acquired our first store bought 90- gallon reef tank while living over in London back in 2009. We’ve included a picture of that first tank. We enjoyed that reef tank so much that we ended-up wanting a larger tank - sound familiar?! In 2011, we had a 240 gallon custom reef tank built into our London home - I’ve included a picture and video of that tank as well. We so enjoyed that tank for two years and sadly had to leave it behind when we moved back to the U.S. Since then we have been eagerly waiting to start our dream retirement tank. Our Patriot’s Serenity project has officially kicked-off today with this posting and over the next several weeks I will do my very best to provide frequent updates on our progress. I have the following postings already planned: (1) Tank placement and tank specifications (2) Home construction and preparing for the new tank (3) Tank builder selection (4) The actual start of the tank build and (5) Custom sump build. We’ll then follow-up (where we’ll be looking for lots of help from all of you) on selection of lighting, Protein skimmer, pumps, computer automation, etc. My wife and I are really looking forward to engaging the whole Reef2Reef Community and your wealth of knowledge.
90 Gallon Mixed Reef Aquarium from London in 2009
240 Mixed Reef Aquarium from London in 2011
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Video of our 240 Mixed Reef Aquarium from London in 2013
90 Gallon Mixed Reef Aquarium from London in 2009
240 Mixed Reef Aquarium from London in 2011
Video of our 240 Mixed Reef Aquarium from London in 2013
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