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I've had freshwater tanks off and on since I was 12 but always wanted a reef tank. But could never make myself pull the trigger until i knew for certain (or as certain as one can be) that I would not be moving. Three years ago moved back 'home' to raise the kids and bought a house we never intend to move from. After setting up a small fresh water tank for my daughter 6 months ago I started to get the itch to finally give it a go.
I researched (for the 3-4 time in the last 20 years) on whats required and after hours and hours of reading and youtube I started looking for a tank.
After poring over options and losing out on some craigslist/facebook items that were much more reasonable, a RedSea Max-E 260 popped up on craigslist (with a very substantial credit thrown in at a LFS). It was out of my price range but was exactly what I wanted so i fired up eBay and sold off my vintage video game collection and convinced my wife I didn't really 'spend' any money on it............yet
Starting this thread late as I'm 3-4 months in now and couldn't be happier with it. (Will back post stuff at some point)
I work from home and this is setup in my office. Awesome stress relief to spin my chair and stare at it for 5-10mins 4-5 times a day.
Looking forward to learning a lot and maybe someone will be inspired by my ups and downs as i have by many of the threads here and other places.
Setup Day
Rock/Water/Sand Day
Current State
Current Inhabitants
Current Gear Running
I researched (for the 3-4 time in the last 20 years) on whats required and after hours and hours of reading and youtube I started looking for a tank.
After poring over options and losing out on some craigslist/facebook items that were much more reasonable, a RedSea Max-E 260 popped up on craigslist (with a very substantial credit thrown in at a LFS). It was out of my price range but was exactly what I wanted so i fired up eBay and sold off my vintage video game collection and convinced my wife I didn't really 'spend' any money on it............yet
Starting this thread late as I'm 3-4 months in now and couldn't be happier with it. (Will back post stuff at some point)
I work from home and this is setup in my office. Awesome stress relief to spin my chair and stare at it for 5-10mins 4-5 times a day.
Looking forward to learning a lot and maybe someone will be inspired by my ups and downs as i have by many of the threads here and other places.
Setup Day
Rock/Water/Sand Day
Current State
Current Inhabitants
- 2 Clown fish (Penny & Wise - my daughters choice)
- 2 Torches
- Bi-Color Hammer
- An Island of Xenia
- 2 Shrooms (1 with child in tow)
- Zoas - Space Queen, LA Lakers, Lich Kings, Devils Armor, Fruit Loops, Toxic and ?? can't remember the name of the orange/red/pink/blue guys
- Jason Fox Favites
- Devils Finger Leather
- Red Goniopora
- Purple Pol Birds Nest
- Fried Circut Platy
- Waste Management Crew (Emerald Crab, Blue crab, 3 Nassarius and 4 gigantic Trochus)
Current Gear Running
- RedSea MAX-E 260 stock (return pumps, skimmer, AI lights)
- Tunze Assomolater ATO
- Bag of carbon
- Icap 3k Gyre
- 3DReefing Diffusers
- Weekly water changes (20-25%)
- Bi-Weekly Carbon replace
- Don't kill anything
- Put the RedSead DIY net together before I have a sad event with one of my clowns.
Place all the new WWC items around the tankFinish quarantine setup so I can go buy some new fish!Get lenses for my phone so the pics look betterExplain the credit card bill and the delivery coming after participating in my first WWC live sale
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