Restarting in Florida

[SilverFoxFace]

Wellcome to the forum and to south Florida, Im local (Miramar). Go for the 425XL, your not going to regret getting this one (I have one). Stop by to The Aquarium King, local store close to you with nice selection of corals and fish. Once your ready for corals, shoot me a PM as I always have frags around to help you stock your new tank back again.

Regards.

Thanks that’s very generous.

 

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R!

 

[00W]

Welcome! That all looks awesome. Can't wait to see what you got for us this time around.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Hi everyone.

I recently relocated to the Fort Lauderdale area and unfortunately had to sell off my Red Sea Max 250 setup before leaving my previous home in New Jersey.

I bought the RSM250 used about 3 years ago and restocked it with sand and rock from Tampa Bay (a mistake for a beginner.) 4 months up and running and one day the DT suddenly cracked and spilled out half its water. I had to quickly bring all my livestock to a LFS to save them.

Not willing to give up, I purchased a new DT from Red Sea and reused all the other components. Again I stocked it from Tampa Bay, but at this point they were going through an ownership change and they screwed me out of half my order. Over time I added fish and corals from both LFSs and some of the big web stores. Eventually it was running successfully and the corals showed good growth. Especially a Hollywood Stunner chalice that almost took over my tank, and a BTA from Reefapalooza that eventually became 7 BTAs. I spent many a night searching answers to unforeseen problems on R2R so I'm grateful for this resource.

Now that I am settled in my new home I'm about to take the plunge and purchase a RS Reefer 350 (or maybe an XL425).
I've attached a few photos of my former aquarium. This time around I hope I've learned enough to avoid some of the mistakes.

Thanks for listening, and I look forward to reading about everyone's adventures here.

David

Nice photos! Welcome!

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Hi everyone.

I recently relocated to the Fort Lauderdale area and unfortunately had to sell off my Red Sea Max 250 setup before leaving my previous home in New Jersey.

I bought the RSM250 used about 3 years ago and restocked it with sand and rock from Tampa Bay (a mistake for a beginner.) 4 months up and running and one day the DT suddenly cracked and spilled out half its water. I had to quickly bring all my livestock to a LFS to save them.

Not willing to give up, I purchased a new DT from Red Sea and reused all the other components. Again I stocked it from Tampa Bay, but at this point they were going through an ownership change and they screwed me out of half my order. Over time I added fish and corals from both LFSs and some of the big web stores. Eventually it was running successfully and the corals showed good growth. Especially a Hollywood Stunner chalice that almost took over my tank, and a BTA from Reefapalooza that eventually became 7 BTAs. I spent many a night searching answers to unforeseen problems on R2R so I'm grateful for this resource.

Now that I am settled in my new home I'm about to take the plunge and purchase a RS Reefer 350 (or maybe an XL425).
I've attached a few photos of my former aquarium. This time around I hope I've learned enough to avoid some of the mistakes.

Thanks for listening, and I look forward to reading about everyone's adventures here.

David

Nice photos! Welcome!

 

[maceto]

Welcome!

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Jersey to flordia? Bet thats a bit diffrent! Lol. Welcome David!
-d

 

[SPR1968]

Hi David Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world David. Nice tanks. Hope your new one soon looks as good. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef 2 Reef!

 

[SilverFoxFace]

Thanks that’s very generous.

By the way, I've been to Blue Seas and Aquarium Show in Plantation, not far from me. Do you have any experience with them? I'll check out Aquarium King this weekend.

 

[Robinson]

By the way, I've been to Blue Seas and Aquarium Show in Plantation, not far from me. Do you have any experience with them? I'll check out Aquarium King this weekend.

I have been there two, Blue seas also sells on-line (FYI) the do price reduction from time to time, nice service there too. Also going south you can stop by Beverly pets (they have a lot of equipment in house), Strictly fish - nice selection of corals and fish.

These are only to name a few, we do have plenty to choose around.
Also there are a few online only local sellers: www.piratesreefcorals.com, www.reefgardener.com, www.speedreefercorals.com, www.reeftide.com, and probably more, these is just an small list.

 

[G Santana]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Ippyroy]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Manny’s Reef]

Hello and welcome!

 

[BaysEndReef]