What has changed!?!?

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R!

 

[Arabyps]

Welcome. Let the fun begin!

 

[Jekyl]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[maceto]

Welcome!

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

Hey! I've been around aquariums all my life, but school and life got hectic, I starting spawning my own creatures...so the fish tank became a nuisance and dismantled. Here I am today....My creatures found dad's old tank in the basement and want it set up. It sounded great - but man, I feel like I forgot how to swim (and all the brands have changed).

At my highest point, I had a 75 gal Oceanic glass reef tank (big thick glass) that would make grown men cry when we moved it a few times and lights that made me cry when I opened my electric bill.

Then I got into the Nano scene with a few Biocubes. Before finishing with a 29 Gal Biocube HQI.

This is the tank I'm setting back up. What suggestions do you have for me?

I do not want the Metal Halide, I want to move to LED - but I want to have the ability to do any corals as we move along. LEDs were just coming to the party when I quit the hobby

I do not want to go rimless,

I want a sump (to expand the water volume).

What would you do if you were setting up it up?

Welcome to Reef 2 reef!! I recommend AI (Aqua Illumination) for LED’s. I definitely recommend a large sump also, let us know if you need anything

 

[BaysEndReef]

 

[rubertoe93]

Welcome!!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[John Bolden]

Welcome, I also recommend the ai prime because it is a thinner light and is good for most corals. Another good product is the ice cap sump 24.

 

[Ippyroy]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[LiveWire]

Welcome to the REEF!!

 

[JL15219]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello and welcome to the channel.

 

[Manny’s Reef]

Hello and welcome

 

[G Santana]

Welcome aboard it's like Alice coming back to Wonderland

 

[Salty Rambler]

Welcome to R2R and back to the hobby!

 

[vetteguy53081]

What changed?
Lighting
dosing
controllers
skimming
photography
filtration
heating

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[yababo]

Alot has changed even in the last 10 years of being in the hobby. I remember being able to buy gold torches for 5 a head. Now they're 100-500 a head.

 

[reefinatl]

I do not want the Metal Halide, I want to move to LED - but I want to have the ability to do any corals as we move along. LEDs were just coming to the party when I quit the hobby

I just recently got back in myself after being questioned for 5 years by my little ones over why there was an empty tank in the garage. Sticking with my old halides for now because finding clear information on LEDs is just a pain in the butt. Sooner or later I'll go that route but it is a hastle. I haven't seen a wall to wall SPS dominant that has gone from frags to TOTM under a singular LED setup yet.