Hello
Short intro
I have 3 reef tanks, 240 Gallon, 110 gallon and one 40 Gallon. I love to learn and tinker with my setup. I am joining MASC to meet some like minded people in the hobby.
I love to scuba and snorkeling (filled a bucket list item and got to swim with humpback whales last week).
I have a great wife and two kids 10 and 13.
The long version
My first tank was a 150G. saltwater tank when I lived in South Florida app 20 year ago, back when wet / dry filters and bio balls were the basics.
My best friend and I built our own calcium reactors, and I also built and an algae scrubbers out of a rain gutter and fluorescent lighting before scrubbers were a thing.
Water changes were done when the tide came in filling a 55 gallon drum with fresh ocean water. On the weekend we went in to the ocean and collected items for the tank.
A while after moving to Colorado I could not shake the urge and got back into the hobby.
I started with a small used 75G tank that came with some rocks, soft corals and a few fish. Then I upgraded to a Red Sea Reefer 525XL, and met Cris from Aquatic Arts.
He made me realize that a lot had changed in 20 years and he patiently help me to relearn the hobby.
Spring of 21 I ordered my "dream" tank a 8 foot 240 Gallon from him. The 240 drains to the basement in to my 110 gallon Red Sea Reefer, in to my 75 gallon sump and 40 display.
I automate as much as I can to keep the tank as stable as possible with the Neptune Apex and Trident, controlling heaters, chiller and UV sterilizer to name a few.
For the water stability a Calcium reactor, supplemented with kalkwasser, and a small amount of tropic Marine A / K and Iodine. RO unit with Auto top of.
I also Grow cheato, and phyto.
Lighting, on the main display I still have T5's with 4 XR30 Gen 5, on the 110 two T5 with 2 older Hydra 64, and on the 40 one Red Sea 50 (yes I need to add some lights on the 40)
I tried to share some pictures, it states I don't have permission to upload?
I look forward meeting you reefers.
Chris
Sent from my SM-G986U using MASC mobile app
Short intro
I have 3 reef tanks, 240 Gallon, 110 gallon and one 40 Gallon. I love to learn and tinker with my setup. I am joining MASC to meet some like minded people in the hobby.
I love to scuba and snorkeling (filled a bucket list item and got to swim with humpback whales last week).
I have a great wife and two kids 10 and 13.
The long version
My first tank was a 150G. saltwater tank when I lived in South Florida app 20 year ago, back when wet / dry filters and bio balls were the basics.
My best friend and I built our own calcium reactors, and I also built and an algae scrubbers out of a rain gutter and fluorescent lighting before scrubbers were a thing.
Water changes were done when the tide came in filling a 55 gallon drum with fresh ocean water. On the weekend we went in to the ocean and collected items for the tank.
A while after moving to Colorado I could not shake the urge and got back into the hobby.
I started with a small used 75G tank that came with some rocks, soft corals and a few fish. Then I upgraded to a Red Sea Reefer 525XL, and met Cris from Aquatic Arts.
He made me realize that a lot had changed in 20 years and he patiently help me to relearn the hobby.
Spring of 21 I ordered my "dream" tank a 8 foot 240 Gallon from him. The 240 drains to the basement in to my 110 gallon Red Sea Reefer, in to my 75 gallon sump and 40 display.
I automate as much as I can to keep the tank as stable as possible with the Neptune Apex and Trident, controlling heaters, chiller and UV sterilizer to name a few.
For the water stability a Calcium reactor, supplemented with kalkwasser, and a small amount of tropic Marine A / K and Iodine. RO unit with Auto top of.
I also Grow cheato, and phyto.
Lighting, on the main display I still have T5's with 4 XR30 Gen 5, on the 110 two T5 with 2 older Hydra 64, and on the 40 one Red Sea 50 (yes I need to add some lights on the 40)
I tried to share some pictures, it states I don't have permission to upload?
I look forward meeting you reefers.
Chris
Sent from my SM-G986U using MASC mobile app
If you aren't a club member you have to upload them to some where that you can get a link from the pic and the post it that way.
