Hey everyone, figured I'd make my first post an introduction. I recently stumbled on this forum while researching reef aquaria. I've spent many, many years keeping and breeding FW fish (probably 20 years with a 3 year lapse in there)...my dad had me selecting guppies for finnage and colors when I was like 10, haha. Hooked ever since. Most recently I got into planted tanks and have a 35 gallon "riparium" that I've been thoroughly enjoying.
Right now I'm planning out my first reef setup, and have been learning as much as I can over the past few months. I kinda jumped into the planted tank thing and learned a lot by trial and error. Although I'm sure that cycle will still apply to keeping a reef...I'm hoping to keep that to the minimum and do it right the first time (don't we all? lol). I'm leaning towards an AIO system like the 29gal biocube or jbj 28gal...hoping to find a used system locally (*wink wink nod nod*) before pulling the trigger at the lfs.
I'll probably stay away from sps for quite a while and just go with zoas and lps; I dove into the "difficult" stuff (high light, CO2 injection) with my first planted tank and learned to enjoy the simplicity of a low maintenance system soon after. I don't mind the legwork and daily routine...but I'd much rather spend my time enjoying the tank than tweaking things to find a balanced system. Hopefully I can keep things relatively simple and straightforward.
Anyway...looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you at some point. We have a pretty active group of local "planted" guys on another forum and I've enjoyed trading and checking out other builds.
Right now I'm planning out my first reef setup, and have been learning as much as I can over the past few months. I kinda jumped into the planted tank thing and learned a lot by trial and error. Although I'm sure that cycle will still apply to keeping a reef...I'm hoping to keep that to the minimum and do it right the first time (don't we all? lol). I'm leaning towards an AIO system like the 29gal biocube or jbj 28gal...hoping to find a used system locally (*wink wink nod nod*) before pulling the trigger at the lfs.
I'll probably stay away from sps for quite a while and just go with zoas and lps; I dove into the "difficult" stuff (high light, CO2 injection) with my first planted tank and learned to enjoy the simplicity of a low maintenance system soon after. I don't mind the legwork and daily routine...but I'd much rather spend my time enjoying the tank than tweaking things to find a balanced system. Hopefully I can keep things relatively simple and straightforward.
Anyway...looking forward to hopefully meeting some of you at some point. We have a pretty active group of local "planted" guys on another forum and I've enjoyed trading and checking out other builds.
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