After months of waiting I have finally found the time get back into the aquarium hobby. I still consider myself very new to the hobby, only being 5 years since I started my first saltwater aquarium. I have been fascinated with aquariums since my first freshwater 10 gallon in 1996. Since then I have gradually graduated in tank size and difficulty. After getting my scuba diving certification at 13 I had my eye on the prize, my new found passion, having a saltwater reef tank. I have some success with leather corals, mushrooms, polyps, sponges but I have never had the opportunity to keep SPS, mostly because of financial reasons. Thanks to Tuberider, I quickly started to pick up on the science of reef keeping. Unfortunately because of a series of events I had to breakdown the tank and put everything on hold. Finally after a long time I have been given the opportunity to start again, and this time I have decided to start a true reef tank with LPS and SPS. This is what I am working with now...
Tank: 100 gallon TruVu
Sump: 50 gallon
Refugium: 10 gallon CPR
Protein Skimmer: RS80
Live Rock: 150lbs
Lights: pending but It looks like I found a deal on 2 used Hamilton 400 watt MH along with some T5s
Water quality: Cycling (Note: I just moved to the Santa Cruz mountains and I have not yet found out about our water source.)
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 73 degrees
I was recently laid off from my job, so I decided to go back to school full time and have part time work so money is very tight. I will be attaching so photos of the tank later today to give you guys a better picture....literally. This hobby has taught me so much, and I am hoping to learn so much more more. I would like to thank everyone, you guys are the reason why I still geek out and never give up on this.
-Robert
Tank: 100 gallon TruVu
Sump: 50 gallon
Refugium: 10 gallon CPR
Protein Skimmer: RS80
Live Rock: 150lbs
Lights: pending but It looks like I found a deal on 2 used Hamilton 400 watt MH along with some T5s
Water quality: Cycling (Note: I just moved to the Santa Cruz mountains and I have not yet found out about our water source.)
Salinity: 1.025
Temp: 73 degrees
I was recently laid off from my job, so I decided to go back to school full time and have part time work so money is very tight. I will be attaching so photos of the tank later today to give you guys a better picture....literally. This hobby has taught me so much, and I am hoping to learn so much more more. I would like to thank everyone, you guys are the reason why I still geek out and never give up on this.
-Robert