Hi All,
I just got rehooked on reefs and, of course, found the BAR forums so full of interesting, thoughtful ideas and expertise - generously shared - that I had to join. So thanks in advance from someone who really appreciated finding a local bunch of enthusiasts while jumping back into the hobby. Especially all the LED talk. Great stuff.
How it all happened...I spent the holidays snorkeling the Belize Barrier Reef which is, as you might suppose, pretty nice. I spent so many hours hovering over square-foot micro-outcroppings of coral in the middle of acres of turtle grass that it reignited a well-suppressed desire to grow my own nano-reef at home. Back stateside, when a little jbj 12g dx nano cube came available, I bought it - knowing full well that the cost of the "sale" tank would be a trivial part of the whole.
The tank has been full of Oceanic saltwater and bathed in 12 watts of LED light for a week. I've got a Koralia Nano in the lower left and a Deflector on the pump return. 15 lbs of aquacultured live rock is coming from the Florida Keys next week, as is 10 lbs or so of live sand, and I want to turn the back chambers of the tank into a mud and cheato fuge with a bank of LED lights. A 36 watt LED fixture is still in the planning stages for the display portion of the tank, but I figure the 12 watt will get me through the curing process for the rock, and buy me enough time to learn what the heck I am doing.
Thankfully, this forum is a rich repository of expertise. I have a lot of reading to do.
Best,
-Jesse
I just got rehooked on reefs and, of course, found the BAR forums so full of interesting, thoughtful ideas and expertise - generously shared - that I had to join. So thanks in advance from someone who really appreciated finding a local bunch of enthusiasts while jumping back into the hobby. Especially all the LED talk. Great stuff.
How it all happened...I spent the holidays snorkeling the Belize Barrier Reef which is, as you might suppose, pretty nice. I spent so many hours hovering over square-foot micro-outcroppings of coral in the middle of acres of turtle grass that it reignited a well-suppressed desire to grow my own nano-reef at home. Back stateside, when a little jbj 12g dx nano cube came available, I bought it - knowing full well that the cost of the "sale" tank would be a trivial part of the whole.
The tank has been full of Oceanic saltwater and bathed in 12 watts of LED light for a week. I've got a Koralia Nano in the lower left and a Deflector on the pump return. 15 lbs of aquacultured live rock is coming from the Florida Keys next week, as is 10 lbs or so of live sand, and I want to turn the back chambers of the tank into a mud and cheato fuge with a bank of LED lights. A 36 watt LED fixture is still in the planning stages for the display portion of the tank, but I figure the 12 watt will get me through the curing process for the rock, and buy me enough time to learn what the heck I am doing.
Thankfully, this forum is a rich repository of expertise. I have a lot of reading to do.
Best,
-Jesse