Mr.Fishy
New Member
Ok so first off I’m Chris, I just want to say I love this forum. I’ve been on here for a few days just trying to take in as much as I can while I’m waiting on the books I’ve ordered that I’ve seen suggested by other users on a different forum before I found this one and I love how friendly and active this one is compared to the other.
But now a short little back story I’ve wanted a reef tank since I can remember but my dad said I was too young for one and when I finally turned 17 I was able to get my first 30g fresh water had that for a few months then went down hill because I didn’t know what i was doing. I researched and then upgraded to a 55g fresh water and I did everything the right way and by the book and I kept it running with no problems for about 2-3 years and I was out of town and my dad added the wrong treatment by accident and shocked the whole tank. So that was 12 years ago and now I’m ready to give it a go again. My plan is to get my hands on a 100g tank and have the reef I’ve always wanted. But it’s going to be a while until then, so until that day I’m going to research and read as much as possible. So now would anyone be so generous and give me a rundown for the perfect set up from top to bottom for a beginner. I’d like to be able to set up a “budget” per say so I have an idea on the amount I need to put back? I’d say the in between products like the ones that arent cheap but also won’t break the bank for one piece. I’m pretty sure the prices will fluctuate and newer pieces will come out by the time I’m ready but I’ll worry about that when it gets closer for me to take the plunge haha.
But I just want to thank you to everyone that will take the time to real this and is willing to share!
im sorry that this is a long post.
thank you again,
Chris
But now a short little back story I’ve wanted a reef tank since I can remember but my dad said I was too young for one and when I finally turned 17 I was able to get my first 30g fresh water had that for a few months then went down hill because I didn’t know what i was doing. I researched and then upgraded to a 55g fresh water and I did everything the right way and by the book and I kept it running with no problems for about 2-3 years and I was out of town and my dad added the wrong treatment by accident and shocked the whole tank. So that was 12 years ago and now I’m ready to give it a go again. My plan is to get my hands on a 100g tank and have the reef I’ve always wanted. But it’s going to be a while until then, so until that day I’m going to research and read as much as possible. So now would anyone be so generous and give me a rundown for the perfect set up from top to bottom for a beginner. I’d like to be able to set up a “budget” per say so I have an idea on the amount I need to put back? I’d say the in between products like the ones that arent cheap but also won’t break the bank for one piece. I’m pretty sure the prices will fluctuate and newer pieces will come out by the time I’m ready but I’ll worry about that when it gets closer for me to take the plunge haha.
But I just want to thank you to everyone that will take the time to real this and is willing to share!
im sorry that this is a long post.
thank you again,
Chris
