Calling all Wisco Reefers

TaylorP78 · Jul 9, 2021

Thanks!
Hello everyone my name is Taylor, I am 19 years old and I am located in Waukesha Wisconsin (just west of milwaukee) I currently have a 20g and a 10g reef tank but I just got a 65g and 35g tanks for free that I just need to fix up (they have broken glass on one side). I also work at a fish shop in Milwaukee called “best fish” that’s where I met Zach. Even though I’m only 19 I am extremely dedicated to this hobby and I am an aspiring coral farmer. I will definitely make a build thread for my tanks. Thank you all so much for having me, it’s awesome to finally meet some other Wisconsin reefers!

cwerner · Jul 9, 2021

Hello Taylor! Welcome to 608!

I've stopped by Best Fish and really liked the store. Let us know when you guys get some cool new frags.

Welcome to the group and the site.

Weasel1960 · Jul 9, 2021

Hi Taylor and welcome aboard. Will stop by to see you when I get my build up and running.

RobB'z Reef · Jul 9, 2021

TaylorP78 said:
Thanks!
Hello everyone my name is Taylor, I am 19 years old and I am located in Waukesha Wisconsin (just west of milwaukee) I currently have a 20g and a 10g reef tank but I just got a 65g and 35g tanks for free that I just need to fix up (they have broken glass on one side). I also work at a fish shop in Milwaukee called “best fish” that’s where I met Zach. Even though I’m only 19 I am extremely dedicated to this hobby and I am an aspiring coral farmer. I will definitely make a build thread for my tanks. Thank you all so much for having me, it’s awesome to finally meet some other Wisconsin reefers!

Welcome!

dmy535 · Jul 10, 2021

Been to that store! Got 2 fish I had been searching for a while!

Zach B · Jul 10, 2021

It really is a cool & unique place. I still have established live rock that I bought there about 15 years ago. Will be making the trip there more often

TaylorP78 · Jul 10, 2021

Weasel1960 said:
Hi Taylor and welcome aboard. Will stop by to see you when I get my build up and running.

Awesome, can’t wait! And good luck with your build!

TaylorP78 · Jul 10, 2021

cwerner said:
Hello Taylor! Welcome to 608!

I've stopped by Best Fish and really liked the store. Let us know when you guys get some cool new frags.

Welcome to the group and the site.

I will for sure! If there’s any specific pieces you guys want I can talk to the guy who orders all our coral and see if we can get it.

dmy535 · Jul 11, 2021

We should organize a frag swap! Who’s got stuff they can piece out? I’m still growing stuff out, but have so much room for more corals!

Zach B · Jul 11, 2021

All of my corals are still babies aside from some zoas and mushrooms I could frag, possibly a smalll hammer frag or 2. I’d definitely be interested in adding more corals

Weasel1960 · Jul 11, 2021

All my corals are still between my ears ( am in the planning stages) I think @JayRozzer was looking for someone to swap awhile ago

TaylorP78 · Jul 11, 2021

dmy535 said:
We should organize a frag swap! Who’s got stuff they can piece out? I’m still growing stuff out, but have so much room for more corals!

Most of my stuff is still frags but I got a few high end zoas and mushrooms that could possibly be fragged in the near future.

dmy535 · Jul 11, 2021

Same here! But think this would be fun! I just added some updated coral photos on my build. Hoping they keep growing fast so I can offer some frags soon!

Zach B · Aug 9, 2021

Welcome @Andy Wenzel to the 608 Reefers!

Andy Wenzel · Aug 9, 2021

Z&KFarmsWI said:
Welcome @Andy Wenzel to the 608 Reefers!

Thanks for having me! I'm located in Muskego, WI and starting a build of a Waterbox 130.4. Tanks arrives today, but I figure it will be a couple months before water as I'm waiting on a couple 55 gallon containers for a water station and taking my time building an aquascape with Marco rock.

I am looking for a mentor, I'm planning a low maintenance (with-in reason) and being a developer & enthusiast of home automation, I'm looking to use as many gadgets and technology as I can. Please let me know if you're interested.

Once again, Thank you!
Andy Wenzel

cwerner · Aug 9, 2021

Welcome @Andy Wenzel !

If you're into that stuff and want low maintenance you might be able to build out a reef pi. There's a really active thread on here of folks that have developed a tank controller with a raspbery pi.

Reef-Pi Discussion

www.reef2reef.com

Otherwise Neptune and now HYDROS are the big controller games in town that would be able to automate a lot of stuff.

Weasel1960 · Aug 9, 2021

Hi @Andy Wenzel welcome to R2R and the 608s. Be careful what you dish for lots of mentors here with opposing opinions LOL. But still a good place to study in the many forums.

Also check out some of the basics on YouTube by Bulk Reef Supply, Marine Depot, and Tidal Gardens. Live Aquaria has great care info on fish, inverts, and corals.

As @cwerner said ReefPi is a do it yourself or you can by the components ready to go lots of the folks sharing their info in that DIY forum. RoboTank is hardware that works with Pi and Rob is working on a new UIF. At least worth the read if interested.

Good luck with your build, don’t forget to start a build thread.