Getting back in and startling from scratch

prodman · Nov 11, 2023

Hello, I’m new to the forum. I had been on Reef central for years and seems like this is now the place to be. I am in Northern CA and been without a tank for about 10 years now. I was in pretty deep then and have had a few fun SPS dominated tanks. Seems like a fair amount has changed and I’ll be starting from scratch. I’m looking forward to getting started.
Paul

Peace River · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

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Ocean_Queenie · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome aboard prodman~

Kristopher Conlin · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!!

1112-425XL · Nov 11, 2023

tharbin · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome to R2R!

CoralB · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome !!

Jimbhoy13 · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world Paul.

Uncle99 · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome Paul to R2R!
Enjoy this round.

Reefer Matt · Nov 11, 2023

zheka757 · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome to R2R!

FrugalReefer · Nov 11, 2023

00W · Nov 11, 2023

Welcome Welcome to R2R Paul!

cilyjr · Nov 11, 2023

prodman said:
Hello, I’m new to the forum. I had been on Reef central for years and seems like this is now the place to be. I am in Northern CA and been without a tank for about 10 years now. I was in pretty deep then and have had a few fun SPS dominated tanks. Seems like a fair amount has changed and I’ll be starting from scratch. I’m looking forward to getting started.
Paul

It's true, really specifically how people start tanks nowadays from about 10 years ago when everything was specifically getting live rock. People today tend to go all dry rock and use the bottle bacteria. Although that's fine I suppose.
I started over from scratch a few years ago when I moved here to California. I chose to go a different route. More of a hybrid. I got a fair amount of dry rock from local hobbyists. Gave it on acid bath. Then I got some good pieces of seed rock from again, local hobbyists!

Good luck getting going!

cdemoss01 · Nov 15, 2023

prodman said:
Hello, I’m new to the forum. I had been on Reef central for years and seems like this is now the place to be. I am in Northern CA and been without a tank for about 10 years now. I was in pretty deep then and have had a few fun SPS dominated tanks. Seems like a fair amount has changed and I’ll be starting from scratch. I’m looking forward to getting started.
Paul

Welcome to Reef2Reef!