Electrotech
Community Member
Hello, I'm new to this forum, my reef bug is back and and I'm starting up a couple new tanks.
I've been into aquariums for a long time, my first was a 55 gallon tropical community tank 15 years ago or so. Then it became a 55 gallon Mbuna African cichlid tank. Had that for a few years and then I moved out of my parents place and it became a Ball Python tank for a few years. Then I had a girlfriend move in and the snake went away and became a cichlid tank again, lol. The girlfriend became the wife and we moved to a rented house and had our first son so I didn't have a tank for a while and then got the itch again and this time started my first reef tank, a 46 gallon bowfront. Only had it for a few months before I decided it was too small and upgraded to a 125. Ran the 125 for a while and had another son and the time/money was an issue so I downgraded to a 28 nano cube. Had that for a few years and we moved again this time bought a house and I decided to finish the basement with a in-wall tank between the main family room and the laundry room. It took a long time to finish the basement little by little, all this time I had the tank set-up once again as a African cichlid tank. I took the tank down and sold off everything as we were planning on moving again, I was gonna finish off the wall where the tank was before we put the house up for sale. Decided to set-up a small 37 gallon reef in the upstairs living room. Long sad story made short we found out we're not moving any time soon so I decided to put a tank back into the wall and make it a reef this time.
So currently I have a 37 gallon upstairs in the living room it's been running live for a couple months, cycled for a month before that it will be a softie only, maybe a LPS or 2 as it only has 2 Current Orbit Marine 23W LED lights. And I'm in the planning & procuring process for the 120 in wall in the basement family room.
Looking forward to a new community.
I've been into aquariums for a long time, my first was a 55 gallon tropical community tank 15 years ago or so. Then it became a 55 gallon Mbuna African cichlid tank. Had that for a few years and then I moved out of my parents place and it became a Ball Python tank for a few years. Then I had a girlfriend move in and the snake went away and became a cichlid tank again, lol. The girlfriend became the wife and we moved to a rented house and had our first son so I didn't have a tank for a while and then got the itch again and this time started my first reef tank, a 46 gallon bowfront. Only had it for a few months before I decided it was too small and upgraded to a 125. Ran the 125 for a while and had another son and the time/money was an issue so I downgraded to a 28 nano cube. Had that for a few years and we moved again this time bought a house and I decided to finish the basement with a in-wall tank between the main family room and the laundry room. It took a long time to finish the basement little by little, all this time I had the tank set-up once again as a African cichlid tank. I took the tank down and sold off everything as we were planning on moving again, I was gonna finish off the wall where the tank was before we put the house up for sale. Decided to set-up a small 37 gallon reef in the upstairs living room. Long sad story made short we found out we're not moving any time soon so I decided to put a tank back into the wall and make it a reef this time.
So currently I have a 37 gallon upstairs in the living room it's been running live for a couple months, cycled for a month before that it will be a softie only, maybe a LPS or 2 as it only has 2 Current Orbit Marine 23W LED lights. And I'm in the planning & procuring process for the 120 in wall in the basement family room.
Looking forward to a new community.
