Whiskeyboy84
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I would like to start out by thanking Reef2Reef for providing us with a forum to meet, talk to and learn from like minded individuals. My name is Jeremiah and I am an aspiring reefer and am currently in the process of building my first Reef System. I ordered a custom 200ish gallon display earlier this month and will be beginning my journey into the world of reefing slowly!
To provide some background I am a 33 year old medically retired former Combat Medic who is currently working on a masters degree in Science with a focus on Secondary Education! I suffer from Insomnia as a result of my Combat related injuries and find peace with my current 55 gallon brackish aquarium. I have been researching Reef care for the last 4-5 months and watching all the BRS Tv videos I can find. Not to mention poking the brain of my LFS Salty Fish Owner Terry and his amazing family and team! The reason I am doing such a large system is two part first everything I have read suggest they maintain water conditions much more stable than smaller systems. Plus I have an 11 ft wide recess in my living room so I ordered a 96” long 24” wide by 20” inch deep glass tank with Center overflow two 1.5” drains and three 1” returns. I have a 75 gallon tank I plan to convert to my sump and use the Triton Method from the start. This will likely be a 5-6 month project as I am not rich lol and my wife is a special needs teacher so between her income and my retirement we do ok but building a system of this size with quality components is going to take a lot of save and buy a piece at a time lol!
The good thing is I am very handy and have lots of tools one could say that I am a jack of all trades and a master of most as I grew up with a Mechanic for a father, a Nurse for a Mom, and a Grandfather who owned his own construction company. So I can build a house from the ground up and the same with a car lol. I arc weld, wire weld, and Tig weld as well. I will be building my own stand out of wood for cost purposes lol. Once again thank you and I hope to be able to bring something to this community as well.
To provide some background I am a 33 year old medically retired former Combat Medic who is currently working on a masters degree in Science with a focus on Secondary Education! I suffer from Insomnia as a result of my Combat related injuries and find peace with my current 55 gallon brackish aquarium. I have been researching Reef care for the last 4-5 months and watching all the BRS Tv videos I can find. Not to mention poking the brain of my LFS Salty Fish Owner Terry and his amazing family and team! The reason I am doing such a large system is two part first everything I have read suggest they maintain water conditions much more stable than smaller systems. Plus I have an 11 ft wide recess in my living room so I ordered a 96” long 24” wide by 20” inch deep glass tank with Center overflow two 1.5” drains and three 1” returns. I have a 75 gallon tank I plan to convert to my sump and use the Triton Method from the start. This will likely be a 5-6 month project as I am not rich lol and my wife is a special needs teacher so between her income and my retirement we do ok but building a system of this size with quality components is going to take a lot of save and buy a piece at a time lol!
The good thing is I am very handy and have lots of tools one could say that I am a jack of all trades and a master of most as I grew up with a Mechanic for a father, a Nurse for a Mom, and a Grandfather who owned his own construction company. So I can build a house from the ground up and the same with a car lol. I arc weld, wire weld, and Tig weld as well. I will be building my own stand out of wood for cost purposes lol. Once again thank you and I hope to be able to bring something to this community as well.
