ghbrewer
Active Member
Just wanted to post a bit about me here on R2R. I have been in the hobby for a while, and am pretty active in my local club (Atlanta Reef Club). I have casually browsed this forum for years, just never had the motivation to become very active on here until someone recently said I should give it a go. I have been keeping tanks for years, but actively keeping marine and reef tanks for the last 4-5 years. I am a DIY guy by nature, and a CADD tech by trade. So, I tend to be overly analytical and someone who really likes to tinker with things and very hard to satisfy. With that said, I decided to completely restart from scratch about a year ago, starting with a custom 100g starphire rimless tank.
The tank has been up and cycling since May, but I have been having a hard time getting the flow right (at least what I think it should be) while still maintaining an aesthetically pleasing tank. My wife is pretty good about letting me do whatever I want to accommodate my tanks, as long as it looks good and doesn’t make a lot of noise. So, I have been striving to make sure that anything I do with the tank meets those demands.
With that said, having had the tank up and running for a while and trying a few different lights and pumps, I think I have settled on what I need to do to get it set for stocking. Probably going to have to drain it and drill a couple holes for a closed loop, but it is what I think needs to be done so that it meets my needs. In the meantime, I am anxious to start picking up fish and corals, so I am setting another tank setup at the office that will serve as an observation/quarantine/grow out tank for all new arrivals (what I keep telling myself to justify a nice office tank…lol).
Look forward to getting a feel for this community, and getting to know a lot of you.
Thanks,
Grant (ghbrewer)
The tank has been up and cycling since May, but I have been having a hard time getting the flow right (at least what I think it should be) while still maintaining an aesthetically pleasing tank. My wife is pretty good about letting me do whatever I want to accommodate my tanks, as long as it looks good and doesn’t make a lot of noise. So, I have been striving to make sure that anything I do with the tank meets those demands.
With that said, having had the tank up and running for a while and trying a few different lights and pumps, I think I have settled on what I need to do to get it set for stocking. Probably going to have to drain it and drill a couple holes for a closed loop, but it is what I think needs to be done so that it meets my needs. In the meantime, I am anxious to start picking up fish and corals, so I am setting another tank setup at the office that will serve as an observation/quarantine/grow out tank for all new arrivals (what I keep telling myself to justify a nice office tank…lol).
Look forward to getting a feel for this community, and getting to know a lot of you.
Thanks,
Grant (ghbrewer)
, nice set up.
