Hi - I have a reefing problem

cdangel0 · Nov 30, 2012

Hello All -

My name is Craig - and I have a reefing problem - I can't keep my hands out of my tank, it absorbs copious amounts of money, I spend hours upon hours of my day either sitting in front of my tank watching polyps sway, fish swim, or amphipods crawl. If I'm not in front of the tank I'm online somewhere reading about fish tanks, answering questions, or learning new stuff.

I also happen to be the president of my local reef club which enables me a lot of excuses to be on web sites and having large amounts of live animals and drygoods shipped to my house.

Anyhow - I've known about this site for a long time, and figured I finally had enough free time at work to start visiting a new site.

I currently have a 75g mixed reef, plummed to a 29g sump, running a seperate 20g fuge. LED lighting, ASM skimmer, Yello, Hippo, Sailfin, and Purple tangs, an ignorantly mean tomato clown, and a blue chromis that has managed to survive for about 6 years now.

Downbeach · Nov 30, 2012

Welcome aboard, Craig.

SeahorseKeeper · Nov 30, 2012

Welcome to R2R!!! Your tank looks great!!

cdangel0 · Nov 30, 2012

Thank you. This particular tank has been up and running for about 4-5 years. It will be coming down next weekend as I've been able to acquire a nice 120g to replace it. I'll be sure to do a build thread on the new one for everyone's reading enjoyment.

always reefin · Nov 30, 2012

Your not the only one with the addiction...lol. You'll find many many others right here on R2R. Welcome :wink:

Pkunk35 · Nov 30, 2012

Awesome tank, Craig, and welcome!

SteezySPS · Nov 30, 2012

i'm in the same boat and thats why i'm downgrading to a nano in hopes that i overcome this madness.

skinz78 · Nov 30, 2012

Welcome to Reef2Reef Craig, it's been a long time! I thought you used to have some clams in there a while back?

If you haven't already done so, be sure to get your entry in on the November Reef2Reef Membership Drive contest for your chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Live Aquaria! https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/me...ef2reef-membership-drive-win.html#post1110934

Ltoutjian · Nov 30, 2012

haha welcome, I too have the problem, I am on my third tank in 2 years

wysiwyg · Nov 30, 2012

welcome to r2r craig amazing tank

revhtree · Nov 30, 2012

Welcome to R2R!

We appreciate your membership!

Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!

cdangel0 · Dec 1, 2012

skinz78 said:
Welcome to Reef2Reef Craig, it's been a long time! I thought you used to have some clams in there a while back?

If you haven't already done so, be sure to get your entry in on the November Reef2Reef Membership Drive contest for your chance to win a $100 gift certificate to Live Aquaria! https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/me...ef2reef-membership-drive-win.html#post1110934

Yeah its been too long. Sorry it took me so long to get over here.

You are correct about the clams. I only have one at the moment. I use them lime a savings account .... when I have money I buy a few. When I need mo eyes they're the first things that go - best return on investment

That reminds me - I need to get a few more for the new tank.

skinz78 · Dec 1, 2012

Haha, yeah I hear ya. I've toned it down a lot from where I was with them. I only have a few rare one's now.

I'm sure you'll love the new 120g, I've had mine set up for about 2 years now and I love it.

buddythelion · Dec 1, 2012

SteezySPS said:
i'm in the same boat and thats why i'm downgrading to a nano in hopes that i overcome this madness.

I had that same thinking. All it led to was "I have such a small tank, I better only get pieces that I really like." Unfortunately that meant all of those pieces were really really pricey, LOL.