New guy here

Wanna-B-Reefer · Dec 8, 2017

Howdy all y'all!
My name is Jake and I'm finally signing up here. I've read and gotten a lot of good info on R2R and I'm excited about joining. I am scary close to 40 years old and I've had aquariums on and off nearly all my life. All of them have been fresh water, but this time I'm going salt. I bought a 130 gallon glass tank about a year ago. I've drilled it myself for an overflow setup. I made my own overflows also. I built a sump from a 50 gallon used tank I picked up. The overflow is plumbed with PVC. And that's where I'm stopped. I just purchased a return pump and will be working on my return plumbing as time allows. My build is going SLOW because of budget and time but mostly the budget. Dang kiddos

I'm hoping I can add to to the conversation intelligently and I hope you all are patient with my questions. I think I might know just enough to get myself in big trouble! Lol

Cheers!
Jake.

kschweer · Dec 8, 2017

Welcome to R2R!!!

SaltLifer · Dec 8, 2017

Welcome! Everybody is super helpful here. Since you're starting from the beginning, you should make a build thread too! I wish I would have when I first started.

samnaz · Dec 8, 2017

Welcome. I agree, make a build thread. We love pictures ;-)

Crabs McJones · Dec 8, 2017

Welcome to R2R!!

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Wanna-B-Reefer · Dec 8, 2017

Ok I will see what I can do. I never thought about taking pictures before now. I kinda figured that nobody would want to see my lowish budget most likely not correct build. I just watch and read then take a shot at making something. I watch a ton of Bulk Reef Supply videos. And follow a few reefers on YouTube. Next time I have everything opened up I'll take a few pictures and try to explain what I've done.

Flippers4pups · Dec 8, 2017

Wanna-B-Reefer said:
Ok I will see what I can do. I never thought about taking pictures before now. I kinda figured that nobody would want to see my lowish budget most likely not correct build. I just watch and read then take a shot at making something. I watch a ton of Bulk Reef Supply videos. And follow a few reefers on YouTube. Next time I have everything opened up I'll take a few pictures and try to explain what I've done.

Na, I like the low budget approach to reefing. It's old school to me and it's what I've been use to doing all these years! Diy, well I love that too. Ghetto, I've got that down. If it works and grows coral, keeps fish happy and healthy, I'm fins up!

(My current build took me just over a year to complete and get wet!, Slow is okay)

Welcome to reef2reef! You'll like it here!