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P-Dub said:
Shore dives are absolutely great! Live Aboards... off the charts!
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Gotta wait till the kids are grown up a bit for liveabord adventures. I can get a day or two's boat diving in on vacations but they're too young to come and my wife is terrified of water, so for now it's mostly cold, murky diving in the north east for me. And plenty of fun that is too! Saw seahorses hiding in the grass on my first certification dive - in 18" of viz - and that was incredible.
 
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shorediver said:
Hey everyone,

I'm starting my first marine tank build - it'll be an all in one in a 40 breeder size tank (36x18wx16d) in which I want to grow LPS and softies and keep some of the usual suspect fish and invertebrates. During my research I kept finding info here so thought this'd be the place to join!

I've kept freshwater fish for years and enjoy them a lot, but all I've ever really wanted was a reef tank. This is a thing I've had in my mind since childhood and finally I have the space and the spousal approval, and some funds to keep it maintained (startup costs are pretty eye-watering though). I recently did my first Carribean reef dive and that's finally pushed me over the edge - I want to share some impression of that incredible world with my kids.

I'm keeping this simple - planning on live rock and sand to handle filtration, backed up by water changes, and we'll see how that goes. I don't have the space for a sump. I'll keep the bio load fairly light and I don't plan on adding any fish until things are very stable and I have some starter corals showing a bit of growth. I'm not sure if I'm patient as much as extremely cautious. I really don't want to be responsible for the death of something that I've basically taken prisoner, so slowly does it.

Where I am right now: I have the tank, I have a shopping list and a startup plan, and some stuff on its way.

Anyway thanks for the great resource here and looking forward to contributing myself.
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Can’t wait to see it come along,, been reading lots things today and I’m rethinking my approach on my new tank before I put water in. Maybe ur tank n experience you go through and success you have will push me over the edge,,,, Welcome aboard r2r thanks for sharing. Good luck brother
 
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