New to hobby, need avice

[Jesterrace]

Some of us that are cheap/ on a budget will look on Craigslist and you will find numerous people that just get fed up with the Hobby and sell out for cheap.

You might have to put some elbow grease into cleaning up the tank and everything but it still saves you money.

Craigslist is where I got my 125 gallon tank. And before I left to come home he pretty much had my enclosed trailer and mini van full of odds and ends that were salt water-related.

No arguments there, my current setup is a mix of used and new (new tank, used stand, skimmer, return pump, sump and plumbing). My original 36 gallon was all new and my 90 gallon actually cost $100 less in total. The OP could also check his LFS, they get trade ins for people upgrading, getting out of the hobby, etc all the time.

 

[Jason mack]

Plenty of good sound advice here !! Think I’ll just say “Welcome to R2R, happy Reefing!!!”