dugthefish
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Hello, new member here. Been away from the hobby for a dozen years or so, and it's amazing how much things have changed! Lemme give you some background....
Got into saltwater in the early 2000s. Started with a 75g FOWLR, that soon turned into a softie/Lps reef. Which turned into a second 75g FOWRL for my non reef safe volitans lion, and eventually added a 40g clown/anemone tank. I loved the hobby, and after a few years, had some nice established tanks, and was looking forward to moving on to something bigger. Around 2005, life decided that I didnt need to have so much in my life, and those tanks all sadly went bye bye.
Fast forward to last month, and life had given me the chance to rekindle my interest in reef tanks. My plan now is to finally build a 125g full blown reef. Everyone here know how expensive it is, so I'm trying to keep costs down by buying used equipment, and diy-ing as much as possible.
In the last few weeks, I found a 125rr tank/stand/canopy ($400, but the stand was questionable and I probably wont use the canopy), a nice Esopps 200 sump/Octopus skimmer/Waveline pump ($250, and he threw in 50# of dry rock), three 165w Viparspectra LED lights ($90 ea on Ebay flash sale), and most of the rest of the equipment off Ebay flash sale, 180# of sand (.50/# off a Petco flash sale, with fre shipping).
I'm at the point now where I just need to get it all put together. I'm hoping that by keeping up on this post, I will better motivate myself to get it all done in a timely manner. Thanks for reading, questions/comments/suggestions appreciated!
Dug
Got into saltwater in the early 2000s. Started with a 75g FOWLR, that soon turned into a softie/Lps reef. Which turned into a second 75g FOWRL for my non reef safe volitans lion, and eventually added a 40g clown/anemone tank. I loved the hobby, and after a few years, had some nice established tanks, and was looking forward to moving on to something bigger. Around 2005, life decided that I didnt need to have so much in my life, and those tanks all sadly went bye bye.
Fast forward to last month, and life had given me the chance to rekindle my interest in reef tanks. My plan now is to finally build a 125g full blown reef. Everyone here know how expensive it is, so I'm trying to keep costs down by buying used equipment, and diy-ing as much as possible.
In the last few weeks, I found a 125rr tank/stand/canopy ($400, but the stand was questionable and I probably wont use the canopy), a nice Esopps 200 sump/Octopus skimmer/Waveline pump ($250, and he threw in 50# of dry rock), three 165w Viparspectra LED lights ($90 ea on Ebay flash sale), and most of the rest of the equipment off Ebay flash sale, 180# of sand (.50/# off a Petco flash sale, with fre shipping).
I'm at the point now where I just need to get it all put together. I'm hoping that by keeping up on this post, I will better motivate myself to get it all done in a timely manner. Thanks for reading, questions/comments/suggestions appreciated!
Dug
