NW Reef
New Member
Hi All,
Longtime lurker and finally created an account.
Started my first saltwater tank in November of '22. It was a used RS300XL with all of the RedSea accessories. Had various success but ended up flooding the basement after leaving the RODI filter running. Approx 25 gallons on LVP flooring wasn't too big of headache but I was definitely frustrated
. Coupling the frustration and experiencing a mid-career crisis (potentially moving out of state) I decommissioned the tank and sold it.
6 months later I've finally settled my career ambitions and the wife is encouraging starting up a new tank (partly due to my insisting we go to the LFS's and look at fish)
We come from FW tanks for the past few years where I have played with WC systems, sumps, and other DIY projects. The wife currently has a 125G FW with a bunch of oddballs. I plumbed it for easy WC's and minimal maintenance on my part.
Currently planning my next SW tank and stuck between staying at the 300Xl size or moving up to something larger. There's a nice WB Infinia Frag for sale in Portland that's caught my eye but its on the larger side of what I was thinking. If anyone semi-local has equipment they are selling I may be interested as I try to rebuild.
Anyways I hope to learn all I can from the site and add to the discussions as I learn more or find my professional and/or DIY experience relevant.
thanks,
Brandon
Longtime lurker and finally created an account.
Started my first saltwater tank in November of '22. It was a used RS300XL with all of the RedSea accessories. Had various success but ended up flooding the basement after leaving the RODI filter running. Approx 25 gallons on LVP flooring wasn't too big of headache but I was definitely frustrated
. Coupling the frustration and experiencing a mid-career crisis (potentially moving out of state) I decommissioned the tank and sold it.6 months later I've finally settled my career ambitions and the wife is encouraging starting up a new tank (partly due to my insisting we go to the LFS's and look at fish
)We come from FW tanks for the past few years where I have played with WC systems, sumps, and other DIY projects. The wife currently has a 125G FW with a bunch of oddballs. I plumbed it for easy WC's and minimal maintenance on my part.
Currently planning my next SW tank and stuck between staying at the 300Xl size or moving up to something larger. There's a nice WB Infinia Frag for sale in Portland that's caught my eye but its on the larger side of what I was thinking. If anyone semi-local has equipment they are selling I may be interested as I try to rebuild.
Anyways I hope to learn all I can from the site and add to the discussions as I learn more or find my professional and/or DIY experience relevant.
thanks,
Brandon
