Intermediate reefer just moved back to central Illinois

Brody’s Reef · Jul 12, 2021

Hi everyone! I’ve been here for a while but I thought I would throw a post here since I just recently moved from the St. Louis metro area back to my hometown in Effingham County, Illinois. I was spoiled with the awesome LFS’s and community in and around STL and now I’m like an hour and a half from the nearest LFS. I’m hoping to meet more reef keepers in my area to trade frags in the future.

Here is a link to the build thread for my previous tank.

Build Thread - My reefing journey from 0 to an 80 gallon shallow reef

I moved to a new account to match my IG so I wanted to repost my build. So this thread is about a year late but I figured I should finally give it a shot. I’m almost a year into this hobby and my obsession hasn’t slowed a bit (just ask my fiancé). It all started with an Used Innovative Marine...

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It was an 80 gallon shallow mixed reef. Unfortunately I had to sell it and I am now restarting with a 47.5 gallon Tideline AIO system.

PeterC99 · Jul 12, 2021

Welcome to R2R!

Your 80g aquarium looks great sorry you had to sell it ! Did you build the stand? Really neat!

revhtree · Jul 12, 2021

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

Brody’s Reef · Jul 12, 2021

PeterC99 said:
Welcome to R2R!

Your 80g aquarium looks great sorry you had to sell it ! Did you build the stand? Really neat!

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Thanks! The stand was built by the previous owner but I refinished and painted it when I bought the tank.