New Reefer!

Mastiffsrule · Jun 23, 2020

Nice to meet you. The first thing you will want to do is not go to crazy with getting the best equipment until you are sure you are serious about......oops. Too late

Tank looks great.

Get a build thread under member tanks going so we can follow your progress on this awesome build

BighohoReef · Jun 23, 2020

Welcome to R2R! I think you’re gonna have to school some of us in tank builds and prep. You came prepared for this community

. Can’t wait to see what you put in the tank!

Billldg · Jun 23, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!

SPR1968 · Jun 24, 2020

Great pictures Jay, Welcome to R2R!!!

Austin J Vatalaro · Jun 24, 2020

Welcome! Patients is definitely key! I learned the hard way and had a tank crash on me :/ once your in with corals your hooked haha

vetteguy53081 · Jun 24, 2020

Great to see nice collection of quality equipment
Welcome to the R2R community !!

fuelman · Jun 24, 2020

Welcome to R2R nice looking set up!!!

Reefnman2 · Jun 24, 2020

Welcome to R2R Jay, really nice looking tank!

Jimbhoy13 · Jun 24, 2020

Moontower said:
Hello everyone!
My name is Jay, and I am new to reefing, started in October with a Red Sea Nano Max and now just upgraded this past weekend to the XL425. Been planning to since January and finally did last week. Took 2.5 solid days with my Bro in law who’s been a Reefer for years, he has me hooked. Attached are a couple pics from when we started on Thursday, been up and running for a few days. Didn’t realize how involved, complicated and costly this hobby is but I’m loving it! So far the number one thing I’ve learned so far is you must have patience which I have none haha but good things come to those who wait. Happy to be on the forum and looking forward to seeing everyone’s tanks as well as my own grow. Cheers!

View attachment 1643100 View attachment 1643101 View attachment 1643102 View attachment 1643103 View attachment 1643104 View attachment 1643105 View attachment 1643106 View attachment 1643107 View attachment 1643108 View attachment 1643109 View attachment 1643110 View attachment 1643111 View attachment 1643112 View attachment 1643113 View attachment 1643115 View attachment 1643116 View attachment 1643117 View attachment 1643118 View attachment 1643119 View attachment 1643120 View attachment 1643121 View attachment 1643122

Welcome to R2R and reefing Jay. Tank looks great. Lots of knowledgable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed. Yes, slow is the way in this hobby.

KJ · Jun 24, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!

New&no clue · Jun 24, 2020

Welcome to the Reef, that an awesome setup you already have, can't wait to see if full of life

Moontower · Jun 24, 2020

BighohoReef said:
Welcome to R2R! I think you’re gonna have to school some of us in tank builds and prep. You came prepared for this community. Can’t wait to see what you put in the tank!

Thanks man! Yea this took a ton of prep. That was the key, I waited until I had everything down to plumbing fittings knowing it was gonna take a while to put together. I wound up running a dedicated 29A circuit from my electric panel to my tank wall to make sure I had enough power down the road. Flew my Bro in Law down from NY (I’m in FLA now) and we took almost 3 days from start to finish. Took a while to get everything but he told me that you wanna go with really good equipment otherwise eventually it’s gonna go down and you’ll end up paying for it anyway. Good advice, thanks for checking it out!

Moontower · Jun 24, 2020

Moontower said:
Thanks man! Yea this took a ton of prep. That was the key, I waited until I had everything down to plumbing fittings knowing it was gonna take a while to put together. I wound up running a dedicated 29A circuit from my electric panel to my tank wall to make sure I had enough power down the road. Flew my Bro in Law down from NY (I’m in FLA now) and we took almost 3 days from start to finish. Took a while to get everything but he told me that you wanna go with really good equipment otherwise eventually it’s gonna go down and you’ll end up paying for it anyway. Good advice, thanks for checking it out!

20A circuit***