Hello everyone, I'm Addison I came over here from reef2reef after perusing the reef2reef local clubs and thought I would start by introducing myself. It wasn't until I started planning my second tank, that will be an upgrade in general moving to a larger system that I realized I wanted to connect with people more locally as well as online in the hobby.
A bit about myself, I've had fish tanks growing up always wanted to do saltwater but it wasnt until a couple years ago when I moved from Washington to NJ that I really had the funds and the opportunity to start up a saltwater system, before I had a small cichlid tank and decided that moving and trying to cross country move a tank was going to be difficult that I found my way to finding a lfs to take my fish and broke down the tank, giving me an opportunity to start fresh.
A couple years pass by I wouldnt say my 20 gallon set up was a bright a shiny success but I've learned alot and enjoyed the hobby through highs and lows and want to expand by moving to a larger tank where I have a bit more freedom in what I can keep.
Currently I'm on the tail end of a deployment with the NG in NJ and will be back stateside in about a month and home back in NJ shortly after.
Now about my upgrade, I've purchased and waiting for shipment of the new Waterbox frag 85.3 system they released on Blue Friday (Nov 1) when I started my plans for the upgrade way back at the beginning of this year I wanted to stick with a bit more shallow reef tank style, sadly infelt the old frag systems they had weren't tall enough for what I wanted, so I planned around a larger taller tank before the 85.3 release and in thinking and going back over old notes I wrote down in the beginning the new system was exactly what I wanted a bit more height in the tank. So currently I'm watching websites for sales fornthe holidays and slowly purchasing equipment. The new tank will also be started most likely a mix of dry rock and some cured live rock, my 20 gallon nano will be up and continue to be ran during the cycle time and slowly the current inhabitants will be transferred with some cautionary steps in between (coral wise) with dips to prevent transfer of red planaria that currently has a presence in ym 20gallon system.
Being able to make friends in the hobby locally will be great and allow me to gain new experiences and knowledge I hope to be able to join in on the meetings starting in 2020
A bit about myself, I've had fish tanks growing up always wanted to do saltwater but it wasnt until a couple years ago when I moved from Washington to NJ that I really had the funds and the opportunity to start up a saltwater system, before I had a small cichlid tank and decided that moving and trying to cross country move a tank was going to be difficult that I found my way to finding a lfs to take my fish and broke down the tank, giving me an opportunity to start fresh.
A couple years pass by I wouldnt say my 20 gallon set up was a bright a shiny success but I've learned alot and enjoyed the hobby through highs and lows and want to expand by moving to a larger tank where I have a bit more freedom in what I can keep.
Currently I'm on the tail end of a deployment with the NG in NJ and will be back stateside in about a month and home back in NJ shortly after.
Now about my upgrade, I've purchased and waiting for shipment of the new Waterbox frag 85.3 system they released on Blue Friday (Nov 1) when I started my plans for the upgrade way back at the beginning of this year I wanted to stick with a bit more shallow reef tank style, sadly infelt the old frag systems they had weren't tall enough for what I wanted, so I planned around a larger taller tank before the 85.3 release and in thinking and going back over old notes I wrote down in the beginning the new system was exactly what I wanted a bit more height in the tank. So currently I'm watching websites for sales fornthe holidays and slowly purchasing equipment. The new tank will also be started most likely a mix of dry rock and some cured live rock, my 20 gallon nano will be up and continue to be ran during the cycle time and slowly the current inhabitants will be transferred with some cautionary steps in between (coral wise) with dips to prevent transfer of red planaria that currently has a presence in ym 20gallon system.
Being able to make friends in the hobby locally will be great and allow me to gain new experiences and knowledge I hope to be able to join in on the meetings starting in 2020
