Hello all!

WOW, I've been out of the hobby for almost 5 years after doing it for 12 years and I can't believe how much things have changed. Love all the technology! This is a great site! Happy reefing all.

 

HEYOOOOOOOOOOOO and welcome to 3reef what kind of tanks did you have in the past? what kind of tank do you want now?

 

Welcome to 3reef! I've only been in the hobby for about a year, and LED's are the new big thing that everyone is talking about. A lot has changed though. When I was playing around with saltwater back in 2000, CF were the best lighting lol.

 

Arrrrr Welcome Aboard Me Matey

 

Well at least the live rock prices have come down, I remember when I first started rock was $12 a pound and puka shell crushed coral was the way to go lol! I used to have a variety of tanks, started with a 90 gal and ended up with 3000 gallons in my garage which turned into a coral farm. Quite the experience to say the least. Moved to Nevada and I have to go to Sacramento just to find a decent fish store. I now have a 54 corner tank that I started cycling 2 weeks ago. Just trying to research all the right ways to go since things have changed so much! Ecotech has some amazing stuff, yet I am quite the DIYer (like most are in this hobby) Thank you all for the warm welcome!

 

nice what kind of lights/ filter are you running?

 

As of now I'm waiting for my custom filter to be made by a company called Bashsea. I don't have much room under this tank so I went custom. (which I rarely did before because I had all the tools to make my own) but where i'm at now I can't do it just yet. (soon to come)...So I'll be running a 9.5 mag for a return and am undecided on which LEDs to get. I'm thinking 2 Ecotech MP40's would do the trick. They are pretty powerful, But I can turn them down a bit and they will work in my next (BIGGER) tank as well. So with that, I'm kind of leaning towards the Ecotech Radion. Thoughts?

 

short little vid check it out he knows his stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknwUNBfoBU&context=C37431abADOEgsToPDskKljJTRzWuIcFqrNu_uFASP

or you can always go the cheap way with diy leds lol

 

Thanks for the video Newreef! I have been lacking on sleep since I got the reef bug again. I can't get enough of it!!!

 

Welcome to 3reef.