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Nice looking tank!

Absolutely!

I work on them here and there. It let's me build and think I have many tanks. LoL

I think I've figured out the picture loading, here goes. Let me know if you want me to sketch something up. This is as plain as they come.

I built my own stand for my 40B and am designing a stand for my 150. I don't care for the stand that came with it. Are you looking for a ton of detail work on the stand? What size of stand/hood are you looking for? I will upload the stand I built for my 40B, nothing special, but let me know and I can draw up a few ideas and see what you think.

That looks like it was an amazing time!

Welcome Lex! I look forward to meeting you with my next trip down.

So many sponsors! When I saw the raffle table, My hand had the cash before I even thought about it! Thank you so much for everyone that put this together! Even though it was a little trip from the Tri-Cities, I think I will make a weekend trip out of it next time! LoL So many great people, all willing to help in any way they can! I picked up a great IT-2040 from Bicyclebill; Thank you Bill, great meeting you!! Then Maxicurls told me to come by his bar and snag up some frags! This club is AMAZING!!

Well, for my first meeting, i thought it was GREAT!! Met a few people, won some raffle prizes, and enjoyed Bob! Can't wait for next month!!

Glad to hear things are going great with the new addition!

I feed the tank while the newbie is going through the drip. Once added to the tank, no feeding until the next evening.

Well Holly, it's good to know you don't get carried away. LoL. Your tanks look great! Welcome to the group!!

Hi Dave! Look forward to the build!

The price is nice. . . I'll send a text just incase Dave realizes it's a 30 gallon, not a 300 gallon. I know what your looking for Dave! LoL

So... for those new people that just joined, what's a "grow out"? I mean, I know, I'm just not sure how best to explain it to the others. . . LoL No, but really, what's a grow out?

Love these guys! So much fun to watch.

Welcome Cody!

Welcome Kris! Are you going to go to the meeting next weekend? This will be my first one, but I hear they are GREAT!! hope to see you there!

Greetings Nic and family! DIY LED, you sound like a guru! Can't wait for some of your post!

Welcome Vicmacki! I'm pretty new here, but this community is so welcoming and willing to help with anything and everything! It's great! I live in the tri-cities, so if you want to meet and car pool for monthly meetings or need help, give me a shout out and we should be able to make it happen!

So, I am new to saltwater in the way that I have had a FOWLR tank before, but never looked at coral before or very many fish. In all honesty, the moment I wanted a saltwater tank was when I first saw a Lion fish in the LFS. I had seen them in aquariums I had gone too, but it hit me, I could have one at home; how cool!!! No judgements please, but my first tank was a 75 gal FOWLR... and all that was in it was the Lion! My freezer was stocked with Silverside and Krill. I was happy and loved watching "Nigel" as I came to call him/her. Never put a thought in other fish, invertebrates, or coral. Nigel was given to a good home with the tank and set-up (if you can even call it that) as I relocated due to being in the military. I am now home and will not be relocating anytime in the near future, so as of last year I decided to get "back" into the saltwater adventures; or so I thought. I bought a 40 gallon breeder tank, then built a stand. oohing fancy, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out being my first build. ok, slight side note, and I'm more then sure I'm going to get a good back lash for this, but I did NOT research anything on saltwater tanks the first time I got my 75 gallon. I relied on the advice of the LFS; sadly, I did NOT research when I started my 40 gallon breeder either. I washed the crushed coral sub straight and placed it in the tank. Made the saltwater and added it as well as the live rock I had purchased. I then put the heaters in place and turned them on, then the filter. I have 2 over the back filters and a canister filter hooked up. Lastly, I added the prop thermometer and the power head. I waited as 6 weeks past, doing some water changes and watching the cycle levels. My tank was now ready to go, or so I thought; I returned to the LFS and ordered a juvenile loin. When I went to pick it up, the person at the LFS was not the person I ordered the lion from. This person change my whole tank experience for the better! He asked about my tank, what kind of set up I had, if I was using a sump, if I had any coral in my tank. I looked at him and said, "what's a sump?" I think my face showed more concern then I can ever convey on the internet, but after he laughed, he explained a good bit to me. Then he told me I should look online for a reef club in the area and join. So I went home with lion in hand and began to "drip acclimate" him/her while I jumped online to find said reef club. After finding PNWMAS and joining, I began to read some of the threads; I also joined Reef Central and read there as well. It was at this moment in time I had a panic attack. No sand, no sump, no test kit for my water, no skimmer, and what the heck was this refugium thing? That alone was a science I am still figuring out... what the crap was I doing!!! The more I read, the more I realized i had NO CLUE what I was doing, *This is not a good feeling and is associated with guilt*. I decided I needed to change my way of thinking as well as my little part of the ocean. I began looking on craigslist for a tank someone was getting rid of so I could turn it into a sump, and wouldn't you know it, lucky me found a 150 gallon for $100! With a stand, hood, a few pumps and heaters. I jumped on that immediately and when I brought it home I was asked if that was my sump. "um...yes" I said it unknowingly, as if my mind had already formed a plan! I was just going to go with it for now. I ended up getting a 20 gallon long tank sump for my 40 gallon, the filters will come off, and I will take one more step in the right direction. The 150 sits on it's stand, all cleaned up and bare. I refuse to make the same mistakes twice... well... knowingly! LoL After all my reading, and continued reading, I know I want coral in the 150! I'm not 100% sure on what exactly I want as far as fish, invertebrates, and what types of coral, but I'm making a list. I have plenty to keep me busy; looking at LED's, closed systems and power heads for flow, sump set up, a skimmer, a ro/di unit, and a controlling system (similar to Apex). Yes, mistakes will be made; I will be more educated and now have great sources to ask for help before I just go off and do something. So, I have made some "you did what?!!" moments that I'm glad I can learn from and hopefully, anyone who reads this can have a good laugh or if you haven't bought your first tank, you can now scratch a few things from your list that have better results with a better understanding. I'm wondering, am I the only person who has made such mistakes? How crazy did yours get if any? Bradley

I want it! PM-ing you now

Sounds great, thanks for the information!

Sounds great; do you know any of the names so I can plan ahead of time?