Hello, all-
New guy here. I just found a link to MTRC, and a quick email to Jack Starmer led me here. I'm looking forward to joining the club.
By way of introductions, my wife & I kept freshwater tanks for years. As avid scuba divers, we've always been interested in taking care of our own little section of reef at home, but just as we were about to take the plunge after a few months of research, we found out that the first little human critter of our own was on the way. So, we decided to concentrate on being new parents first, and figured the fish could wait.
Two children later (ages 21 months & 3 months now), we're interested again. Our nearly-2 year old is already a fan of underwater life....perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we put together a 14,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, 5' tall, 10' wide, and mounted it on the room of her nursery - yep, it's an underwater seascape. Her favorite toys are "fish" "Nemo" "turtle" and various other critters of the sea. I'm so proud she can see "Eee eee" when asked how a dolphin goes, and whales are readily identified.
Anyway, I digress. I'll claim to be interested in putting together a reef tank for the little one, but it'll definitely be for my wife and I as well!
So, I'm starting up the research again. While I realize that, in this case, "bigger is better" (or, at least, "bigger is easier & more stable"), the space we'd like to use for a tank will keep us around 30 gallons. As I sift through the posts of the local folk, I'll be particularly interested in any of you that have reefs in this size range or smaller.
I look forward to learning from you....and realize I have much to learn. We've waited several years to start this, and realize that the patience will only help as we begin a tank. We're not rushing a darn thing.
Jim
New guy here. I just found a link to MTRC, and a quick email to Jack Starmer led me here. I'm looking forward to joining the club.
By way of introductions, my wife & I kept freshwater tanks for years. As avid scuba divers, we've always been interested in taking care of our own little section of reef at home, but just as we were about to take the plunge after a few months of research, we found out that the first little human critter of our own was on the way. So, we decided to concentrate on being new parents first, and figured the fish could wait.
Two children later (ages 21 months & 3 months now), we're interested again. Our nearly-2 year old is already a fan of underwater life....perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we put together a 14,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, 5' tall, 10' wide, and mounted it on the room of her nursery - yep, it's an underwater seascape. Her favorite toys are "fish" "Nemo" "turtle" and various other critters of the sea. I'm so proud she can see "Eee eee" when asked how a dolphin goes, and whales are readily identified.
Anyway, I digress. I'll claim to be interested in putting together a reef tank for the little one, but it'll definitely be for my wife and I as well!
So, I'm starting up the research again. While I realize that, in this case, "bigger is better" (or, at least, "bigger is easier & more stable"), the space we'd like to use for a tank will keep us around 30 gallons. As I sift through the posts of the local folk, I'll be particularly interested in any of you that have reefs in this size range or smaller.
I look forward to learning from you....and realize I have much to learn. We've waited several years to start this, and realize that the patience will only help as we begin a tank. We're not rushing a darn thing.
Jim
, but I do sometimes wish I'd gone to medical school after engineering. I would always be learning something new (not here right now with the new job, but I hate getting stagnant and not having new things to learn). Prolem is I like to throw wrenches when I can't get it to work (or threatening with sledgehammers). The master machine probably wouldn't respond too well to that
