My 500 + gallon system. Last 13 years to now. Build, Aquascaping & more. Lots of pics

[JLynn]

So sad to see it go! It's really rare that a home reef lasts 13 whole years; you've achieved what every reefer strives for!

Congrats on the new house. It's gonna be beautiful. Whenever you get your next reef going, please post a link to it's build thread on this thread, so everyone who has admired this tank can go enjoy the journey of your next one, too!

 

[reefwiser]

Scott enjoy the wide open skies. I know you will love the fresh air. [emoji3]

 

[slief]

So sad to see it go! It's really rare that a home reef lasts 13 whole years; you've achieved what every reefer strives for!

Congrats on the new house. It's gonna be beautiful. Whenever you get your next reef going, please post a link to it's build thread on this thread, so everyone who has admired this tank can go enjoy the journey of your next one, too!

Thank you very much! Believe it or not, this thread was started 10 years ago so the tank was actually up here since 1997. Well over 20 years now. I definitely will post updates in the future when I set up a new tank. I will post in this thread and start a new thread for the new build.

 

[slief]

Scott enjoy the wide open skies. I know you will love the fresh air. [emoji3]

I cannot wait! It's going to be a long weekend getting this place packed up and loaded. I'm sure once I hit the road I'll be feeling a huge sense of relief!

 

[slief]

What a sweet place you have in Montana! #goals

Yeah, I am definitely stove. Got our dream property and couldn't be happier about that. A lot of work ahead of me on the house but I am up for the task!

 

[pmrossetti]

Good luck Scott!
Simi Valley will never be the same!

Did Jim go with you?

 

[slief]

Good luck Scott!
Simi Valley will never be the same!

Did Jim go with you?

Thank you very much!! Loving Montana! Heading out in and our or so to do some ice fishing on the lake next door. Got my fishing gear, ice tent, heater, auger, drill and chairs packed up in the trailer sled and the snowmobile ready to go. Should be bringing back dinner fresh from he lake! Will be targeting perch and pike today.

 

[Hellsangelbx]

Hey [MENTION=225253]slief[/MENTION] hope all is well bud. I have been missing your post. Big fan as always. Do you still have your tank? would love to see an update.

 

[slief]

Hey [MENTION=225253]slief[/MENTION] hope all is well bud. I have been missing your post. Big fan as always. Do you still have your tank? would love to see an update.

Thanks! Sadly, the tank, livestock and equipment was sold in January as we sold our home and move to North Western Montana. I am out of the reef hobby for the time being after 30+ years of having salt running through my veins and house.

 

[Hellsangelbx]

Bummer I was always a big fan. Hopefully you’ll get back into it.looking forward for a new [MENTION=225253]slief[/MENTION] build and what you would use as equipment starting from scratch now

 

[slief]

Bummer I was always a big fan. Hopefully you'll get back into it.looking forward for a new [MENTION=225253]slief[/MENTION] build and what you would use as equipment starting from scratch now

Thanks.. Truth is there isn't much I'd change since everything was working so well and my live stock was thriving. Once we are done with our remodel here, I will likely revisit a reef tank but I have lots of work ahead of me. In the mean time, I setup an Aquaponics system. That's running an Apex and Profilix P4 for monitoring and control and I have another Apex in our hen house for monitoring and some control.

 

[wtac]

There is something freeing not having a reef system at home. I've been "reef free" for 13years but lived vicariously and spending my clients $ up until 2018 when hung up the buckets and hoses for a full time eng position across the country from ON to AB (Canada).

We were going to buy a house and considered building a reef system this summer but the oil $ crashed and Cv-19 hit.

We moved back to ON, bought a house and doing renos...considering a reef system but missing the freshwater side and will probably build a pond and palaudarium instead of going reef...less to worry about when we want to take off for the weekend/week/extended holiday when the Cv-19 dust settles to the new normalcy.

Helping a colleague that broke his leg with his clients until he's...uhm...back on his feet again...

Its tough getting the reef bug out of the head and veins...always on the fence pulling the trigger to build a system.