ParaBellum
Reefing newb
Hello everyone it feels great to finally be apart of this community :D
Short and sweet background.
Born & raised in Miami Florida and grew up on and in the ocean. Spent my weekends and summers fishing, lobstering, and scuba diving with friends and family the ocean is heaven on earth.
Everyone I knew had saltwater tanks and I could watch the life in those tanks for hours and hours.
This journey called life has brought me to the Midwest for the moment and since I can't see the ocean from my office I have decided to bring the ocean to my office.
I have been doing a lot of research about small tanks that would work well in my office and decided that a 8-10 gallon cube style tank would work best. I started researching prices and features and was still unsure of what tank to go with. Yesterday while at lunch we eat next to a small pet store. I walked in and they had a 8 Gallon Biocube on sale for 139.00 so I snagged it up. After work I went back to the store and they hooked me up with 10 gallons of salt water out of one of their tanks. I bought about 10lbs of live rock that is very light with some great texture that fills the tank nicely. I was also able to pick up some live sand for my tank.
So currently I have the live rock, sand in the tank and its settling now. My ultimate goal if possible is to have some coral and two clown fish. I am in no rush and want to take my time and do this right. I am learning a lot.
The looks of my coworkers when I carried two five gallon buckets of saltwater into my office was priceless. I hear my boss down the hall say "Chris, what are you up to now?" me, remember when I asked if I could bring the ocean to my office and you laughed and said sure? Well it's here :^::Cheers:
I will snap some pics tomorrow and post them up :^:
Chris
Short and sweet background.
Born & raised in Miami Florida and grew up on and in the ocean. Spent my weekends and summers fishing, lobstering, and scuba diving with friends and family the ocean is heaven on earth.
Everyone I knew had saltwater tanks and I could watch the life in those tanks for hours and hours.
This journey called life has brought me to the Midwest for the moment and since I can't see the ocean from my office I have decided to bring the ocean to my office.
I have been doing a lot of research about small tanks that would work well in my office and decided that a 8-10 gallon cube style tank would work best. I started researching prices and features and was still unsure of what tank to go with. Yesterday while at lunch we eat next to a small pet store. I walked in and they had a 8 Gallon Biocube on sale for 139.00 so I snagged it up. After work I went back to the store and they hooked me up with 10 gallons of salt water out of one of their tanks. I bought about 10lbs of live rock that is very light with some great texture that fills the tank nicely. I was also able to pick up some live sand for my tank.
So currently I have the live rock, sand in the tank and its settling now. My ultimate goal if possible is to have some coral and two clown fish. I am in no rush and want to take my time and do this right. I am learning a lot.
The looks of my coworkers when I carried two five gallon buckets of saltwater into my office was priceless. I hear my boss down the hall say "Chris, what are you up to now?" me, remember when I asked if I could bring the ocean to my office and you laughed and said sure? Well it's here :^::Cheers:
I will snap some pics tomorrow and post them up :^:
Chris
