New to R2R :) wanted to just say hello everyone

[YES]

Hello everyone[emoji4]
This is my second day of being active on R2R I had my account since last June but was never really active was busy with life .
My name is Yana and my husband is Eugene I always loved saltwater water aquarium but it was always too expensive for us. One year ago my husband got us a 120 gallon aquarium and we both fell in love with the hobby. Now we have 3 aquarium in the house one in my husband office a 40 gallon and a 32 gal cube in our bedroom And 2 frag tank in the garage.

We went on vacation in December and when we came back Jan 2 it turned out the night before the breaker went off because a lil leak and we lost 19 fish and some corals I have now 9 fish that survived my babies I wanted to quit We were so upset but didn’t give up and already had purchased a 300 gallon

On Sunday will start our upgrade to a 300 gallon tank [emoji4] I will start a build tread so you everyone can see . I would love to help with what I know and would love feedback from experts on here too [emoji4]
Nice to meet everyone

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Hi! Welcome!

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

 

[xaflatoonx]

Welcome to R2R yana.
Your home to be in the interwebs for years to come.

300 gallon is an awesome size. Please share pics. Can’t wait for the thread.

 

[YES]

Welcome to R2R yana.
Your home to be in the interwebs for years to come.

300 gallon is an awesome size. Please share pics. Can’t wait for the thread.

Thanks a lot

 

[Hemmdog]

Hello everyone[emoji4]
This is my second day of being active on R2R I had my account since last June but was never really active was busy with life .
My name is Yana and my husband is Eugene I always loved saltwater water aquarium but it was always too expensive for us. One year ago my husband got us a 120 gallon aquarium and we both fell in love with the hobby. Now we have 3 aquarium in the house one in my husband office a 40 gallon and a 32 gal cube in our bedroom And 2 frag tank in the garage.

We went on vacation in December and when we came back Jan 2 it turned out the night before the breaker went off because a lil leak and we lost 19 fish and some corals I have now 9 fish that survived my babies I wanted to quit We were so upset but didn’t give up and already had purchased a 300 gallon

On Sunday will start our upgrade to a 300 gallon tank [emoji4] I will start a build tread so you everyone can see . I would love to help with what I know and would love feedback from experts on here too [emoji4]
Nice to meet everyone

Welcome! Sorry about your power outage, let’s prevent that for the future!

 

[YES]

Welcome! Sorry about your power outage, let’s prevent that for the future!

Definitely for the new build we are going to over think every single step and make back ups to be prepared

 

[YES]

My husband is the builder, plumber , organizer and plans everything out of all our aquariums i maintain the aquariums))

 

[hotashes]

Hey, welcome. :wave:

A.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Welcome to R2R.

Vacations can be/are a huge issue for people with reef tanks. I'm really sorry for your loss, and rest assured that many of us have suffered some kind of big loss while in the hobby. I had a 180g tank spring a 30gph leak that could not be reached and 2 year later I had a chiller fail in the on mode and dropped water to below 60F and killed all the branching and plating sps corals in my 120g tank (80% of all the coral).

Being retired we go on trips more now than ever. An because we have a cat, we have a friend who stops by and feeds the cat twice a day. So she also feeds the fish (I prepare the food and quantities before hand). But that means I have eyes on the tank twice a day and she can call me if there is a concern. An Apex system could also alert you to some issues like a power outage, but you still need somebody to have access to your house that can resolve the problem while you are away.

Best of luck with your new system.

 

[Captain Quint]

Thank you for introducing. And welcome aboard.

I'm sorry to read of your loses.

Sounds like it's going to be a great build especially with your husband doing some good DIY stuff.

 

[Idoc]

Welcome to R2R!
That 300 build is going to be a lot id fun!

 

[ekoed]

Welcome to R2R. Looking forward to seeing your tank.

 

[4FordFamily]

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Sorry about the troubles, that’s unfortunate. I get it though, believe me. Many of us do.

Keep us posted with that 300 gallon build with lots of pics!

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Welcome to R2R! I am sorry to hear about the loss of fish and corals. Looking forward to seeing that 300 come together!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[hotashes]

It’s cool when you get the tank build going and everyone come by and says hi/gives advice. This is a size nobody can miss, unlike me 14G nano everybody misses that tank build *grin*

If you want to see 1’ Maxima clam or Crocea or even Derasa then pop by, it’s all in my tiny nano

A.

 

[YES]

Welcome to R2R.

Vacations can be/are a huge issue for people with reef tanks. I'm really sorry for your loss, and rest assured that many of us have suffered some kind of big loss while in the hobby. I had a 180g tank spring a 30gph leak that could not be reached and 2 year later I had a chiller fail in the on mode and dropped water to below 60F and killed all the branching and plating sps corals in my 120g tank (80% of all the coral).

Being retired we go on trips more now than ever. An because we have a cat, we have a friend who stops by and feeds the cat twice a day. So she also feeds the fish (I prepare the food and quantities before hand). But that means I have eyes on the tank twice a day and she can call me if there is a concern. An Apex system could also alert you to some issues like a power outage, but you still need somebody to have access to your house that can resolve the problem while you are away.

Best of luck with your new system.

Sorry for your losses and yes I understand we also had my sister in law to feed and look and my sister came and tested the water ones for that 12 days we were gone . My sister in laws feed the fish at 6 pm that night and at 7 the power to the aquarium went out we arrived the next day at 6 so we have apex but since we were in a different country and on plane we didn’t get the notification

 

[YES]

Thank you for introducing. And welcome aboard.

I'm sorry to read of your loses.

Sounds like it's going to be a great build especially with your husband doing some good DIY stuff.

Thanks a lot will post everything so everyone can see

 

[YES]

Welcome to R2R!
That 300 build is going to be a lot id fun!

Yes it will be and I will make sure to keep everyone updated