New Member - Starting New Tank and appreciate feedback/suggestions

[ReefLove]

Hi Guys!
I'm super excited to find this forum and learn and buy from locals.
I am looking at starting a new reef tank ~ 60 gallons. I had one 10 years ago and sadly had to part with it due to a move and starting a family.

Well now that my kids are older and we are settled in a house, I'm ready to start again and have pretty much forgotten everything. LOL. The last system that I had was pretty basic, I ran it as natural as I could with only a protein skimmer and it did great! I had such rapid coral growth that I had to sell my frags regularly to the LPS.

Anyhow, I'm looking for something that isn't complicated as my kids will be involved. I'm undecided between the Red Sea Max C 250 and the Red Sea Max Reefer 250.

Right now I'm thinking to go with the C series and spend the ~ on the LED retrofit.
If anyone has these tanks and is willing to share their thoughts and regrets, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

[OhioStreetz]

Welcome to Sdr

[FDdragon]

Welcome to the forum and back into the hobby. there is a lot of advice on here and everyone is very friendly.

Unfortunately i dont have any experience with what you are askng but im sure someone on here will. Good luck and keep us posted on your build.

[Mclovings]

Welcome! I don't have any experience with those tanks but I do have a 60 cube for sale ;p

[VW REEFS]

welcome

[chireef]

Welcome from north county!


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[CMD2213]

Welcome to SDR greatest place to be.

[ReefLove]

Ok stayed up nearly all night debating. I ended up getting a Red Sea Reefer 450 ~ 115 gallon. Figured I'd have no regrets of wanting to go bigger. I also liked the options of being able to pick my lights and have a rimless top. My LFS gave me a heck of a deal on a hard to find item, so I'm pretty stoked.
Now I'm in the market for about 125 lbs of rock and some LED lights . Where is the best place to go without going broke for these items?

[Redryder87]

That's my dream tank!


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[jada1]

Welcome

[TANKED]

When I started my tank, I got everything set up and started cycling with minimal rock and a full sand bed. I bought all my rock off of this site and save hundreds. Be patient it comes available often and depending on the direction you go you'll need/want a lot of it. The people here are very helpful and nice. If they don't know the answers most time the know who does.

[ReefLove]

Wow, thanks everyone! I'm so happy to find so many helpful friends. RedRyder87 - yes, it's my dream tank too! It's nice to be able to go big and buy all the high quality goodies this time around, vs. last time when I was on a budget. I think I found rock, so now I'm shopping for a good skimmer, circulation pumps and LED's. :)

[VW REEFS]

I have very healthy live rock from redoing my 180 a few days ago large med and small pieces $2 lbs

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[seareef]

:thrasher:Welcome to SDR!

[ReefLove]

OK, here is what I have so far:
Reefer 450
50/50 mix of bimini fine and regular reef live sand
1 - yes 1 rock (that one cherry pick from the LPS)
1 Vortech MP40
Tank has been running for two days and starting to clear up.

On my to buy list:
Rock...I need rock bad.
Another Vortech MP40
2 Ecotech XR 30
NYOS Quantum 160 Skimmer