Good Morning!
I'm new here and am already lost!
Brand new to the hobby, and always wanted a large tank in my house, so went to LFS and got a quote on a build. It's a Red Sea (350) system and the build including all components (excluding fish and live coral) was $5,000.
It's pretty daunting to jump in this without any knowledge and dropping so much money. I know I will enjoy the hobby and I prefer to go large up front to make the aquarium a long time investment; however, I just don't know where to start.
My LFS offered to help me with the setup and maintenance (at a cost) but I'm concerned about wasting a bunch of money. Also I am a little skeptical with all-in-one (packages) solutions, I prefer to hand pick the best equipment for long term use.
So where did you guys begin and learn about running and maintaining a salt water aquarium? I'm in no rush to get fish. I am comfortable just running a coral system first to learn to absolute basics.
What are the good reference books out there? YouTubers to follow?
I'm new here and am already lost!
Brand new to the hobby, and always wanted a large tank in my house, so went to LFS and got a quote on a build. It's a Red Sea (350) system and the build including all components (excluding fish and live coral) was $5,000.
It's pretty daunting to jump in this without any knowledge and dropping so much money. I know I will enjoy the hobby and I prefer to go large up front to make the aquarium a long time investment; however, I just don't know where to start.
My LFS offered to help me with the setup and maintenance (at a cost) but I'm concerned about wasting a bunch of money. Also I am a little skeptical with all-in-one (packages) solutions, I prefer to hand pick the best equipment for long term use.
So where did you guys begin and learn about running and maintaining a salt water aquarium? I'm in no rush to get fish. I am comfortable just running a coral system first to learn to absolute basics.
What are the good reference books out there? YouTubers to follow?