Introduction
I have been active in the saltwater hobby since 2010.
Got hooked after my brother had a tank and after a year or more doing research I took the plunge.
Background
Earlier I had a Aqua medic 90, a all in one tank with sump in the back. Due to where it was situated, maintanence was hard to keep up and it slowly went downhill over several years until I gave up on it and sold off everything.
I quite quickly realised I couldnt live without a reeftank so I started planning my next. I wanted Everything to be "right" from the start and when my wife agreed to doing plumbing from the basement up to the tank - well when you get to have a full room as your sumparea - that really helps ;)
Further I wanted to try out a shallow reef to experience how much easier maintanence can be, plus I do think shallow proportions usually are very sexy to look at.
Inspiration & Goals
I had no specific inspiration at first. All I knew was that I aimed for a large refugium to be able to broadcast feed heavily. I had also been pondering proper SPS, aswell as I do have a clam-crush.
Recently I paid a local reefer a visit to get some frags. When i saw his 250 gallon SPS dominated tank my jaw dropped and my mind got set - I want that!
Granted I only have a fifth of the volume but still :)