Looking for some old-timers who left and came back in to the hobby

[props]

Hey everyone!!
I have been thinking about getting back into the hobby and just wondering if any of the oldtimers who left came back.Looked at a 40-60 Bowflex to start with but also have looked at 230+gallon tanks.
Here are some questions for you:
Did you go for a bigger tank to start again or smaller??
Time spent researching for new equipments??
Got an skimmer to recommend??
Tunze Wavebox still any good??
Lighting Technology??
Pricewise anything got cheaper at all or its more expensive now to get into the hobby?

I have kept some of my old equipment knowing I'll get back into it. But still not sure if this is the right time. My kids are growing so fast I don't want to miss a thing although they did enjoy the tank when I had it all set up.

Fill me in!!

Thanks
G'day

[Jason McK]

Looky looky

Good to see ya back Jesse. I'm sure what ever size you decide on will be an amazing tank

J

I started right where I left off just to get broken in again. lighting has changed you don't have to rely on MH you can now use T5 VHO what a bonus. smaller electric bills fixtures are lighter but not as much shimer. The corals don't seem to mind though they grow well and in some cases I think better, less chances of bleeching.
I use an aqua meduc T1000 should have gone with the T5000 just for upgradabilty I am thinking 120g total vaulume is the T1000's peek proformance point. I will see in the future as I will no dought upgrade to a larger tank than that with a sump.
The Tunze Wavebox is still good seems alot of people unsing them. Pulsating power heads seem to be the crass right now though. I am presintly trying a few options including a osilating power head seems to be making a great deal of change in a good way. I am making stronge curents with a smaller power head I seemed to of had a few dead spots before and now they seem to be gone.

Bill

[muck]

Hey Jesse... Welcome back.
Can't wait to see what you can do with your box of water this time.

[christyf5]

Welcome back, its about bloody time

Most everything is still the same except for a few skimmer advancements. Tunze still rocks. Vortechs might be new to you although I don't think so.

IMO its just as pricey to get back in as it ever was. Lots of good deals to be had around here on used stuff though

Your kids are probably the perfect age to start learning about reef tanks!

[Tom R]

Hey Jesse... Welcome back

Tom R

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Welcome back, its about bloody time

No kidding! Hey Jesse, good to see you coming back to your senses. I left for a year, but kept all my old gear, mostly, minus the tank. I went with a 90 wide, and I'm happy enough with that size. Although for you, if you're going to fill it with awesome SPS again, you should get a really big tank!!

[cprowler]

Hey Jesse...

When I clicked on the link I expected to see a old fart that was into reefing back before water was invented.

Good to see you back, how long has it been 2...3 years? I don't think a whole lot has changed, feed hard....skim harder!

Go big or go home...180g or bigger!

[Chin_Lee]

Hey Jesse - long time no see. Haven't even seen you at the local Superstore
Welcome back, i'm still here but i've quit the SPS thing. Just into the the LPS and softies now. Gimme a call whenever you want.
BTW - GO BIG!!!

[Dez]

I left in 2004 and just got back in this summer. Moved in '04, had kids and never did set up a tank during that time until now. It took me a little bit of getting used to everything again. I had kept all of my old equipment from 5 years ago (surprisingly not much of it was outdated). I spent a couple of months researching (mostly posting questions on here) to see what was new. T5's are new, so I jumped on that bandwagon in combination with my existing halides. I never knew about the zeovit system until now - giving that system a shot. I guess Beckett skimmers are a bit outdated now (but I'm still using one) - Bubble King skimmers are the rage now. It seems that a lot more people are using 2 part dosing that I remember from back then. Herbie Overflows were new to me when I came back in. All in all, these new things are good and I'm soo glad to be back into the hobby and being broke again .

Welcome back to the hobby!