A Rough Start...

I Finally Received my Red Sea Max 130d in the mail today after waiting nearly a month.  I was so excited that I rushed to get it upstairs without inspecting it first.  Once I opened the box to my new aquarium, I quickly found out it had huge impact cracks in one of the corners.  I immediately called Red Sea and told them what had happened and the representative I spoke with told me I will receive a replacement tank next week.  I'm skeptical however because it will ship through the same company as last time.

Introduction

Hello to everyone reading my new blog.  My name is Justin, I am currently 24, and live in St. Louis, Missouri.  I am relatively new to salt water tanks but i pick things up pretty quickly.  I wanted an independent area away from reef forums where i could document my build.  I decided to go with a Red Sea Max 130d for my aquarium (Specs) and decided with a mini-reef setup.  I plan on stocking 2 Ocellaris Clown fish, a short-spined urchin, and a Zoanthid island.  I am also considering a basic coral such as frogspawn to try and get my Clown fish to host.  Later I plan on adding other coral and a couple more fish which are still undecided.