experienced aquarists...but new to saltwater

Hello everyone, I have been lurking in the background here for several months reading and learning and have just recently made the dive into being a full paid member of GIRS. I am 32 years old with a wife, two daughters and our third child should be joining us in late February. I have been into fish keeping since about the year 2000...started out with a 20 long filled willed Gouramis and angelfish. I then graduated to a 55 gallon aquarium filled with assorted African Cichlids from Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika. I successfully kept the Cichlid tank up and running with the same fish until the winter of 2012 when the last of them decided to swim on to to bigger waters. By late winter to early spring of 2012 I purchased and built my 120 gallon saltwater setup and instantly fell in love with the hobby again. I like the challenge that saltwater provides and the vast amount of knowledge it requires compared to running a freshwater setup. I enjoy the hobby again so much that I am planning on getting my 55 gallon up and going again as an African Cichlid tank again by late spring early summer of 2013. I look forward to being as active as I can with GIRS and to meet some nice hobbyists that are wiling to teach me a thing or two about the hobby. I also look forward to the day when I may be able to provide a little knowledge about the hobby to others who are wanting to learn.

 

Thank you to everyone for the welcome to GIRS. I look forward to this as I have been in the hobby of aquarium keeping for quite some time and this is the first hobby oriented club I have become a member of.