If You Are New to Reef Central, Introduce Yourself Here!

[PyroSteve]

Hello All,

My name is Steve from Springfield, PA (Philly suburbs) and I'm going to try and make the jump from FW to a small reef tank. I've been in the hobby for 25 years and at one time has several tanks (FW & SW FOWLR) until moving and now I'm down to one FW and I'd like to squeeze another into my home office. I've already found a ton of good info here and I'm sure I'll a ton of questions! My head is spinning already :fun4:

 

[gaz1234]

newbie

newbie

hi
A newbie marine person, thinking of going this route, but unsure due to cost and difficulty along with not knowing the exact requirements of water and equipment.
Have ran a small 125l juwel for 12 years. Now have a 2nd hand 360 clearseal that id like to convert to marine.
Any pointers/kinks for equipment?
Thanks

 

[Mlh]

Hello friends,

My name is Melih. Age 35. Country Turkey.

My tank size : 160cm*80cm*50cm(h)

 

[Inappropriat]

Hi everybody. Came to learn. I've had saltwater years ago (29g, 90g - fish only), but getting back to it with a 75g, this time doing a reef.

So far, we've only got live rock, a couple clowns, an emperor angel, a puffer and a royal urchin.

Some of the live rock we got had purple coralline on it, but the urchin is making sure it won't be there for long.

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[RealWorldReefin]

Excited to be here!

Excited to be here!

Hello all, I have been a freshwater aquarist all my life, but marine and reef keeping have always been my passion. I have been researching books, forums "including this one", and watching videos for probably a decade now! Soon I will finally be joining you all and starting my own journey into this hobby! I'll actually be doing a build series on YouTube for it starting this summer! I;m beyond excited! I'll be looking here for needed advice and tips as I always have! Thanks All!

 

[mmonkey]

steppin up my game

steppin up my game

I have been a reader for some time now and would like to introduce myself.
My son started a reef tank four years ago, but shortly after he discover girls. Naturally I took over his responsible. LOL! My wife and enjoyed looking at the tank, so much I stated stock it with corals and fish from my monthly business trips to Orange County. They have some really nice stores there.
The tanks maintenance schedule over the past four years has been little to none. Maybe a five gallon water change bimonthly. Never once has the water ever been tested other than salinity at water changes. I just never had the interest learning how and besides the tank was doing ok.
The tank size is 29 gallons. We have a 20 gallon sump with a Corallife skimmer. Over the tank we have a Reef Breeders 24. The tank is home for a Yellow Tang, two clown fish and a Blenny. We also have 10 to 15 snails, 2 peppermint shrimp, a cleaner shrimp plus a newly discovered emerald crab. Grrrrrr! There is a mixture of corals throughout the tank.
Back six months ago my wife said" I hate the light hanging from the wall above the tank." "œCan you do something about that?" Like I said, "œI like the tank", but I never wanted to invest much time.
I have the means and skills needed to build a canopy, but the timing was not right. I scanned craigslist for several months and never found anything that fit my wife's likings, so I bought a bigger tank! Ok, not that big only 55 gallons.
I purchased a used cabinet and canopy which I rebuilt and a new glass tank and sump. In the meantime our current tank had a Dino break out. Sure, as soon as I take a giant step into the hobby the tank starts having issues. Thank goodness for Reef Central. With the information I gained from the community my tank recovered and has never looked better. I performed a three day black out, turned my skimmer off and add pods. The tank had been doing great for three weeks, but over the last week my hard corals are showing major stress and strings are again starting to appear. I will post under another heading to seek some guidance. I guess it is time for me to learn how to test the parameters of my tank?
I'm in the middle of building the tank with the follow equipment.
Reef Breeders 48-v2
Synergy overflow plumbed with Bean Animal
20 gallon sump
BRS single GFO/Carbon reactor
Auto top off system
Sicce return pump

Tom, Washington State

 

[edwards.clara31]

My name is Clara. I started in salt water tanks about 7 years ago but had to stop because of moving and kids and such. I had a 100 gallon tank with a 30 gallon sump. My favorite fish I have ever had was a cow fish. But now i am just wanting to keep things small and peaceful... And affordable. I have a 29 gallon tank that I am trying to set up for sea horses. So new for a second time to the hobby new first time here.

 

[bcb577]

New to the forum

New to the forum

Hi all,I've been in this hobby for one year and four months,and I live in Whitehall ohio..I have 3 Tanks 46gallon bow front freshwater,ten gallon mixed reef,14 gallon bc.I'm currently researching combing my saltwater tanks into either a 30 or40 gallon tank.although I've been into this for almost a year and a half I'm always learning.

 

[Henna]

Hello everyone! Taking care of saltwater tank is very new to me and I want to revive a neglected saltwater aquarium in our office. I got hired last year and they have a saltwater aquarium that has been neglected for probably more than a year because our boss who used to take care of it now live in Singapore and would visit here from time to time. I don't know the size but it was quite big, I think. It has a live rock, clownfish and a snail. There used to be other snail and starfish but they died a few months ago. The aquarium have a complete equipment (I think, I will post pictures soon) and our office is willing to pay for things that I will need to buy in reviving and maintaining the aquarium.

For now I was just feeding the clownfish and looking out for the snail (sometimes it can't remove itself from the algae, I remove the algae on the sand by hand, the live rock got a lot of it too and it has white worm on it, feather dusters).

 

[RunBikeSwim]

Hello all,
Looking to start a FOWLR tank again (had a saltwater tank 25+ years ago) soon and adding some corals before end of year. Just browsing the site for new and updated information. Looking forward to learning, questioning, and exchanging information with everyone.

 

[yo yo oreo]

Hi Everyone! I am new to saltwater tanks but have done freshwater since I was a kid. I started a salt tank 9 or 10 months ago. I have been doing tons of research online when I can and I really look forward to hopefully getting some great advice from here.

 

[Reef_Chief]

Hey, im a newbie in this hobby. Im from Southport, UK and i've been keeping a small tank for about 7 months.
Im about to upgrade to a larger nano for the mean time (until i can convince my other half to allow me to get the redsea reefer450 haha).

I currently have:
A black ice snowflake clown
A ruby trimma goby
Skunk cleaner shrimp
Utter chaos zoanthids
And a branching hammer.
And a few various snails and scarlet hermits.

My my children love the tank and i hope to educate them on just how important nature is to us all!

Look forward to speaking to people and gaining lots of knowledge! Happy reefing guys!

 

[Grimcyfah]

Hi guys I'm new to the hobby about 2 yrs in, currently i have a 28 gallon nano.
hope to find others that share with.

 

[clewis50]

Hey everyone im pretty new to the hobby i use to live in Nc where i had a buddy down the street that knew alot about reefing so he helped me set up a 30 gallon. long story short im out of the military and now im back in ohio.

i recently decided to start a new adventure and set up a 60 gallon cycled the tank and now i have my second set of clowns from a reputable store. my first set i got from store that just started got clown fish diseases and we all know how that goes when you are know to reefing.

 

[GTAReefer]

Hello, I'm new here :wavehand:

Coming back to reefing after a brief stint 10 years ago. I plan to take my time and build my dream tank - this might be a two year journey, I am sorry no pretty pictures yet. Approx 480 gallon.
96W x 32H x 36D.

It will be located in the basement (which I am just finishing) in a room that is 10' x 15', but I will split the room to 10' x 7' for the tank/sump/RO/DI. Plan to have an air exchanger in the room.
I want to use ghost overflow's, will have a sump, skimmer, perhaps a refugium. I'll be stealing some ideas from this - but plan to be more cost effective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe9r49tbqSw&t=38s
Tank will be a reef/fish tank and at this point, trying to get the right equipment in place.

For now, I'm only at the framing the basement and building the stand and main tank stage.

I am here to steal your ideas and welcome any advice given as I start this journey!

 

[Shannonmiles]

Hello all. Received a Red Sea 450 as a gift for christmas and am enjoying the hobby very much so far. Cycled the tank with 100lbs of live rock and started to add creatures once I thought the tank had cycled. Started with a couple of tank raised Percula clowns and let them be for a while. They did and are still doing great. Bought a yellow tank which made it almost exactly 24 hrs. My LFS tested my water and found my ph was low which suprised my as I had mistakenly thought freshly made SW would have had pretty good PH.....I did not acount for my RO water being super soft. Wish I would have known and saved the poor Tang. Now getting around to my curent quandry. My ammonia is undetectable. My nitrite is also almost undetectable. My Nitrate is around 5-7 ppm. I'm dealing with a pretty substantial brown algae bloom. Nitrates are detectable but not sky high. I have a softball size piece of chaetomorpha in the sump. My ph is now good and i think my lights are good AI hydra 26s x 3. My question is am I missing something or sweating sometbing that is normal? I would like any input and will answer any followon questions

 

[ReefPhilTX]

Greetings all! I've been following advice on here for the last 1.5 years. Great advice seen here for sure. Not quite a newbie but always learning. Been in the hobby with saltwater systems for about 5 years and I love it, though sometimes it drives my spouse nuts!

 

[kdhander]

Greetings. I obtained a 155 gallon tank through the purchase of a new house, previous owners left it as part of the purchase. Didn't know what I was getting myself into, as I've never had a saltwater tank before. The tank was and is running fine with 9 fish in it, and I've spent hours learning at the details and work involved with a tank, but still have a LONG way to go. I've added a small army of cleanup crew (tank did not have any) and I'm planning on replacing current rock (coral boulders, came w/ tank) with Pukani dry rock (being shipped as I type) after it cures. Then add some corals, and replace the filtration system as it's all old. Replaced the old LED lights with AI Hydra's. This forum (along with youtube and other sources) has already been a great help in getting me the knowledge I need in a short amount of time. Like drinking from a fire hose.

 

[kdhander]

 

[2015GaTor]

Chubble, that is a nice tank you have setup. Are you going to do a corals and or fish or both? The rimless look is so clean. Do you currently just have one AI running or two?