New guys needs some lovin
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shibumi
Premium Member
Talkig about new people
Talkig about new people
Hello
I am a new victim of this wonderful hobby. I have 2 tanks - a 90 gal fresh water and a 36g salt water.
Someday I will tell you the story why 2 tanks, lets just say the cichilds got too big for the 36g.
I am really happy to find this site and to hear about the people from the area.
Like Jnjrob I am looking for some love too - so if anyone has any freebie corals they're looking to donate, please let me know!! :lol:
Talkig about new people
Hello
I am a new victim of this wonderful hobby. I have 2 tanks - a 90 gal fresh water and a 36g salt water.
Someday I will tell you the story why 2 tanks, lets just say the cichilds got too big for the 36g.
I am really happy to find this site and to hear about the people from the area.
Like Jnjrob I am looking for some love too - so if anyone has any freebie corals they're looking to donate, please let me know!! :lol:
cschweitzer
New member
I had a 55 fresh and a 20 tall guppy tank. Went salt and never looked back. Now I have a 55 reef, 50 reef, 2X30 reefs, a 2.5 mantis tank, and just broke down my 55 fresh to become another reef. I have a 180 sitting waiting for me to have time.
By the way, noone mentioned this, so I feel it is necessary. I don't know how much you newbies have read, but it is tough(but SO worth it). If you are just now setting up the tanks, you are not ready for coral. You have to put live sand, live rock, and water in a tank and watch it empty for a couple months. There is a cycling period where dead bacteria dies off and goes through(usually) an ammonia, nitrite and finally nitrate cycle. Once this is done, then it is time to start worrying about coral. If you put it right in on new rock that has not had time to diversify biologically, you are dooming the coral to a slow and painful death. Let the tank settle before you start adding stuff and you will be much happier in the long run. Just a word of advice...
This hobby is a slow one. There is a saying, "Nothing good happens to a reef overnight." You will need patience, time, effort, and some deductive reasoning skills, but the end result makes every second and every dollar you put in all worth it. After all, you are sustaining a whole community of organisms, not like a dog or cat. With a dog, you know when he's happy, you know when he needs to go out. With a community, one small thing might not be happy while everything else is. This one thing can make a lot of other things just as unhappy as he is. You will not regret coming to the reef.
By the way, noone mentioned this, so I feel it is necessary. I don't know how much you newbies have read, but it is tough(but SO worth it). If you are just now setting up the tanks, you are not ready for coral. You have to put live sand, live rock, and water in a tank and watch it empty for a couple months. There is a cycling period where dead bacteria dies off and goes through(usually) an ammonia, nitrite and finally nitrate cycle. Once this is done, then it is time to start worrying about coral. If you put it right in on new rock that has not had time to diversify biologically, you are dooming the coral to a slow and painful death. Let the tank settle before you start adding stuff and you will be much happier in the long run. Just a word of advice...
This hobby is a slow one. There is a saying, "Nothing good happens to a reef overnight." You will need patience, time, effort, and some deductive reasoning skills, but the end result makes every second and every dollar you put in all worth it. After all, you are sustaining a whole community of organisms, not like a dog or cat. With a dog, you know when he's happy, you know when he needs to go out. With a community, one small thing might not be happy while everything else is. This one thing can make a lot of other things just as unhappy as he is. You will not regret coming to the reef.
shibumi
Premium Member
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I really like my little tank, but I am looking fo a place in my house to put a bigger one
you cannot blame me; I bet you all started like that.
But I have a silly question ... I am new in this chat so ... what is "BUMP" I see it a lot and it is driving me crazy. I need to know what is that.
Please .....
Thanks
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I really like my little tank, but I am looking fo a place in my house to put a bigger one
you cannot blame me; I bet you all started like that.But I have a silly question ... I am new in this chat so ... what is "BUMP" I see it a lot and it is driving me crazy. I need to know what is that.
Please .....
Thanks
Bono
New member
If you were to ask a question in the say the Reef Discussion Forum and you don't get a response in a few hours your question would be on page 2 or 3 and heading tords oblivion within a few hours. If you type "Bump" it brings it to the top of the forum again. This works very well when selling things as people usually cruise through the first page to see if anything catches their eye.
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Do what I did, buy a new house...My realtor thought I was crazy when we told her that a wall that could be replaced with a fish tank was one of our non-negotiable requirements!
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8187304#post8187304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shibumi
I really like my little tank, but I am looking fo a place in my house to put a bigger one
Do what I did, buy a new house
...My realtor thought I was crazy when we told her that a wall that could be replaced with a fish tank was one of our non-negotiable requirements!Similar threads
