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

[Andre Taf]

I am Andre from Armenia.First of all SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH.
I have a fish stor in Armenia and 2 years ago I start my first soft reef aquarium in my store.Now I have 250g reef tank,60g reef tank,60g fish only,150g QT,4 50g QT.
There is only few people in Armenia who interested in the hobby,
The rest are my cusumers for whome I do the setup and maintnance.It will be my honner to be acsepted in your camunity.
We dont have much experience and people to share the knolege with,
so Your help will be gratefull.
Thank you

[cajunreefer]

Armenia!! That's cool.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by iRager

Hi, there...

Newbie from the land down under

27 years old new to the hobby and in the process of building an 8' x 2' x 2' FOWLR so may need some help

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Make sure you read through this thread and if you have any questions make sure you start a new thread and ask away. Glad to have you here.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by 1320lee

hi i'm new to Reef Central but not to the hobby

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Nice to meet you new to Reef Central but not to the hobby.... wow that's a long name

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by cajunreefer

Good morning reefcentral, reef stuff is the best when you can't sleep

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If you like to read at night make sure you read through these posts. Good luck

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by tangheat

Hello all just wanted to say hi to everyone.

New to the forum as of today.

Have a 29 nano and a 180 acrylic with 5 tangs. Hense the name tang heat with all the tail nonsense and territory issues lol.

Look forward to talking to you all

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be sure to start a thread documenting your two tanks.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by gruvydude

Good evening Reef Central, Im glad to have found such a vast site of information for things to come. Im really excited for what this new hobby will bring. Hobby seems to cut it somewhat short. I dont think I have ever stood and stared for hours at a "hobby" before hehe. That being said, I just started about a month and a half ago ... thus starts the story.

My wife and I went to Florida (Cape San Blas) for our ten year anniversary back in August. While there, we happened upon a "hermit crab" that at the time we thought would be really cool to take back home to our kids. We really where kind of naive, because the hermit crab that we thought was a land crab (we live in Iowa, who woulda thunk a hermit crab was a salt water animal, hehe), actually needed salt water. So on our drive back home we stopped into a pet store in Tennessee to pick up a 10 gallon tank. Decided to dump in the sand we brought back from the beach, a few shells, added some salt water to a feed dish and stuck Bob in it. He proceeded to suck up about three or four refills. So we got back home, filled up the 10 gallon with saltwater, let it cycle, added some live rock and a red footed conch, added a clown fish and some more live rock and here we are.

I was hooked a few weeks ago and now my wife is talking about wanting a larger tank. I threw out a 90 gallon idea for our living room and she likes it. WOOHOO!!! hehe

The 10 gallon is doing really well, PH-8.4, NO2:0-.25ppm, NO3:20ppm(coming down from 40 just a few days ago), Ammonia:0-.25ppm.

We have all kinds of stuff growing. Ill get some pics for some identification help because some of the things I cant find any google images for.

Thanks

Chad

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start a thread with those pictures and we'll be able to help identify those guys for you.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by Andre Taf

I am Andre from Armenia.First of all SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH.
I have a fish stor in Armenia and 2 years ago I start my first soft reef aquarium in my store.Now I have 250g reef tank,60g reef tank,60g fish only,150g QT,4 50g QT.
There is only few people in Armenia who interested in the hobby,
The rest are my cusumers for whome I do the setup and maintnance.It will be my honner to be acsepted in your camunity.
We dont have much experience and people to share the knolege with,
so Your help will be gratefull.
Thank you

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with your persistence maybe in 10 years there will be a lot more people interested in the hobby. Keep it going.

[nfuids]

Hello,

I'm Martin and I'm pretty new to this stuff. I actually ordered my stuff last week so I'm waiting to receive everything to get started.

I have a 43g cube + a 22g, I will use maxspect 160w LED lighting system. I'm not sure if I want to have a SPS only or both LPS and SPS yet.

I hope to learn and share a lot through this forum!

Cheers!

[gruvydude]

I started a thread already 'ID mushroom and growth'.

Thanks

Gruvy

[blutang77]

Hello people i'm new to this thread. Just want to say hi to all Will update with more info about me and my tank later..


Cheers,
Rahul

[kasayre]

*Greetings* to all! Of course I am new to RC~would I be on this thread if not?
Only been reefin for a lil over a year, and a true addiction it has become!
Our whole family is involved, my 14 year old daughter now wants to become a marine biologist, she will be adventuring to Marine Labs in Key Largo next summer
We currently have a 55 G Sea Max, mixed reef that is overstocked
Our goal is to have a 150+ up and running by Christmas~Merry Christmas to us
BTW, my biggest joy right now is my female Mandarin Goby, "Dainty Girl", is now eating flake food!!!!
So happy to be here...

[innerdoctrine]

Greetings everyone....
I'm still in my planning stage for my first reef set up...As I was pondering
various subjects such as purchasing live rock and RO/DI systems, it suddenly dawned on me.."Dude, I live in Hawaii".....please forgive me for this possibly dumb question(I am new to this), but is it feasable for me to just take live rock/sand from the various beaches in jogging distance and/or seawater to use in my tank?...if not...why not??....please be gentle.........great site BYW

[Internode]

hi all,

been reading here for many years, very little little, cuz of time issues and waiting to build my 10ft tank, practicing on 200litre tank for the last two years.

actually i wanted my first thread to be a build thread of my intended 10x4x4 tank, but,,, have found myself in trouble and ended up posting today

anyway


i welcome all new members above me, and those to come below me, and myself hehehe

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by nfuids

Hello,

I'm Martin and I'm pretty new to this stuff. I actually ordered my stuff last week so I'm waiting to receive everything to get started.

I have a 43g cube + a 22g, I will use maxspect 160w LED lighting system. I'm not sure if I want to have a SPS only or both LPS and SPS yet.

I hope to learn and share a lot through this forum!

Cheers!

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Don't worry about deciding right now, you have at least 4-6 months waiting for your tank to stabilize to decide what direction you want to go. Be sure to start a thread when you get things going.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by blutang77

Hello people i'm new to this thread. Just want to say hi to all Will update with more info about me and my tank later..


Cheers,
Rahul

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Make sure you send me the link when you get your thread started with all the updates.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by kasayre

*Greetings* to all! Of course I am new to RC~would I be on this thread if not?
Only been reefin for a lil over a year, and a true addiction it has become!
Our whole family is involved, my 14 year old daughter now wants to become a marine biologist, she will be adventuring to Marine Labs in Key Largo next summer
We currently have a 55 G Sea Max, mixed reef that is overstocked
Our goal is to have a 150+ up and running by Christmas~Merry Christmas to us
BTW, my biggest joy right now is my female Mandarin Goby, "Dainty Girl", is now eating flake food!!!!
So happy to be here...

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It's definitely a good feeling to see the mandarins start eating the frozen stuff. It's definitely a plus when you have the whole family involved in the hobby.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by innerdoctrine

Greetings everyone....
I'm still in my planning stage for my first reef set up...As I was pondering
various subjects such as purchasing live rock and RO/DI systems, it suddenly dawned on me.."Dude, I live in Hawaii".....please forgive me for this possibly dumb question(I am new to this), but is it feasable for me to just take live rock/sand from the various beaches in jogging distance and/or seawater to use in my tank?...if not...why not??....please be gentle.........great site BYW

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This question comes up a lot. I would leave the rock and sand alone, it is illegal to take any of that from the shores or oceans.Here is a website from the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources.

Most of the rock and sand we get are either harvested legally from the ocean, DIY'd, or come from salt mines, so that the demand for our hobby doesn't destroy the precious reefs throughout the world.

HTH

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by Internode

hi all,

been reading here for many years, very little little, cuz of time issues and waiting to build my 10ft tank, practicing on 200litre tank for the last two years.

actually i wanted my first thread to be a build thread of my intended 10x4x4 tank, but,,, have found myself in trouble and ended up posting today

anyway


i welcome all new members above me, and those to come below me, and myself hehehe

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It's nice to see you coming out of the shadows. Be sure to post your build thread when you get things situated.

[mgoblue]

Hi, I'm MGOBLUE.

I have been lurking on this and a couple of other reef sites over the last few weeks. I had a SW tank years ago, but was using very outdated information. I quit when I made a move to a new house 10 years ago. I am in the process of starting a 75g and looking to do it better this time using the most updated information I can get.

So far, RC and MR (Michigan Reefers) are the two sites I am spending the most time on. It's been fun and informative to read while I slowly make progress on my tank build (building a stand now).

Thanks for all the info!!

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by mgoblue

Hi, I'm MGOBLUE.

I have been lurking on this and a couple of other reef sites over the last few weeks. I had a SW tank years ago, but was using very outdated information. I quit when I made a move to a new house 10 years ago. I am in the process of starting a 75g and looking to do it better this time using the most updated information I can get.

So far, RC and MR (Michigan Reefers) are the two sites I am spending the most time on. It's been fun and informative to read while I slowly make progress on my tank build (building a stand now).

Thanks for all the info!!

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Be sure to start a new thread documenting your tank and stand build.

[ReefSwagg]

I stumbled across this forum searching for reef info. You guys def seem to have the answers! I'm in the process of building my first reef tank. I've had SW tanks before but they were all aggressive fish. I hope you guys don't mind questions & ideas to critque, cause I've got a few.

[jrivera]

Whats up my name is Jordan I have two fish only tanks. One is a 10 gallon with a mix you wont believe and a 300 gallon tank. Have any questions about them just ask.

[kulture]

Hey all! Kulture here.

New to RC and a newbie to salt water.
I kept fresh as a kid, have had animals of all sorts, and currently have a 29 mini reef.
I'm expanding my 29 to a 90 reef tank- as I'm writing this my Irian Jaya is curing and my house is a wreck. (bad sw pun... Lol)

I'm learning and could always use help... If I post something that is absolutely ridiculous make sure to call me on it! Lol

[jimmyrow]

hello my name is jimmy i am a newbee to the sw world. i have a 29g setup with a few things in there. most of witch came on my live rock. the tank is bout 2mounths old is all. im gunna say thx to this site 4 all the help so far!!