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Genaro · 04/05/2011, 12:44 PM

hi i to all i just lost everything do to tenting the house so staring all over again 55 gal. single ushio 150 watt two blue ones and wainting for a tank to cicle.any suggestions?

johnc99 · 04/06/2011, 01:00 AM

Hi Everyone.

I'm a long time lurker and finally decided to register. Apologies for the long intro.

A little bit about me...I'm originally from Scotland but moved to California around 13 years ago. I got into fish keeping more than 30 years ago when I inherited some veil tail goldfish when a neighbor's tank burst. Kept them and some European natives for a few years before moving on to the typical FW tropical fare. Kept them for a few years before starting a SW FO tank - complete with canister filtration and the sterile coral skeletons that were popular at the time. I got discouraged and I gave up the hobby when I went to university as I couldn't devote the time to the care and maintainence.

I got back into the hobby about 6 years ago and started a 30G planted FW for my daughter - still have 3 of my original fish. About 4 years ago I upgraded to a 75G and moved the contents of the 30G. Around October last year my kids begged me to start up the 30G as a SW, which I started to do over Christmas.

So here's my current SW set up - I'm pretty sure I'll be upgrading

soon.

30G Sump-less FOWLR; 10lbs of base rock; 44lbs of LR; Reef Octopus BH-2000 HOB Skimmer; Coralife 2-tube HO T5; a couple of Hydor Koralia Nano 425s for flow; Neptune Aquatics Aquacontroller Jr + DC8.

Source water is from a BRS 4 state RO/DI.

Tank inhabitants include: 2 common clowns (I have kids - I had to get these), a very active Pygmy Angel, and a half-dozen (or so) mushrooms. CUC consists of a few astreas, a few nassarius, a handful dwarf ceriths, a few dwarf brittle starts that were stowaways, a handful of nerites, and a few red-legged and blue-legged hermits.

The tank has been running just under 4 months. Clowns were added around 6 weeks ago. Cherub was added 2 weeks ago (after spending 2 weeks in QT).

Water parameters (measured before a water change on Sunday) are:
S.G. 1.025
pH: 8.3
dKH: 11
Ca: it was either 460 or 480 ppm
Mg: don't have a kit yet - I presume it's OK.
Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all 0 ppm.
Phosphate was 1.0 ppm until I added some GFO into the return chamber of the skimmer and now it's undetectable.

Water change schedule is 20% every other week; the off weeks are when I do the FW water changes. I make sure I do them on different nights.

Anyway I want to thank everyone for their (unconscious) advice. It has been extremely valuable and made this foray in SW much more enjoyable than my last.

-JohnC

byobplease · 04/06/2011, 08:05 AM

Whats up., Ali here. Just bought a Saltwater tank, salinity is good. Poured my sand in yesterday and some live rock. Now the waiting game! Cheers!

moonp13 · 04/06/2011, 12:59 PM

HI guys. My name is Tyler, and I just registered today. I was referred here by a friend on another forum. I just bought a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium from a past owner of three years. I have no experience with saltwater tanks or any tanks for that matter and I joined because I quickly learned to gravity of my decision to start this great hobby without any experience or knowledge. Hopefully, you guys will be able to take me under your wing. I am already having problems with my tank. If you can, take a look at the thread I started "nitrate problem." Thank You in advance, and I hope to gain vast amounts of knowledge from you guys.

IMTHEMANWA3 · 04/06/2011, 06:00 PM

Skimmer ?s I Have An Aquac Ev-180 What Would Ne A Good Pump For It I Read Use The Mag Drive I Have Been Looking @ The Sicce Syncra 4.0 Pump: 952gph ,And I Looked At The Sicce PSK-1000 I Think It Would Be A Hybrid Needle Wheel And Spray Injection Is It Possible And I Want To Get A 90G And I Want To Stock Fish LR And Softies What Type Of Pumps Should I Get And How Many Im On A Budget So Should I Get Tunze On Hydor Koralia Which Models

tecnomage · 04/06/2011, 06:49 PM

Hey everyone! I just found your site from a link while searching around. My wife and I just started our saltwater adventure. I'll probably lurk a lot while learning as much as I can. But you can probably expect a bunch of fairly newbie questions from me.

90 gallon display
40 gallon sump

Thanks,
Jim

cholt82 · 04/06/2011, 07:18 PM

Well hello to everyone on RC. This is my first posting on any of the forums. So I have had fresh water tanks for yr's and now I have decided to try salt water. I have wanted to try for year's but never got around to it. So I bought myself a 29g biocube and have started the process of curing my tank for the first time. I have been reading every day on here for a few hours for the last 2 weeks on how to get started the right way. So I know it will take some time to get my tank where I want. Anyways Love reading your helpful info and have a good day.

Cholt82

Edward86 · 04/07/2011, 12:00 PM

Hi everyone
I'm new to the hobby n site. I just purchase my first thank, is a deep blue 57 gallon r/r rimless. Would I appreciate advices from you guys. Thanks

fyrmangeo · 04/07/2011, 06:10 PM

What's up Reefers my name is Albert im fairly new to the hobby and im already addicted/hooked im at my local LFS's twice a week LOL constantly stering at my tank so much that my roomates nicknamed me "scuba steve" any how looking foward to learning a lot from you fellow reefers. Thank you all in advance.
80 gal. Display
36 gal. Sump
CPR Aquafuge 2 w/ skimmer
TLF PhosbanReactor 150
T5 Retro with 4x54w

567234ta · 04/08/2011, 12:55 AM

Hi RC

I am new to Saltwater and have been learning so much here. thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I have a 150 gal brackish im setting up now with a 40 gal breeder tank below as a filter.
A 215 i will be setting up full saltwater this summer hopefully.

A 10,000 gal koi pond, 2 300 gal, 1 110 gal QT/winter tanks and a 29 gal with 2 guppies and a snail breeding factory going on that i use to feed my 4 green spotted puffers.
I currently have my puffers in a 55 gal but they will go into the 150 when it's ready. I typically take a rock with algae out of the 55 and set it in the 29 gal for a few hours until snails cover it. then i put it back in the 55 gal and the puffers have a feast.

Reef Dream · 04/08/2011, 01:29 AM

Hello everyone. Its been 6 years since I had a salt water aquarium and it was a glass tank. It started leaking so I had to give my stuff away, so I going to start another salt water tank. I just purchased a 65 plexi hex aquarium w/ a stand and canopy. Once I get all the equipment to run the tank correctly, and get it stocked with fish Ill post some pics.. Wish me luck!

mikemorrison281 · 04/08/2011, 04:16 PM

Howdy,

Mike from Texas...had several freshwater tanks for several years. South American cichlids and African Cichlid tanks as well as raised rams for a couple of years. I was forced to get rid of them all in an unexpected move.

I'm now a little more stable and am itching to get into saltwater...but I'm scared of the tear down possibilities living in an apartment. I'm willing to get into a tank between 100-150 gallons because I know they're more forgiving but there's a lot of competing information out there about what to get and what is hyperbole. Here's a brief list of conflicting information that I've been trying to get to the bottom of:

in tank/outside tank filter
chillers
heaters
bioballs
wooden stands vs metal stands per salt creep and corrosion issues
deep tanks vs shallow long tanks
buying fish I like that get along (supposedly) or buying fish that actually do exist together in the wild. I tried to do this with all my tanks save the cleaner fish.
how much water flow I need to do a fish/live rock/possible invertibrates tank

I don't have a lot of room for storage of maintainence equipment where I'm at right now but I have room for a pretty large tank. Lots of living space, very little storage space

I love activity in the tanks but I'm not interested in the aggressive species...I like harmony and peace and interesting activity.

Ok, now that I've shown my OCD, anyone have book suggestions or videos or advice

thanks,

mike

cadillactattoo · 04/08/2011, 11:19 PM

new to the hobby , after taking care of a well established 4 year tank at a studio in florida i decided to start a new one up in wa from scratch , 29 tall , and realized i didnt know squat except how to top of the water and feed the eels , so after many fishie lives , and co workers threatining to call PETA on me , and almost shattering my 29 tall acrillic i started asking questions and ended up here , now i have a 72 bow front yay and havent killed any thing in a very long time , will post pics soon of the tank mostly softeys and zoas in it right now and probally to many fish , but all are happy and the new sump goes in this week !

oldezra · 04/10/2011, 03:27 PM

Hey guys Ive spent lots of time surfing the forums on here and have gained tons of knowledge from it. I have a 30 gal DT with a 20 gal sump that I hope will hold me over for a while.

DrAsTiC · 04/10/2011, 06:33 PM

Hello fellow reefers my name is Donald from Westchester New York.
I have been in the freshwater ciclid hobby for about 10 years and recently bought a new tank to dive into the saltwater world. Glad I came across this site and hope to learn a lot.

ejanastacio · 04/10/2011, 06:49 PM

Hello everyone I'm Emil from Seal Beach, CA.
I'm fairly new to the hobby. Have a 20 gallon bubble tank I bought from craigslist. Formerly had a pair of seahorses but they died so now I have a pair of misbars. The site is great and I've learned quite a bit.

smokinsarge · 04/10/2011, 08:36 PM

Howdy all,
I just picked up a BioCube 14 today and I am looking at starting something new and exciting. THe only thing that I used to do with fish is catch them and release sometimes depending on how hungary I was. I do not have any knowledge what so ever in the field. My brother actually got me into this, he works for S.A. in TN. I am looking to gaining some knowledge in this field and then hopefully getting a larger tank in the future. This has always been something that I wanted to do in the past just never got around to it. Look forward to hearing from ya!

oiler67 · 04/10/2011, 08:37 PM

hello all, i dont no if im in the right place but im new to salt water. i got a 55 gal tank, a 30 gal i plan on useing for a sump. an thats it . still trying to figure the rest out like what else i need n how to plum it all together. so any help is appreciated thanks

amdninjaboy · 04/11/2011, 07:18 AM

Hi all, new to the forum.. Have had many fish tanks over the last 12 yrs.. Have had 2 saltwater tanks and am now setting up a 3rd. Its gonna be a 90gal with 35 gal sump. Look forward to learning more about this great hobby.. Im from Ontario, Canada.

Shane

Mr_N1ce · 04/11/2011, 11:39 AM

Hi everyone

greetings from Germany

I set up a 270Liter cube tank about 4 months ago and since I am beginning to stock it now I hope I'm at the right forum now for suggestions and feedback.

Nico

Sgt. Salt · 04/11/2011, 02:45 PM

Hello to all great advisors!
I am re-starting my 75 gl tank which I took down over 10 years
ago when I moved.
I have built a 29 gl sump and I am using my old Berlin venturi skimmer, in the sump for now.
Plan to use DSB in sump only with some algie also.
only want about an inch of sand in tank, (low profile)

Would greatly appreciate any great advise or suggestions, in setting up the sump, what type of sand, how deep, best sand for main display tank!

Thank you

carl

Jwright0391 · 04/11/2011, 07:28 PM

Hey all, names Jacob. Just getting into reef tanks. just wondering where to start? What size would be best to start? A nano?

mrsmoonpie · 04/11/2011, 11:45 PM

Hello, my names kelsi
I worked with salt water tanks at aa museum, but never owned one, well me and moonp13 (my husband) bought one 2 weeks ago and have hell with it.

Anyways, hello!

bacopa · 04/12/2011, 12:19 AM

Hey guys, decided to dip into the SW section of the hobby. I have many freshwater tanks, mostly planted, and shrimp tanks. Been keeping freshwater tanks since I was 16, now 26 i'm deciding to step it up and get saltwater tank going soon.

stuproman · 04/12/2011, 11:44 AM

Hey Guys
I just bought a 55 Gallon saltwater Tank. I started last week. This is my first Saltwater Tank. I added some photos with what I have so far. I added some Live sand, about 50lbs of Live rock so far. I have 5 damsels. I'm on my way this weekend on building a Refugium. Just waiting for my stuff to come in the mail. What I really need help on is how the water testing works and knowing what is what. Does anyone know of a good water test kit I should buy before I just go pick one out. Something easy enought for me to understand at first since I'm a Noob lol. Thanks

04/06/2011, 01:00 AM	#4027
johnc99 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 224	Hi Everyone. I'm a long time lurker and finally decided to register. Apologies for the long intro. A little bit about me...I'm originally from Scotland but moved to California around 13 years ago. I got into fish keeping more than 30 years ago when I inherited some veil tail goldfish when a neighbor's tank burst. Kept them and some European natives for a few years before moving on to the typical FW tropical fare. Kept them for a few years before starting a SW FO tank - complete with canister filtration and the sterile coral skeletons that were popular at the time. I got discouraged and I gave up the hobby when I went to university as I couldn't devote the time to the care and maintainence. I got back into the hobby about 6 years ago and started a 30G planted FW for my daughter - still have 3 of my original fish. About 4 years ago I upgraded to a 75G and moved the contents of the 30G. Around October last year my kids begged me to start up the 30G as a SW, which I started to do over Christmas. So here's my current SW set up - I'm pretty sure I'll be upgrading soon. 30G Sump-less FOWLR; 10lbs of base rock; 44lbs of LR; Reef Octopus BH-2000 HOB Skimmer; Coralife 2-tube HO T5; a couple of Hydor Koralia Nano 425s for flow; Neptune Aquatics Aquacontroller Jr + DC8. Source water is from a BRS 4 state RO/DI. Tank inhabitants include: 2 common clowns (I have kids - I had to get these), a very active Pygmy Angel, and a half-dozen (or so) mushrooms. CUC consists of a few astreas, a few nassarius, a handful dwarf ceriths, a few dwarf brittle starts that were stowaways, a handful of nerites, and a few red-legged and blue-legged hermits. The tank has been running just under 4 months. Clowns were added around 6 weeks ago. Cherub was added 2 weeks ago (after spending 2 weeks in QT). Water parameters (measured before a water change on Sunday) are: S.G. 1.025 pH: 8.3 dKH: 11 Ca: it was either 460 or 480 ppm Mg: don't have a kit yet - I presume it's OK. Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are all 0 ppm. Phosphate was 1.0 ppm until I added some GFO into the return chamber of the skimmer and now it's undetectable. Water change schedule is 20% every other week; the off weeks are when I do the FW water changes. I make sure I do them on different nights. Anyway I want to thank everyone for their (unconscious) advice. It has been extremely valuable and made this foray in SW much more enjoyable than my last. -JohnC __________________ We must recognize the dignity which all creatures possess, and we must respect it for as long as we have them in our charge. - "Coldwater Fish" by Roy Pinks Current Tank Info: 40B FOWLR w/ Eshopps R-100, Aquamaxx ConeS CO-1, Eheim 3000+ return, AquaticLife 4x39w HO T5s

04/06/2011, 08:05 AM	#4028
byobplease Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	New Here 14 Gallon, beginner tank, Biocube Whats up., Ali here. Just bought a Saltwater tank, salinity is good. Poured my sand in yesterday and some live rock. Now the waiting game! Cheers!

04/06/2011, 07:18 PM	#4032
cholt82 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Corona, CA Posts: 3	First time on here. Well hello to everyone on RC. This is my first posting on any of the forums. So I have had fresh water tanks for yr's and now I have decided to try salt water. I have wanted to try for year's but never got around to it. So I bought myself a 29g biocube and have started the process of curing my tank for the first time. I have been reading every day on here for a few hours for the last 2 weeks on how to get started the right way. So I know it will take some time to get my tank where I want. Anyways Love reading your helpful info and have a good day. Cholt82

04/07/2011, 06:10 PM	#4034
fyrmangeo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: L.A. Posts: 1	Howdy! What's up Reefers my name is Albert im fairly new to the hobby and im already addicted/hooked im at my local LFS's twice a week LOL constantly stering at my tank so much that my roomates nicknamed me "scuba steve" any how looking foward to learning a lot from you fellow reefers. Thank you all in advance. 80 gal. Display 36 gal. Sump CPR Aquafuge 2 w/ skimmer TLF PhosbanReactor 150 T5 Retro with 4x54w

04/08/2011, 04:16 PM	#4037
mikemorrison281 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 1	New to ReefCentral Howdy, Mike from Texas...had several freshwater tanks for several years. South American cichlids and African Cichlid tanks as well as raised rams for a couple of years. I was forced to get rid of them all in an unexpected move. I'm now a little more stable and am itching to get into saltwater...but I'm scared of the tear down possibilities living in an apartment. I'm willing to get into a tank between 100-150 gallons because I know they're more forgiving but there's a lot of competing information out there about what to get and what is hyperbole. Here's a brief list of conflicting information that I've been trying to get to the bottom of: in tank/outside tank filter chillers heaters bioballs wooden stands vs metal stands per salt creep and corrosion issues deep tanks vs shallow long tanks buying fish I like that get along (supposedly) or buying fish that actually do exist together in the wild. I tried to do this with all my tanks save the cleaner fish. how much water flow I need to do a fish/live rock/possible invertibrates tank I don't have a lot of room for storage of maintainence equipment where I'm at right now but I have room for a pretty large tank. Lots of living space, very little storage space I love activity in the tanks but I'm not interested in the aggressive species...I like harmony and peace and interesting activity. Ok, now that I've shown my OCD, anyone have book suggestions or videos or advice thanks, mike

04/05/2011, 12:44 PM	#4026
Genaro Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6	hi i to all i just lost everything do to tenting the house so staring all over again 55 gal. single ushio 150 watt two blue ones and wainting for a tank to cicle.any suggestions?

04/06/2011, 12:59 PM	#4029
moonp13 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 131	HI guys. My name is Tyler, and I just registered today. I was referred here by a friend on another forum. I just bought a 75 gallon saltwater aquarium from a past owner of three years. I have no experience with saltwater tanks or any tanks for that matter and I joined because I quickly learned to gravity of my decision to start this great hobby without any experience or knowledge. Hopefully, you guys will be able to take me under your wing. I am already having problems with my tank. If you can, take a look at the thread I started "nitrate problem." Thank You in advance, and I hope to gain vast amounts of knowledge from you guys.

04/06/2011, 06:00 PM	#4030
IMTHEMANWA3 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Hickory,nc Posts: 7	Skimmer ?s I Have An Aquac Ev-180 What Would Ne A Good Pump For It I Read Use The Mag Drive I Have Been Looking @ The Sicce Syncra 4.0 Pump: 952gph ,And I Looked At The Sicce PSK-1000 I Think It Would Be A Hybrid Needle Wheel And Spray Injection Is It Possible And I Want To Get A 90G And I Want To Stock Fish LR And Softies What Type Of Pumps Should I Get And How Many Im On A Budget So Should I Get Tunze On Hydor Koralia Which Models

04/06/2011, 06:49 PM	#4031
tecnomage Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 56	Hey everyone! I just found your site from a link while searching around. My wife and I just started our saltwater adventure. I'll probably lurk a lot while learning as much as I can. But you can probably expect a bunch of fairly newbie questions from me. 90 gallon display 40 gallon sump Thanks, Jim

04/07/2011, 12:00 PM	#4033
Edward86 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Bronx Posts: 2	Hi everyone I'm new to the hobby n site. I just purchase my first thank, is a deep blue 57 gallon r/r rimless. Would I appreciate advices from you guys. Thanks

04/08/2011, 12:55 AM	#4035
567234ta Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Smith AR Posts: 579	Hi RC I am new to Saltwater and have been learning so much here. thanks for sharing the knowledge. I have a 150 gal brackish im setting up now with a 40 gal breeder tank below as a filter. A 215 i will be setting up full saltwater this summer hopefully. A 10,000 gal koi pond, 2 300 gal, 1 110 gal QT/winter tanks and a 29 gal with 2 guppies and a snail breeding factory going on that i use to feed my 4 green spotted puffers. I currently have my puffers in a 55 gal but they will go into the 150 when it's ready. I typically take a rock with algae out of the 55 and set it in the 29 gal for a few hours until snails cover it. then i put it back in the 55 gal and the puffers have a feast.

04/08/2011, 01:29 AM	#4036
Reef Dream Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 4	Hello everyone. Its been 6 years since I had a salt water aquarium and it was a glass tank. It started leaking so I had to give my stuff away, so I going to start another salt water tank. I just purchased a 65 plexi hex aquarium w/ a stand and canopy. Once I get all the equipment to run the tank correctly, and get it stocked with fish Ill post some pics.. Wish me luck!

04/08/2011, 11:19 PM	#4038
cadillactattoo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: tacoma wa Posts: 2	new new to the hobby , after taking care of a well established 4 year tank at a studio in florida i decided to start a new one up in wa from scratch , 29 tall , and realized i didnt know squat except how to top of the water and feed the eels , so after many fishie lives , and co workers threatining to call PETA on me , and almost shattering my 29 tall acrillic i started asking questions and ended up here , now i have a 72 bow front yay and havent killed any thing in a very long time , will post pics soon of the tank mostly softeys and zoas in it right now and probally to many fish , but all are happy and the new sump goes in this week !

04/10/2011, 03:27 PM	#4039
oldezra Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Florida Panhandle Posts: 50	Hey guys Ive spent lots of time surfing the forums on here and have gained tons of knowledge from it. I have a 30 gal DT with a 20 gal sump that I hope will hold me over for a while.

04/10/2011, 06:33 PM	#4040
DrAsTiC Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Rockland county, NY Posts: 53	Hello fellow reefers my name is Donald from Westchester New York. I have been in the freshwater ciclid hobby for about 10 years and recently bought a new tank to dive into the saltwater world. Glad I came across this site and hope to learn a lot.

04/10/2011, 06:49 PM	#4041
ejanastacio Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 168	Hello everyone I'm Emil from Seal Beach, CA. I'm fairly new to the hobby. Have a 20 gallon bubble tank I bought from craigslist. Formerly had a pair of seahorses but they died so now I have a pair of misbars. The site is great and I've learned quite a bit.

04/10/2011, 08:36 PM	#4042
smokinsarge Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Minooka, IL Posts: 22	Howdy all, I just picked up a BioCube 14 today and I am looking at starting something new and exciting. THe only thing that I used to do with fish is catch them and release sometimes depending on how hungary I was. I do not have any knowledge what so ever in the field. My brother actually got me into this, he works for S.A. in TN. I am looking to gaining some knowledge in this field and then hopefully getting a larger tank in the future. This has always been something that I wanted to do in the past just never got around to it. Look forward to hearing from ya!

04/10/2011, 08:37 PM	#4043
oiler67 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: bakersfield,ca Posts: 1	hello all, i dont no if im in the right place but im new to salt water. i got a 55 gal tank, a 30 gal i plan on useing for a sump. an thats it . still trying to figure the rest out like what else i need n how to plum it all together. so any help is appreciated thanks

04/11/2011, 07:18 AM	#4044
amdninjaboy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ont, Canada Posts: 45	Hi all, new to the forum.. Have had many fish tanks over the last 12 yrs.. Have had 2 saltwater tanks and am now setting up a 3rd. Its gonna be a 90gal with 35 gal sump. Look forward to learning more about this great hobby.. Im from Ontario, Canada. Shane

04/11/2011, 11:39 AM	#4045
Mr_N1ce Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 187	Hi everyone greetings from Germany I set up a 270Liter cube tank about 4 months ago and since I am beginning to stock it now I hope I'm at the right forum now for suggestions and feedback. Nico

04/11/2011, 02:45 PM	#4046
Sgt. Salt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Hello from a reborn hobbyist Hello to all great advisors! I am re-starting my 75 gl tank which I took down over 10 years ago when I moved. I have built a 29 gl sump and I am using my old Berlin venturi skimmer, in the sump for now. Plan to use DSB in sump only with some algie also. only want about an inch of sand in tank, (low profile) Would greatly appreciate any great advise or suggestions, in setting up the sump, what type of sand, how deep, best sand for main display tank! Thank you carl

04/11/2011, 07:28 PM	#4047
Jwright0391 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 13	Hey all, names Jacob. Just getting into reef tanks. just wondering where to start? What size would be best to start? A nano?

04/11/2011, 11:45 PM	#4048
mrsmoonpie Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: texas Posts: 19	Hello, my names kelsi I worked with salt water tanks at aa museum, but never owned one, well me and moonp13 (my husband) bought one 2 weeks ago and have hell with it. Anyways, hello!

04/12/2011, 12:19 AM	#4049
bacopa Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Hey guys, decided to dip into the SW section of the hobby. I have many freshwater tanks, mostly planted, and shrimp tanks. Been keeping freshwater tanks since I was 16, now 26 i'm deciding to step it up and get saltwater tank going soon.