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LongIslandSound · 06/17/2012, 07:18 PM

Hello! My name is Alex, I'm 25 years old. I have been following this website for a few months now. I just moved to West Haven, Connecticut about a month ago for a new job (which is going great so far). I grew up in northern-lower Michigan, graduated from college (Michigan Tech) two years ago, worked 4 jobs (1 full time but got laid off, 3 short term contracts) the last two years before I found this one.

Before this I was living in the metro Detroit area for the last year. Most of my family lives in Michigan. So far I am loving it here in Connecticut. West Haven is on Long Island Sound (hence my user name).

Once I get financially stable again in a month or two, I would like to setup a reef tank. It will be a slow process, buying a few items at a time. The only good LFS I have found near me is a Petco in Milford, CT. They had some good looking fish and inverts (clowns, yellow tangs, damsels, hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, snails, anemones and live rock). I am thinking about getting a 29 gallon tank and maybe a 15-20 gallon sump. I may just start out with the 29 gallon and add the sump later. When I am ready I will have more questions about the setup/cycle process probably.

Can anyone recommend any good fish stores in the West Haven/New Haven/Milford area? Any fish/reef clubs around here? Thanks!

PS: I will also be getting a dog in the next 1-2 months. It is so great having an apartment that will let me have a dog. The dog will come before the fish tank.

ed84g · 06/18/2012, 03:40 AM

Hi, im Ed from Adelaide in Australia. ive been checking out a few forums online and this one looks like the best so thought i should join up

Ive been keeping coldwater fish for about 5 years and after moving in to a new house with my girlfriend about 3 months ago the first big purchase (after a bigger TV!) was an aquarium setup holding about 135 litres of water after all the rocks etc were put in.

Ive cycled the tank an now im hoping to establish something good with fish and corel so hopefully i can succeed!!

im on Twitter if anybody uses that and often post pics of what im trying to do www.twitter.com/eddjgex is me if you want to follow my attempted success!!!

ed84g · 06/18/2012, 03:47 AM

Hi, im Ed from Adelaide in Australia. ive been checking out a few forums online and this one looks like the best so thought i should join up

Ive been keeping coldwater fish for about 5 years and after moving in to a new house with my girlfriend about 3 months ago the first big purchase (after a bigger TV!) was an aquarium setup holding about 135 litres of water after all the rocks etc were put in.

Ive cycled the tank an now im hoping to establish something good with fish and corel so hopefully i can succeed!!

im on Twitter if anybody uses that and often post pics of what im trying to do www.twitter.com/eddjgex is me if you want to follow my attempted success!!!

newyork_redneck · 06/18/2012, 02:45 PM

Hi my name is Will and Im addicted to Saltwater aquarium and the thrill of spending money on it

lol

I have a 155 Gallon Bow front tank and so far I have spent as much money as that tank can hold but I love it.

SeanGH · 06/18/2012, 11:22 PM

Hello good people

I am not NEW to the hobby but i am NEW to the NEW stuff

in other words i have recently got back into this though did it 20 years ago. Life is MUCH easier now isn't it!

I am in South Africa.

OH i posted a message yesterday in http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...783536&page=71 but it has STILL not been "approved" - so if there are any active mods etc please could you be so kind as to oblige me.

curent projects are an Arduino project (started) and LED project (NOT started yet). I have a 20ga Nano tank which has been running for about 2+ months now.

As far as the Arduino is concerned i have NO clue at all what i am doing! So obviously nothing works hahaha

Awesome89 · 06/19/2012, 12:49 AM

Hey, New to here

Doogie1977 · 06/19/2012, 02:35 PM

Hello All-

I have been around in the forums just new to Reef Central.....I have a 90 gallon mixed reef and I am just now starting a small seahorse tank......

I am also a firefighter/paramedic so I have a lot of time to play with my tanks as well as my new baby daughter

gibs · 06/19/2012, 06:20 PM

Hey guys just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I just bought a small tank last week (the Nano 16g). I am using this mainly as a test tank for myself to make sure I can keep everything alive lol. I just have 10lbs of live rock in it right now but planning a few pieces of coral and some small fish. If I keep everything alive I am planning on getting a 75g tank in the next 6 months or so and keeping this tank as my quarantine tank. Anyways attached a few pics of my starter tank and thanks in advance for all answering all my noob questions in the future :P

Xanthus · 06/19/2012, 11:33 PM

HI! Brand new, set up my first SW tank a few months ago (4-5), and having a ton of fun! So far it seems far less difficult than I feared it would be, but I'm having some issues with a Sebae I picked up Sunday. I created this thread asking for help.

So far, learning tons of good stuff from you guys! Thanks tons!

cmantis · 06/20/2012, 12:52 AM

Hi. I am new to saltwater aquariums and reef tanks but already have a 30g, 75g and 90g. Unfortunately I had to move for work but have good friends taking care of my tanks. I am busy reading up on as much as I can and watching youtube videos on the subway to work.

raypadro · 06/20/2012, 11:07 AM

Hi all is my 2nd time with saltwater reef my first was in 2005 which I have running for close to 3 years.I hope this time will have less problems than the first one and try to be more patience lol.

cwagner315 · 06/20/2012, 12:37 PM

Hello, My name is Colton and I am a 19 year old new to the hobby and have a lot to learn. I am still in the setup process of my tank and I hope to have it cycling by the end of next month. I have a 75 Gallon display and 50 Gal refugium that I will be doing myself. I have been looking into bare bottom designs not for any other purpose than I think they look awesome. We will just have to see where it goes from there.

rognermp · 06/21/2012, 10:22 AM

very new to this awesome hobby, about 1 month in, lost one fish, may loose the other (hopefully not lol) luckily I have a very experienced friend that is helping me, even started me off by giving me just about everything but fish lol

vinzenzo · 06/21/2012, 11:00 AM

Hello all, I am Vinny, I am very new to this site and to this exciting Hobby. I am just in the process of trying to do research on a host of things concerning a Reef Tank that is very exciting and can be frustrating and I have not even got started. Not good for me. HEHE

Anyway, I will not ramble, But just starting to think about the Fish that I might want to purchase and the size of the tank. I am looking at 150 gallon only because I heard that the larger the tank the easier the maintanence , to some degree. HEHEHE. Sorry I can ramble all day and not say much. HEHEHE Vinny

vinzenzo · 06/21/2012, 11:03 AM

i am new to this site not sure why it has me starting here in 2009????? Maybe I thought about this many years ago??? Oh well

loismustdie0692 · 06/22/2012, 01:48 AM

Hello I am from Toms River, NJ. Not really that new to the hobby I have had a 12g Aquapod nano for about 7 years now and just finally upgraded to a 90g reef tank. Hope everything goes as well as it has for my nano. But I am sure if I have any issues you nice folks will try your best to help out. Thanks in advance!!

JulieReef · 06/22/2012, 12:01 PM

Hello, My name is Julie and I'm a fish-aholic.
Seriously, I've kept freshwater aquariums for many years and have always wanted to try a reef tank. I've enjoyed learning from all the forums and posts so far. I am patiently waiting for my tank to cycle.

AZBigJohn · 06/22/2012, 09:25 PM

My name's John, and I am a long-time Swim-tank Salt Water fanatic, but have recently decided to make the plunge into keeping reefs. I currently have a 55-gallon SW tank very lightly loaded, and just started cycling a 29-gallon tank (using Sk8tr's advice, of course!)

I've already learned a ton, and I thought I was pretty solid on the Salt Water basics. Hope to interact with you all soon!

Burdan · 06/22/2012, 09:51 PM

Hi Everyone!
I have been interested in getting a saltwater tank for years. I first got the bug in college, but I did my research and told myself to wait- it was too expensive for someone on a college student budget. I'm willing to give it a try now. I have a 115 gal tank (approximated from inner measurements) and two Rena xp3 canister filters. I'm hoping to learn as much as i can from all of you.
Thanks for having me!

-Ben

Numnutts27 · 06/23/2012, 12:49 AM

Hello, Just signed up. I just got into the salt water hobby about 2 months ago and with some time spent researching I have my 30 gallon tank up and running now for just over a week. Once the live rock is cured I will begin the adventure. Thanks!

amilasiu · 06/23/2012, 01:42 PM

Hi all. Signed up recently, FW experience, first time saltwater. Just set up my 10 gal nano tank - cycling now. Looking forward

amilasiu · 06/23/2012, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amilasiu

Hi all. Signed up recently, FW experience, first time saltwater. Just set up my 10 gal nano tank - cycling now. Looking forward

nyquist · 06/23/2012, 03:09 PM

Been browsing here for some time, but I'm newly registered

Have had FW tanks in the past, but I'm about to start with some NaCl water!

godfather87 · 06/23/2012, 04:24 PM

avid sw and fw tanks, making the jump to a 300g sw and looking forward to building a great system to enjoy for years

myindoorocean · 06/23/2012, 05:49 PM

I'm a old newbie! I had some tanks 25+ years ago, then got out of the hobby about 15 years ago when I started adopting 5 kiddos. (They kind of took up a lot of time and money). Now, they're growing up, and I want to get going again. I started a website to chronicle my tank setup, and hopefully to give other starters some encouragement. It's called My Indoor Ocean

I'm thinking about eventually building 2 or 3 tanks, and I'm trying to decide where to start. Kind of interested in a Nano-tank (no such thing when I was involved before) because I've got a couple of good locations for it.

Time to start researching!

06/17/2012, 07:18 PM	#5476
LongIslandSound Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 2	Hello! Hello! My name is Alex, I'm 25 years old. I have been following this website for a few months now. I just moved to West Haven, Connecticut about a month ago for a new job (which is going great so far). I grew up in northern-lower Michigan, graduated from college (Michigan Tech) two years ago, worked 4 jobs (1 full time but got laid off, 3 short term contracts) the last two years before I found this one. Before this I was living in the metro Detroit area for the last year. Most of my family lives in Michigan. So far I am loving it here in Connecticut. West Haven is on Long Island Sound (hence my user name). Once I get financially stable again in a month or two, I would like to setup a reef tank. It will be a slow process, buying a few items at a time. The only good LFS I have found near me is a Petco in Milford, CT. They had some good looking fish and inverts (clowns, yellow tangs, damsels, hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, snails, anemones and live rock). I am thinking about getting a 29 gallon tank and maybe a 15-20 gallon sump. I may just start out with the 29 gallon and add the sump later. When I am ready I will have more questions about the setup/cycle process probably. Can anyone recommend any good fish stores in the West Haven/New Haven/Milford area? Any fish/reef clubs around here? Thanks! PS: I will also be getting a dog in the next 1-2 months. It is so great having an apartment that will let me have a dog. The dog will come before the fish tank. Last edited by LongIslandSound; 06/17/2012 at 07:37 PM.

06/19/2012, 02:35 PM	#5482
Doogie1977 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Round Lake Posts: 12	Hello All- I have been around in the forums just new to Reef Central.....I have a 90 gallon mixed reef and I am just now starting a small seahorse tank...... I am also a firefighter/paramedic so I have a lot of time to play with my tanks as well as my new baby daughter __________________ Douglas M. Mendlik Current Tank Info: 12g nano

06/19/2012, 06:20 PM	#5483
gibs Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Jarrell, TX Posts: 46	Hi Hey guys just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I just bought a small tank last week (the Nano 16g). I am using this mainly as a test tank for myself to make sure I can keep everything alive lol. I just have 10lbs of live rock in it right now but planning a few pieces of coral and some small fish. If I keep everything alive I am planning on getting a 75g tank in the next 6 months or so and keeping this tank as my quarantine tank. Anyways attached a few pics of my starter tank and thanks in advance for all answering all my noob questions in the future :P

06/20/2012, 12:37 PM	#5487
cwagner315 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Indiana Posts: 3	New to Reef Central Hello, My name is Colton and I am a 19 year old new to the hobby and have a lot to learn. I am still in the setup process of my tank and I hope to have it cycling by the end of next month. I have a 75 Gallon display and 50 Gal refugium that I will be doing myself. I have been looking into bare bottom designs not for any other purpose than I think they look awesome. We will just have to see where it goes from there.

06/22/2012, 01:48 AM	#5491
loismustdie0692 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 15	Hello I am from Toms River, NJ. Not really that new to the hobby I have had a 12g Aquapod nano for about 7 years now and just finally upgraded to a 90g reef tank. Hope everything goes as well as it has for my nano. But I am sure if I have any issues you nice folks will try your best to help out. Thanks in advance!! __________________ God is playing a comic to an audience that's afraid to laugh. Current Tank Info: 90 G reef tank, 15 G sump, Red Sea Skimmer, T5 Lighting 150lbs live rock. 1 Yellow tang, 3 blue Chromis, 1 Royal Gramma, Flame Angel, 2 cleaner shrimp, 2 emerald crabs, 3 peppermint shrimp and a bunch of turbo and narsicius snails.

06/18/2012, 03:40 AM	#5477
ed84g Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Adelaide Australia Posts: 57	Hi, im Ed from Adelaide in Australia. ive been checking out a few forums online and this one looks like the best so thought i should join up Ive been keeping coldwater fish for about 5 years and after moving in to a new house with my girlfriend about 3 months ago the first big purchase (after a bigger TV!) was an aquarium setup holding about 135 litres of water after all the rocks etc were put in. Ive cycled the tank an now im hoping to establish something good with fish and corel so hopefully i can succeed!! im on Twitter if anybody uses that and often post pics of what im trying to do www.twitter.com/eddjgex is me if you want to follow my attempted success!!!

06/18/2012, 03:47 AM	#5478
ed84g Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Adelaide Australia Posts: 57	Hi, im Ed from Adelaide in Australia. ive been checking out a few forums online and this one looks like the best so thought i should join up Ive been keeping coldwater fish for about 5 years and after moving in to a new house with my girlfriend about 3 months ago the first big purchase (after a bigger TV!) was an aquarium setup holding about 135 litres of water after all the rocks etc were put in. Ive cycled the tank an now im hoping to establish something good with fish and corel so hopefully i can succeed!! im on Twitter if anybody uses that and often post pics of what im trying to do www.twitter.com/eddjgex is me if you want to follow my attempted success!!!

06/18/2012, 02:45 PM	#5479
newyork_redneck Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 83	Hi my name is Will and Im addicted to Saltwater aquarium and the thrill of spending money on it lol I have a 155 Gallon Bow front tank and so far I have spent as much money as that tank can hold but I love it.

06/18/2012, 11:22 PM	#5480
SeanGH Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 18	Hello good people I am not NEW to the hobby but i am NEW to the NEW stuff in other words i have recently got back into this though did it 20 years ago. Life is MUCH easier now isn't it! I am in South Africa. OH i posted a message yesterday in http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...783536&page=71 but it has STILL not been "approved" - so if there are any active mods etc please could you be so kind as to oblige me. curent projects are an Arduino project (started) and LED project (NOT started yet). I have a 20ga Nano tank which has been running for about 2+ months now. As far as the Arduino is concerned i have NO clue at all what i am doing! So obviously nothing works hahaha

06/19/2012, 12:49 AM	#5481
Awesome89 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2	Hey, New to here

06/19/2012, 11:33 PM	#5484
Xanthus Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 66	HI! Brand new, set up my first SW tank a few months ago (4-5), and having a ton of fun! So far it seems far less difficult than I feared it would be, but I'm having some issues with a Sebae I picked up Sunday. I created this thread asking for help. So far, learning tons of good stuff from you guys! Thanks tons!

06/20/2012, 12:52 AM	#5485
cmantis Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NYC / Philly Posts: 227	Hi. I am new to saltwater aquariums and reef tanks but already have a 30g, 75g and 90g. Unfortunately I had to move for work but have good friends taking care of my tanks. I am busy reading up on as much as I can and watching youtube videos on the subway to work.

06/20/2012, 11:07 AM	#5486
raypadro Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 52	Hi all is my 2nd time with saltwater reef my first was in 2005 which I have running for close to 3 years.I hope this time will have less problems than the first one and try to be more patience lol.

06/21/2012, 10:22 AM	#5488
rognermp Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: new jersey Posts: 23	very new to this awesome hobby, about 1 month in, lost one fish, may loose the other (hopefully not lol) luckily I have a very experienced friend that is helping me, even started me off by giving me just about everything but fish lol

06/21/2012, 11:00 AM	#5489
vinzenzo Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8	Hello all, I am Vinny, I am very new to this site and to this exciting Hobby. I am just in the process of trying to do research on a host of things concerning a Reef Tank that is very exciting and can be frustrating and I have not even got started. Not good for me. HEHE Anyway, I will not ramble, But just starting to think about the Fish that I might want to purchase and the size of the tank. I am looking at 150 gallon only because I heard that the larger the tank the easier the maintanence , to some degree. HEHEHE. Sorry I can ramble all day and not say much. HEHEHE Vinny

06/21/2012, 11:03 AM	#5490
vinzenzo Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 8	i am new to this site not sure why it has me starting here in 2009????? Maybe I thought about this many years ago??? Oh well

06/22/2012, 12:01 PM	#5492
JulieReef Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Cadillac, Michigan Posts: 1	Hello, My name is Julie and I'm a fish-aholic. Seriously, I've kept freshwater aquariums for many years and have always wanted to try a reef tank. I've enjoyed learning from all the forums and posts so far. I am patiently waiting for my tank to cycle.

06/22/2012, 09:25 PM	#5493
AZBigJohn Usually confused... Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,091	New to reefs, and Reef Central My name's John, and I am a long-time Swim-tank Salt Water fanatic, but have recently decided to make the plunge into keeping reefs. I currently have a 55-gallon SW tank very lightly loaded, and just started cycling a 29-gallon tank (using Sk8tr's advice, of course!) I've already learned a ton, and I thought I was pretty solid on the Salt Water basics. Hope to interact with you all soon!

06/22/2012, 09:51 PM	#5494
Burdan Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1	Hi Everyone! I have been interested in getting a saltwater tank for years. I first got the bug in college, but I did my research and told myself to wait- it was too expensive for someone on a college student budget. I'm willing to give it a try now. I have a 115 gal tank (approximated from inner measurements) and two Rena xp3 canister filters. I'm hoping to learn as much as i can from all of you. Thanks for having me! -Ben

06/23/2012, 12:49 AM	#5495
Numnutts27 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 1	Hello, Just signed up. I just got into the salt water hobby about 2 months ago and with some time spent researching I have my 30 gallon tank up and running now for just over a week. Once the live rock is cured I will begin the adventure. Thanks!

06/23/2012, 01:42 PM	#5496
amilasiu Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 2	Hi all. Signed up recently, FW experience, first time saltwater. Just set up my 10 gal nano tank - cycling now. Looking forward Last edited by amilasiu; 06/23/2012 at 01:56 PM.

06/23/2012, 03:09 PM	#5498
nyquist Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 80	Been browsing here for some time, but I'm newly registered Have had FW tanks in the past, but I'm about to start with some NaCl water!

06/23/2012, 04:24 PM	#5499
godfather87 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 13	avid sw and fw tanks, making the jump to a 300g sw and looking forward to building a great system to enjoy for years

06/23/2012, 05:49 PM	#5500
myindoorocean Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 8	I'm a old newbie! I had some tanks 25+ years ago, then got out of the hobby about 15 years ago when I started adopting 5 kiddos. (They kind of took up a lot of time and money). Now, they're growing up, and I want to get going again. I started a website to chronicle my tank setup, and hopefully to give other starters some encouragement. It's called My Indoor Ocean I'm thinking about eventually building 2 or 3 tanks, and I'm trying to decide where to start. Kind of interested in a Nano-tank (no such thing when I was involved before) because I've got a couple of good locations for it. Time to start researching!