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

[Mike2112]

Hello all,

My name is Mike and I am new to Reef Frontiers and new to the marine side of aquariums. I have been on other sites and stumbled across this site from www.melevsreef.com when researching sump designs.

I am currently designing a 120 gallon FOWLR aquarium with a 40 gallon breeder tank serving as the sump. I am still in the design and aquiring phase of the build but should start to get things moving by mid to end of September.

[Msehhar]

Hello reef central my name is Sehhar I'm new to this hobby and this forum looking fwd to have lots of questions answered here with expectations.
I have 65 gallon tank haven't setup yet planing for coral & fish. I bought some white sand which made for regular water just because it looks nice how can I make it live send ? Hope fully I didn't post this question in wrong thread .
Thx in advance

[UK Wildcats]

Hello fellow reef enthusiasts! I am new to this great forum (wish I would have found it long ago...) and have just enough experience to start having a lot of success with all the corals in my tank, so needless to say, I am very addicted. I have a 55 g mixed reef. All soft corals and LPS's right now, although I hope to add some SPS's in the future and try my hand at them.

[Lukes_Reef]

Hey RC users...my name is Luke and I'm setting my first SW system. Hope to use this site a lot as I grow in this hobby.

[jujurama]

Hi! I am a definite newbie - don't even have a tank yet - that found their way here looking for sea horse info! Thanks to a thread on this site I have been spared the heartache that would have (likely) been mine had I purchased the sea horse tank from Serene Seahorses from Fab.com. No kidding, I was about to push the buy button tonight! But thanks to what I have learned here, I am instead going to upgrade my Monterey Bay aquarium membership (so I can go visit their ponies) while I gain the requisite knowledge to insure my (future) pony purchase is a success.

So I see a lot of reading/learning ahead of me and I am open to and welcome (actually I'm kinda begging for) any advice that you saltwater sages might have to offer me. I have always wanted to own sea horses, although I have limited saltwater experience. Also, how about cuttlefish? Can they be successfully kept in an aquarium?

So here is your opportunity to offer sage wisdom! Thanks in advance from a hopeful future saltwater cowgirl.

[Danexa]

Hello RC my name is Danny and i live in Harrisburg, PA ... im a new hobbist and also kinda new to forums so pls. 4give me if i misplace my posts.

[our spot]

sunday will make a full week that i have had my tank set up, i got the tank for 2 reasons, one i wanted one and two a friend can no longer care for the tank due to heath reasons, so now i am starting a new adventure with a tank that has been set up for 8 years, i have a yellow hawiian tang fish i call wolf tang, and live rock. today we foun 2 starfish, baby snails and crabbs. im worried about tank crashing.. any suggestions

[BAKIYA_2K12]

Hi guys, I am new to this site. i have an 540g FOWLR aquarium and still learning something new everyday in this hobby, and i hope to learn a lot here.

[valasaraptor]

Hey everyone! Just putting a picture to my face lol me and my cat!
I've kept SW aquariums for almost 3 1/2 years now. Just took the plunge into SPS and am very excited!!!!!!! Just a small tank for now until I have more time on my hands.

[Ikkie78]

Hi everyone...I'm new on here and thought I'd introduce myself. I've had freshwater tanks since I was little but now I'm ready to get into saltwater. My wife and I are buying a house in a couple months which will allow me to get a nice big tank which I'm pretty excited for...been waiting a long time! Just been reading through the threads and trying to learn as much as I can...looking forward to talking to you all on here. 😃

[BTimmons85]

Good Morning Reef Central! My wife and I walked into our local fish store yesterday to learn and we wound up with a previously functioning 30 gallon SW tank with LED lighting. We are brand new to the hobby, save for a small 3gallon freshwater tank years ago and this will provide the perfect learning experience. I'm looking forward to drawing from everyone's knowledge. Thank you

[new2dareef]

Hope Im in the right place. I'm jumping head first into my first salt water aquarium. Ive purchased a 180gal glass tank, built a stand and canopy have watched hundreds of videos on glass drilling. Im going to move slow on this project since I have a son who plays travel hockeyand cash is a little tight. Im very handy at building anything. I want to incorparate reef and fish into my tank. I'm looking for a mentor with paitence willing to help me put things together. Thanks reefers

[Ajskennels]

Im pretty new, only been in the hobby for about 7 months and had no idea how addictive it was. I've got a 50 gal mixed reef I purchased from someone that dident have the time or finances to care for it anymore. Anyways just thought I'd say hi

[jjfreakyfast]

21 years old, jimmy johns distract manager, started with a tetra tank, moved up to africans and oscars and then...discovered salt water. did my research and jumped right into it, been about a month and a half and I'm on to my second tank! i currently have a 28g nano cube with 40 pounds of LR and over 25 frags ranging from mushrooms, zoanthids, lps and more. also just started a 40 gallon tank it's going through its first cycle..not sure to go reef tank or fish only??? well nice to meet everyone! check out my pictures!

[llewella]

I've been a member since 2008 but have been out of the hobby for a while so I am back and wanted to introduce/ re-introduce myself. I am Valerie and am from Fort lauderdale, Fl I moved here from GA about a year and a half ago and gave away my 110 when I moved, but now Im back and just have a 55g. Not much yet but starting it back up. I would love to meet anyone in the area.

[joeogio]

hello RC, my names Joe and I'm pretty new to this hobby I got started in febuary 2011 and its been nothing but obsession ever since. I started out with a 30g fowlr then moved on to a 55g reef (which i still have setup) and then i custom built a 40g breeder setup (still up and going) and my current project is setting up a 125g and combine it with my established 40gb. this new setup is going to be intense! please check it out at

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2199613

this setup im going to try and keep running as long as i can and if i build anything else it will probably be in wall when I buy a house.

when i get the 125g project up and going im going to sell my entire 55g setup

[BonJoey]

Hey Everyone! I'm Joey. I've been a member for a little while, but just recently started participating now that I have set up my 57 gallon tank. It has been up and running for about 3 months now and so far everything has gone pretty well.

[kajhurley]

Just getting into the saltwater hobby and already addicted without even buying a tank!!

[Denzil]

Hello RC members!

I recently became interested in setting up a nano-reef tank due to my girlfriend's severe interest in aquariums. There's definitely a lot of information that I need to learn/read and I look forward to putting together an awesome nano-reef setup. I'm also interested in doing a frag tank as well to help offset the costs of running our tanks.

Would anyone be able to direct me to any additional resources to aid my learning? Also, is there some sort of magical comprehensive list of corals that I could read through so I know what I want to set up my tank with?

Thanks in advance!

Denzil

[sazhar]

Hey RC, my name is Syed and I have been keeping fw fish for 8 years or so. Looking to make the move to saltwater. I'll be jumping in the deep end by setting up a 260 gallon mixed reef. I will be taking my time but will be on here a lot to learn and give updates. Looking forward to getting to know some of you as well as learning a ton about salt setups.

[crispi]

My name is Rebecca and I just bought my first tank, starting to get things together to set it up. I bought a 4G nano tank, and have been reading all the forums about how to mix the salt... But would like to know what salt should I buy? Is any reef salt ok? I was looking at this one..

http://www.google.com/products/catal...wAA#ps-sellers

Any suggestions, links, etc would be greatly appreciated.

[Azasb]

Hi, I re-started my tank about 6 weeks ago. I had it in CO. 10 years ago. When I first started I was at the mercy of the local fish store, when it came to buying/info related to my tank. I'm glad there are communities like this. I have a 55gal FO setup. About 25-30 lbs of live rock. 10 gal sump. I have a few questions about specifics with my tank. Do i ask here?

[reefmadness66]

Hey everyone, new to the forum here. I have been doing saltwater for about 4 years now. Started out with a 14 gallon biocube and have moved on to a 40 gallon reef tank now with 10 gallon sump.

[Milazzo]

Hello to all,
I'm not new to the hobby of keeping fish but I am new to saltwater. I have looked around and this seems to be the best of the forums. Here is what I have.... Standard 55g tank
AquaticLife 48" T5 HO 4 lamp fixture with LED
2 Koralia 425 power heads
2 Cobalt MJ-1200 power heads
Eheim Pro Canister Filter ( I just have blue floss filters in it)
Remora AquaC HOB protein skimmer
50 lbs. Fiji Liverock
45lbs. aragonite.
2 ocellaris clowns

I set up the tank a week ago. I used Instant Ocean Salt and tap water along with some Novaqua. I let sit for two days. I then added 50lbs of Fiji Live rock (not cured accept for one piece) and I dumped in a bottle of birospira. My water temp. is steadily between 79-82. Salinty is .0024. I am using RO water for top offs. I let that sit for two days and introduced two ocellaris clowns. I plan on making this a reef tank. Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciate. Thanks to all!!!

[Llama]

Hi all, another member newly interested in SW tanks.

My experience is in FW. I had several FW tanks years ago, and recently set up another to get back into the hobby. Was much fun, and now it's on autopilot, for the most part.

My wife and I think SW animals are simply beautiful. I'm looking forward to sitting with live rock in a tank for a few months, just to watch the hitchhiking critters make themselves at home. And to be creeped out by the bristleworms; I just can't get used to the look of those things. They'll take a little time to grow on me.

Thanks for the great site and great discussions! Consider this my first post to 50, so I can see the nifty things members have for sale.