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The Angry Bear · 09/09/2012, 09:16 AM

Hello, My name is Tim, and I've had tanks for years. Just getting back into this with a 28 gallon cube.

Sebi Costin · 09/09/2012, 01:08 PM

Hello, My name is Sebastian and I'm from Romania. New in hobby ... 6 months old

ksfisk · 09/10/2012, 09:00 AM

Hello. My name is Kim and I am in the process of setting up my first saltwater tank, a 90 gallon acrylic that I bought used.

Runteeta · 09/10/2012, 12:28 PM

Hi, Runteeta here. Getting back into saltwater after a 2 year hiatus. Just set up my Nuvo 38 (last week) with a HOB fuge (I had the fuge already). DH surprised me with an Vortech M10W! (What a guy!) I also have a new Tunze Osmolator, way better than my old ATO from 8 years ago.

I have 38# of mixed Fiji/Menado rock, fresh, so I'm testing and doing water changes now. I plan on adding chaeto to the fuge as soon as I can find some locally. I have the new IM protein skimmer on backorder.

Trying to go slow is difficult, but I know that things work out better in the end if you don't try to rush. Right now, my entertainment is watching my hitchhikers- one tiny starfish and one tiny bivalve.

toromp · 09/10/2012, 12:34 PM

What's up guys my name is Luis I'm from so cal. I used to run a 150g tank w/ fish room, but now I'm going to school full time so I'm running a 50g rimless tank its being cycled ATM ill have some pix and a build thread up soon

Reef Rover · 09/10/2012, 04:18 PM

Greetings,

I am new to saltwater tanks. I started keeping fish as a kid with the whole goldfish bowl thing. The wife and I last kept and bread African Cichlids but ran out of time due to having twins. Twins are more or less self sufficient at 12 now so I am just getting a 100 gallon tank set up. Right now still building the live rock and the cleaning crew up. Hope to add some fish soon and will eventually go with some low light, easy to keep beginner corals. Glad to be here and look forward to learning a ton.

Rover

bolofd · 09/11/2012, 02:12 AM

Hi fellow RC members!

I am new to this hobby but I have had a few freshwater tanks before. I am planning on getting a 29g biocube and build a reef aquarium. I've been doing lots of reading here and if anyone's got any suggestions for me I would welcome them with open arms. Looking forward to learning much more from this great site and it's members.

Terrence

Tinpanva · 09/11/2012, 07:55 AM

Greetings everyone, Been lurking alot, thought it was about time to jump in and say hello. Grew up with several FO tanks both FW & SW so I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous. About a year ago, I was sitting in a Doc's office watching a guy clean the tank and thought, man that looks relaxing. Went home and started reading. I actually started buying some equipment late last year with the plan to have all the bells and whistles I wanted prior to actually starting the tank. It was a long, agonizingly slow process but I think in the long run it will be cheaper, and less prone to problems. I'm right at 2 months and its doing very well, I elected to buy established live rock right off the bat and that sped up the cycle way more than I expected, had the usual Diatoms bloom, just made it through a Cyano outbreak where I elected not to use chemicals but to actually cure the source, not the condition. It was a nasty battle, at one point the sandbed was covered, but thats behind me now I hope. Anyway, look forward to learning more here, I've been hammering questions on our local clubs forum, I guess its time to give them a break from me.

Rexican · 09/11/2012, 12:14 PM

Hi All,

My names Chris. I'm from Baltimore and brand new to the hobby. I've been doing a ton of reading so I figured I would finally post and introduce myself. I also wanted to say thanks for the extreme wealth of information on here.

Thanks,
Chris

TimmyD16 · 09/11/2012, 09:45 PM

Hi RC!

Tim here, from northern Michigan (unfortunately pretty far from a LFS). I don't have an actual tank yet but it is inevitable for the near future. I'm currently in a pretty mobile housing situation, so I'm waiting for a more permanent situation before I set up a tank. For now I am simply soaking up all available information via RC and other sources. Thanks for everything guys!

FloridaBuckeye · 09/11/2012, 11:26 PM

My name is Matt I live in Sarasota Florida and have restarted a 29 Gallon reef Aquarium 3 weeks ago I have 15pounds of live rock and currently have a firefish goby,and clown. recently added some zombie eye zoas and watermelon zoas. I was looking for answers to why my they opened when I initially placed them in my tank but now they wont open I thought originally it was because the ghost shrimp were on them but have since removed the majority of them and they still remain closed and my water readings are all good.?

04jaywilli1975 · 09/12/2012, 03:12 PM

Hello everyone. I'm new to this hobby and look foward to meeting new people that can give me great advice. Once I've learned some things, I'll pass my opinions to some folks like myself.

jelley fish · 09/12/2012, 10:57 PM

hi my name is michael i have had saltwater fish for a while but there is allways something new to learn this looks like a cool web sight

woodsonfan · 09/13/2012, 05:24 AM

Hi Gang! Just wanted to say "hey!"

A bit of background on me: I've been hovering this site for months, trying to gather up as much information as I can for my nano reef. About 5 days ago, I got everything setup, and am now letting my tank cycle. As it's doing "its thing," I'm having a grand time reading up on fish, and corals. I have a 20 gallon high. It's got about 20 lbs. of live Fiji rock, and about 15 pounds of live sand. I'm running two 240 gph powerheads with an Aquaclear 50 HOB filter. I have the Coralife Aqualife T5 being shipped to me as I type.

I'm enjoying the process already. I went in last night with a flashlight to check out the night time activity, and I was surprised to see several bristleworms, and a crab moving around!

Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself. I think this is going to be the start of something beautiful!

kad1979 · 09/13/2012, 10:48 PM

Hello! My name is Keith and I have been on this site about a month. I 33 years old and reside in Arizona. I had a reef tank many years ago while I was in high school. With the advances in technology I feel like I am learning all over again.

I must say, this is one of the friendliest and helpful boards I have ever been apart of.

I have a little 12g nano just up and running in my home office. When I am not travelling during the week I am holed up in my home office. No better way to spend the day with this little tank sitting next to me. I am kicking myself I didn't get back into the hobby sooner!

Many thanks for all the help thus far!!

mjenkins20 · 09/14/2012, 12:24 PM

I am new to the forum. My name is Matt and I am fairly new to the hobby. I started a 29 gallon FOWLR tank about 6 months ago. So far so good. Looking for additional education and groups with similar interests in the Pittsburgh PA area

Amatuer21 · 09/14/2012, 07:56 PM

Hello everybody. My name is Josh and i am brand new to this hobby. I have a 56 gallon column tank that i set up no more then 2 days ago. Im hoping to collect as much information as possible to make myself knowledgable in building my saltwater aquarium!

Acowart · 09/14/2012, 10:40 PM

Hello I'm Fairly new to the Saltwater hobby I've been in it for about a year. Check out my Reef set-up and let me know what you think. Please send me links to videos to view your tanks I would love to see them. Here is the link to my 150g Mixed reef set-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Hoe82jORQ&feature=plcp

Scars · 09/16/2012, 07:14 AM

Hi, im mike. Been into freshwater for a while now. Finally trying SW. Just started cycling my 5.5gal yesterday. Still on the hunt for some live rock.

Nsconductor · 09/16/2012, 09:52 AM

Greetings from the metropolis of White, GA! (suburb of Cartersville, which is a suburb of Atlanta) My name is Roger and I have been lurking for a good while absorbing the wealth of information on the boards. A little background about me: I'm a process control engineer, former Army aviator, let's just say middle age, and just about to get my daughter out of college, finally! It's been over 20 years since I had a SW system up and running, and man, how things have changed. Having a great time trying to absorb as much as I can at this point and formulating a plan for what I want to do. Thanks in advance for all the assistance!

PiscesTank · 09/16/2012, 10:14 AM

Hello all, I am Christopher, in Tucson AZ. I am relatively new to the hobby, about a year into it. I have always thought saltwater tanks were amazing, beautiful, alien images. Right now we have a 55g hex (which I think is reef set-up); 4 inch crushed coral, 50lbs live rock, Cascade intank filter, Aqua C remora pro skimmer, Reef bright LED built in timer, and a Hydor Koralia powerhead.

Live stock

1x Four Stripe Damsel
1x Domino Damsel these 2 fish were our starter fish almost a year ago, still alive and doing fine.
2x Engineer Gobies
1x Crimson Stripe Shrimp
1x Blue Lined Crab - very large I am told for a crab
1x star polyp
1x forgspawn
1x green condy nem
1x purple condy nem

dan1789 · 09/16/2012, 10:31 AM

Hello fellow reefers my name is Dan, i'm 29, I live in Gainesville, FL and I'm new to the hobby (3 months). I have a 90g mixed reef tank with a few fish and a few corals, mainly lps right now. I'm trying to take it slow but man it's hard. It helps that I work on the road for weeks at a time but it makes it hard to keep an eye on how my tank is doing. Luckily I have a wonderful girlfriend that enjoys the tank, but just isn't as informed about how to care for it. She does a good job keeping everything fed and cleaned, but water testing is beyond her right now. Hopefully everything stays well between samples as they are spaced pretty erratically according to my work schedule. Anyway, I love this hobby and I'm so glad I got into it. Looking forward to getting to know everyone, and their tanks hopefully. Thanks in advance for any insight and help.

Highflight535 · 09/16/2012, 11:52 AM

Hi, I am new to the saltwater hobby, I've had a few freshwaters in the past, but this will be my first saltwater, I'm on my 2nd and 3rd setup and I haven't fully cycled yet. So no livestock. I've been reading forums trying to build my knowledge enough to mitigate any errors or problems with inhabitants. So I have a 29 gal nano HQI setup cycling, but found I was going to need a chiller due to where I live, for the price of a chiller I found another great setup. Arghhhh......... Anyways here I am... Now time to read all the stickies.

volkane · 09/16/2012, 11:57 AM

Hello everyone, my name is Chris. I currently have a Oceanic 215g (72x24x30) running with mixed malawi cichlids. I have dabbled in freshwater of all sorts for the past 6 years or so and recently got the OK from my wife to begin buying equipment in preparation for making the switch. Aiming for a softy/lps dominated tank. Perhaps some sps later on.

Azreefer77 · 09/16/2012, 04:52 PM

Hello fellow reefers. My name is Drew and I currently have a 75G reef that I am finishing my rockscaping and then the rest of my stock. Love the hobby and really enjoy saltwater/ reef tanks much more than freshwater althought I have had several very beautiful planted tanks with exotic guppys and rainbows ( never again

) Hope to increase my knowledge base here and maybe do some swapping etc....

09/10/2012, 12:28 PM	#5804
Runteeta Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: West Texas Posts: 10	Hi, Runteeta here. Getting back into saltwater after a 2 year hiatus. Just set up my Nuvo 38 (last week) with a HOB fuge (I had the fuge already). DH surprised me with an Vortech M10W! (What a guy!) I also have a new Tunze Osmolator, way better than my old ATO from 8 years ago. I have 38# of mixed Fiji/Menado rock, fresh, so I'm testing and doing water changes now. I plan on adding chaeto to the fuge as soon as I can find some locally. I have the new IM protein skimmer on backorder. Trying to go slow is difficult, but I know that things work out better in the end if you don't try to rush. Right now, my entertainment is watching my hitchhikers- one tiny starfish and one tiny bivalve. __________________ Runt Current Tank Info: Innovative Marine Nuvo 38

09/10/2012, 04:18 PM	#5806
Reef Rover Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: The Big D, Texas Posts: 11	Hello RC Greetings, I am new to saltwater tanks. I started keeping fish as a kid with the whole goldfish bowl thing. The wife and I last kept and bread African Cichlids but ran out of time due to having twins. Twins are more or less self sufficient at 12 now so I am just getting a 100 gallon tank set up. Right now still building the live rock and the cleaning crew up. Hope to add some fish soon and will eventually go with some low light, easy to keep beginner corals. Glad to be here and look forward to learning a ton. Rover

09/11/2012, 11:26 PM	#5811
FloridaBuckeye Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Sarasota,Florida Posts: 1	Hello My name is Matt I live in Sarasota Florida and have restarted a 29 Gallon reef Aquarium 3 weeks ago I have 15pounds of live rock and currently have a firefish goby,and clown. recently added some zombie eye zoas and watermelon zoas. I was looking for answers to why my they opened when I initially placed them in my tank but now they wont open I thought originally it was because the ghost shrimp were on them but have since removed the majority of them and they still remain closed and my water readings are all good.?

09/12/2012, 10:57 PM	#5813
jelley fish Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: cottonwood , az Posts: 36	saying hello hi my name is michael i have had saltwater fish for a while but there is allways something new to learn this looks like a cool web sight

09/14/2012, 12:24 PM	#5816
mjenkins20 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2	hi all I am new to the forum. My name is Matt and I am fairly new to the hobby. I started a 29 gallon FOWLR tank about 6 months ago. So far so good. Looking for additional education and groups with similar interests in the Pittsburgh PA area

09/09/2012, 09:16 AM	#5801
The Angry Bear Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2	Hello, My name is Tim, and I've had tanks for years. Just getting back into this with a 28 gallon cube.

09/09/2012, 01:08 PM	#5802
Sebi Costin Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Romania Posts: 11	Hello, My name is Sebastian and I'm from Romania. New in hobby ... 6 months old

09/10/2012, 09:00 AM	#5803
ksfisk Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: illinois Posts: 4	Hello. My name is Kim and I am in the process of setting up my first saltwater tank, a 90 gallon acrylic that I bought used.

09/10/2012, 12:34 PM	#5805
toromp Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 67	What's up guys my name is Luis I'm from so cal. I used to run a 150g tank w/ fish room, but now I'm going to school full time so I'm running a 50g rimless tank its being cycled ATM ill have some pix and a build thread up soon

09/11/2012, 02:12 AM	#5807
bolofd Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4	Hi fellow RC members! I am new to this hobby but I have had a few freshwater tanks before. I am planning on getting a 29g biocube and build a reef aquarium. I've been doing lots of reading here and if anyone's got any suggestions for me I would welcome them with open arms. Looking forward to learning much more from this great site and it's members. Terrence

09/11/2012, 07:55 AM	#5808
Tinpanva Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Virginia Posts: 254	Greetings everyone, Been lurking alot, thought it was about time to jump in and say hello. Grew up with several FO tanks both FW & SW so I have just enough knowledge to be dangerous. About a year ago, I was sitting in a Doc's office watching a guy clean the tank and thought, man that looks relaxing. Went home and started reading. I actually started buying some equipment late last year with the plan to have all the bells and whistles I wanted prior to actually starting the tank. It was a long, agonizingly slow process but I think in the long run it will be cheaper, and less prone to problems. I'm right at 2 months and its doing very well, I elected to buy established live rock right off the bat and that sped up the cycle way more than I expected, had the usual Diatoms bloom, just made it through a Cyano outbreak where I elected not to use chemicals but to actually cure the source, not the condition. It was a nasty battle, at one point the sandbed was covered, but thats behind me now I hope. Anyway, look forward to learning more here, I've been hammering questions on our local clubs forum, I guess its time to give them a break from me.

09/11/2012, 12:14 PM	#5809
Rexican Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Baltimore Posts: 20	Hi All, My names Chris. I'm from Baltimore and brand new to the hobby. I've been doing a ton of reading so I figured I would finally post and introduce myself. I also wanted to say thanks for the extreme wealth of information on here. Thanks, Chris

09/11/2012, 09:45 PM	#5810
TimmyD16 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 280	Hi RC! Tim here, from northern Michigan (unfortunately pretty far from a LFS). I don't have an actual tank yet but it is inevitable for the near future. I'm currently in a pretty mobile housing situation, so I'm waiting for a more permanent situation before I set up a tank. For now I am simply soaking up all available information via RC and other sources. Thanks for everything guys!

09/12/2012, 03:12 PM	#5812
04jaywilli1975 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2	Hello everyone. I'm new to this hobby and look foward to meeting new people that can give me great advice. Once I've learned some things, I'll pass my opinions to some folks like myself.

09/13/2012, 05:24 AM	#5814
woodsonfan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 66	Hi Gang! Just wanted to say "hey!" A bit of background on me: I've been hovering this site for months, trying to gather up as much information as I can for my nano reef. About 5 days ago, I got everything setup, and am now letting my tank cycle. As it's doing "its thing," I'm having a grand time reading up on fish, and corals. I have a 20 gallon high. It's got about 20 lbs. of live Fiji rock, and about 15 pounds of live sand. I'm running two 240 gph powerheads with an Aquaclear 50 HOB filter. I have the Coralife Aqualife T5 being shipped to me as I type. I'm enjoying the process already. I went in last night with a flashlight to check out the night time activity, and I was surprised to see several bristleworms, and a crab moving around! Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself. I think this is going to be the start of something beautiful!

09/13/2012, 10:48 PM	#5815
kad1979 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 92	Hello! My name is Keith and I have been on this site about a month. I 33 years old and reside in Arizona. I had a reef tank many years ago while I was in high school. With the advances in technology I feel like I am learning all over again. I must say, this is one of the friendliest and helpful boards I have ever been apart of. I have a little 12g nano just up and running in my home office. When I am not travelling during the week I am holed up in my home office. No better way to spend the day with this little tank sitting next to me. I am kicking myself I didn't get back into the hobby sooner! Many thanks for all the help thus far!!

09/14/2012, 07:56 PM	#5817
Amatuer21 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Cuyahoga Falls Posts: 1,303	Hello Hello everybody. My name is Josh and i am brand new to this hobby. I have a 56 gallon column tank that i set up no more then 2 days ago. Im hoping to collect as much information as possible to make myself knowledgable in building my saltwater aquarium!

09/14/2012, 10:40 PM	#5818
Acowart Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 18	New to the hobby Hello I'm Fairly new to the Saltwater hobby I've been in it for about a year. Check out my Reef set-up and let me know what you think. Please send me links to videos to view your tanks I would love to see them. Here is the link to my 150g Mixed reef set-up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Hoe82jORQ&feature=plcp

09/16/2012, 07:14 AM	#5819
Scars Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2	Hi, im mike. Been into freshwater for a while now. Finally trying SW. Just started cycling my 5.5gal yesterday. Still on the hunt for some live rock.

09/16/2012, 09:52 AM	#5820
Nsconductor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: White, GA Posts: 2	Greetings from the metropolis of White, GA! (suburb of Cartersville, which is a suburb of Atlanta) My name is Roger and I have been lurking for a good while absorbing the wealth of information on the boards. A little background about me: I'm a process control engineer, former Army aviator, let's just say middle age, and just about to get my daughter out of college, finally! It's been over 20 years since I had a SW system up and running, and man, how things have changed. Having a great time trying to absorb as much as I can at this point and formulating a plan for what I want to do. Thanks in advance for all the assistance!

09/16/2012, 10:14 AM	#5821
PiscesTank Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 66	Hello all, I am Christopher, in Tucson AZ. I am relatively new to the hobby, about a year into it. I have always thought saltwater tanks were amazing, beautiful, alien images. Right now we have a 55g hex (which I think is reef set-up); 4 inch crushed coral, 50lbs live rock, Cascade intank filter, Aqua C remora pro skimmer, Reef bright LED built in timer, and a Hydor Koralia powerhead. Live stock 1x Four Stripe Damsel 1x Domino Damsel these 2 fish were our starter fish almost a year ago, still alive and doing fine. 2x Engineer Gobies 1x Crimson Stripe Shrimp 1x Blue Lined Crab - very large I am told for a crab 1x star polyp 1x forgspawn 1x green condy nem 1x purple condy nem

09/16/2012, 10:31 AM	#5822
dan1789 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 60	Hello fellow reefers my name is Dan, i'm 29, I live in Gainesville, FL and I'm new to the hobby (3 months). I have a 90g mixed reef tank with a few fish and a few corals, mainly lps right now. I'm trying to take it slow but man it's hard. It helps that I work on the road for weeks at a time but it makes it hard to keep an eye on how my tank is doing. Luckily I have a wonderful girlfriend that enjoys the tank, but just isn't as informed about how to care for it. She does a good job keeping everything fed and cleaned, but water testing is beyond her right now. Hopefully everything stays well between samples as they are spaced pretty erratically according to my work schedule. Anyway, I love this hobby and I'm so glad I got into it. Looking forward to getting to know everyone, and their tanks hopefully. Thanks in advance for any insight and help.

09/16/2012, 11:52 AM	#5823
Highflight535 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1	Hello Hi, I am new to the saltwater hobby, I've had a few freshwaters in the past, but this will be my first saltwater, I'm on my 2nd and 3rd setup and I haven't fully cycled yet. So no livestock. I've been reading forums trying to build my knowledge enough to mitigate any errors or problems with inhabitants. So I have a 29 gal nano HQI setup cycling, but found I was going to need a chiller due to where I live, for the price of a chiller I found another great setup. Arghhhh......... Anyways here I am... Now time to read all the stickies.

09/16/2012, 11:57 AM	#5824
volkane Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Slidell, LA Posts: 1	Hello everyone, my name is Chris. I currently have a Oceanic 215g (72x24x30) running with mixed malawi cichlids. I have dabbled in freshwater of all sorts for the past 6 years or so and recently got the OK from my wife to begin buying equipment in preparation for making the switch. Aiming for a softy/lps dominated tank. Perhaps some sps later on.

09/16/2012, 04:52 PM	#5825
Azreefer77 Moved On Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: North Central Phoenix-Arizona Posts: 36	Hello fellow reefers. My name is Drew and I currently have a 75G reef that I am finishing my rockscaping and then the rest of my stock. Love the hobby and really enjoy saltwater/ reef tanks much more than freshwater althought I have had several very beautiful planted tanks with exotic guppys and rainbows ( never again ) Hope to increase my knowledge base here and maybe do some swapping etc....