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

[Jrod0887]

Hows everyone doing? im Jason from Miami,FL.a bunch of guys here at my job always talking about there tanks so i decided to set one up. i started with a 55 Gal with a hang on the overflow which was a mission. So in Jan i decided to set up a 90 Gal and covert my old 55 gal into my refugium. looking to learning alot the hobby

[Maze503]

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[Maze503]

Hi guys, Im pretty much a newbie when it comes to Reef keeping but I use to have a 29 gal fish only about 10 yrs back. Im finally setting up a reef tank but Im starting out small with a 38 gal. I hope to have a nice mixed LPS,SPS tank. Looking back I really wish I would have spent the extra $$ and bought a reef ready ( pre-drilled) tank!!Due to my size restrictions I could not go up in size & buy a reef ready tank so I plan to keep reading & asking questions so I can put together a great looking reef tank! Today is day 7 in the cycle, I will keep posting pics as it comes along.

Im using 2x Koralia 750 powerheads
Reef Octopus BH1000 Skimmer
27" Razor R420R LED 160W
Marineland canister filter C series

[b.betancourt30]

Hello my name is Brandon. I just recently decided after a good 8 months of seeing an empty fish tank in my living room to do something about it. So i decided that i was going to start a saltwater tank after seeing my cousins and liking the finished product that i saw. I am just starting with a bare bones set up at the moment just have a 40g tank 2 aquaclear 50g filters and thats all at the moment. Have live sand in it right now no live rock yet. Hopefully sunday i will get some live rock from my cousin and i can put that into my tank.

[Dmantz1]

Hi. My name is Dave and I'm starting a 40 sw tank.

[Swduncan]

Hi Folks,

I'm Steve and I've decided to build a small reef tank. I've been bouncing between a 10 gal, 20 gal, or an aio made from one of those. My latest crazy idea is to have two 20gal tanks, one as a DT, one as a display sump. The sump would contain algae, crabs, and the other stuff I like. The DT would have the corals and fish.

I've set up Rodin water to be delivered, and pet supplies plus is having their 1$/gal sale. Just need to make up my mind

[mariannepadilla]

Hey people! marian here. New to forum. Work in a call center. Hope to have sme good experiences here.

[eclarkhb]

Hi! I'm Eric, I've been keeping freshwater fish for 20 years, for the past 10 years or so I've just had a single 100g Tanganyikan cichlid tank. I've decided to start a reef tank now - a 180 display with filtration in another room.

Too early to start a build thread as I have some other home projects that need to get completed first, but hoping to get started on the reef within 6 months. This site is a fantastic resource! Until I can start my build, I'm reading, learning & planning!

[orteh22]

Whats up Reef community.

Signed up yesterday and currently running a 135g Fresh Water, I've been a bit bored of fresh water since i've had plenty type of fishes and since have runned out of new species to buy. So I'm looking into Salt Water which I orginally wanted to do anyways.

I have a 135g tank with 72x18x24 and mostlikely upgrade that to a wider tank since a member of the reef made a good point in one of my post.

If i do convert I will certainly miss some of my fishes and I have alot of things to learn. Like learning how to walk again.

[Murdocmason]

Hey all brand new to saltwater here but just getting started in the right direction by finding your forums they seem to have a lot of valuable information that is going to be detrimental to me starting off in the right way =) Just wanted to say Thank you in advance and I will be posting pics and what not of my tank as it progresses Ty again =)

Sincerely
Murdoc

[ron2morales]

Hello reefers. Looking to start a tank soon. Thanks for everyone contribution to the site. The only fish ive had is the carnival fish so this site has helped me learn.

[patt]

Hello, I'm Pat from Long Beach. Had a 30 gallon reef tank for about 6 months now. Been lurking the forums for a long time. I have a customized 30 gallon tank. I added two back chambers in the back. The first holds polyester and the second holds my MJ900 and 100w heater. I am planning on adding a SeaStar double LED strip and getting into corals. I have had a xenia I got from a friend for a while now.

Here's my livestock:
2 black occelaris
1 blue yellowtail damsel
2 nassarius snails
1 hermit crab.

Plan on getting into corals. A friend is gonna frag me some GSP.
Any coral suggestions for beginners? Shoot me a PM.

[loriw55]

My name is Lori and I'mtaking care of my son's reef tank now. He left me with all the responsibility, hoping I will keep it thriving. I almost sold it a few times out of frustration. But the problem I had got resolved and I learned something new each time. I told my son one time, this is too much for me to handle I'm going to place an ad in the paper to sell and he got really upset. He's hoping that when he comes home to visit, the tank will be flourishing. No
pressure on mom, huh?
Well, I have become quite attached to the fish. And I am learning a lot more then
I thought I would. I did just become aware that my tank needs to be vacuumed.
Someone I spoke to said they couldn't believe I didn't do that. I tried with the
suction tube that takes the water out but it was too big and took too much water
out too quick. I guess I need to get something different.
I also have a yellow tang with a disease and I'm not sure what I should do with it
now. My son told me the disease is lymphocystis. He said that there is no cure for it. I just read all that too but it also said it's contagious. So far all my fish
seem healthy, even the yellow tang. They are eating well and active. Although
now the fins are starting to look frail. What should I do. I don't know if it might be
the sea-urgents prickly tenicles and that the tang was swimming around near
them. I've seen that happen before.
I had some fish die on me in the beginning, and recently lost my starfish. But
now I'm hoping to learn all I can about keeping the reef tank thriving. I'm hoping to eventually get more fish and coral in there but I plan on taking it slow and learning everything first. I'm glad I found this site. I hope you can help me.
Thank you,
Lori.

[MurfDigler]

Ive been around but im just getting into using this as a service for information and sharing, Got a redseamax-45 gal oceanic tech tank and a few mars bars for my clown pairs. Kinda a collector and impusle shopper. I pick up nice patterns when I see them. Hope to get some info or help if I try to raise some babies. Not for $$$ but just to say I did it or pull a crazy pattern fish and say I created it would be cool. Thanks for any help anyone can give me as I got down this road. Gonna have to keep it small because I move so much being i the military. Talk to some of you soon.

[htjunkie]

I've been browsing this forum for a while, I started a freshwater tank 12g year and a half ago, and since then I've always dreamed for a saltwater setup. Here I'm a year and a half later:

cube 24"x24"x24" tank with back overflow
28g sump
60 lbs live rocks
Ecotech MP10W pump
Reef Octopus 1000 skimmer
Ecotech Radion LED

Just started the cycle process about a week ago, put in a raw shrimp few days ago, now water is starting to register 0.5 with ammonia. I see the rocks starting to have brown algae on them as well.

Jumping into a salt setup is definitely an adventure, the chemistry part is still over my head as many components interact with each others.

I sure will ask a lot of questions, hopefully not too many stupid questions

[Roachant]

Hi people!
My name is Don and I have been keeping freshwater systems for over 25 years and have decided to set up a marine tank. I find it interesting how the saltwater aquarium hobby has changed so much since the days when I was just starting out with freshwater. We now have a better understanding on how to nOt only keep these wonderful creatures alive but breed them as well!
I am going to start out with a 40 gallon breeder and 25 gallon sump. I built my own wooden stand and have just set up (and tested) the plumbing system so the next step is to get the sand and water ready and get this tank moving forward! Hope to talk to you all!
Don

[Jfond27]

First off hello to everyone! My name is Jason and I am super excited to start my first reef tank. I have been a freshwater fish keeper for probably 15 years. I have always been interested in setting up a reef tank but my situation would not allow it.
I have been creeping on a lot of different sites similar to RC and this one seems to be the most helpful, friendly and well put together.
Currently I am running a tall 45 gallon freshwater with assorted Africans. It has been a very successful tank and I have never had any major issues. The reason I am now able to set up a reef tank is I am remodeling my basement and got permission (or the blessing) from the boss.
I plan on posting some questions on other links on RC in their appropriate location. Probably under the new members link. I also plan on starting a my build link.
Thanks everyone in advance and I look forward to starting this process.

J

[st0ned0g]

Hello, Steve here...

Getting back in after about a 7yr brake. Last time I had a65g softy. This time ill do an 80 g with sps.

[duy]

hi my name is duy from new orleans. I just got a nuvo 38 gallon with a tunze skimmer and two mazarra modules.

[BriarBram]

Hello all. I have been lurking for a while as I am in the process of setting up my first reef tank. I have had freshwater tanks off and on throughout my life. I have always wanted a reef tank so here goes. I live in Northeast PA just outside of Mountain Top. I am new to "forum" communication so this is all very interesting to me. I can't get over the fact that so many people take the time to help out others new to the hobby. I am not sure how much I will post, but I appreciate the incite that so many people offer on this site.
Thanks for listening.

Jim

[newday3000]

Hi new here but about 15 years or more of fresh water tanks. 5 years of Koi ponds and home made reactors, barrel filters, bog filters etc.... only one thing I have not done is a reef. I think its time.

I just shut down my high tech planted tank injected CO2, ph controller automated http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/photo-main.php/35242

220G african tank
http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/photo-main.php/35637

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bog garden (slow drain pond)


I have been reading TFH for about 12 years so not many topics about salt I don't understand but still have questions on reef since I have zero hands on to building designing them. Have read the trends over the years on lighting, DSM, fug etc...

I am shopping for all in one tank setup, I'm getting lazy and don't want to custom build anything anymore.


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[Smallls]

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[Usererror]

Hi RC, My name is Keith, i'm a 43 year old plumbing contractor that has been reef keeping for quite some time now and never really got it right(due to poor info mostly) My tank has always survived and never thrived and I really want to have a healthy tank. I've been reading a lot of the posts here for the past couple of days and already got a lot of great info that shows me what i've been doing wrong for so long. I would like to plumb a refugium into my system and I have the bascis on the piping for it, but I don't really know how to go about filling it (sand, reef mud, plants.....?) and what type of lights should I use for it.

Tank specs. 180gal. glass tank 72"L x 24" x 30"D with corner overflow box's
Two protien skimmers both rated at 125gal. Aqua C & E.T.S.S.
Two Iwaki 40RLT pumps...1 for skimmers & 1 for return, 1 Ecotech MP40 & 1 power head for water movement in tank
25gal. sump

Any and all replies would be greatly appreciated....

[vuqchu]

Hi. My name is Vu. I've been running my first saltwater tank (used 34g Solana) for the past 3 months. Had a planted tank in the past and have always wanted a reef tank but was intimidated with all the complexities of running one. RC and other forums have made it much less intimidating with a lot of helpful into and advice. Thought I would attached a couple pics of the tank just in case there is a change/fix that another member can suggest. Still learning a lot so any advice is great appreciated. Thanks

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[vuqchu]

Note: small yellow tang in the tank will be moved to a friend's larger system