Aloha Everyone

RamblinSquid · Sep 14, 2020

Wife and I recently began adding fish to our little family zoo. It started at the beginning of COVID with my discovery of r/PlantedTank and subsequent purchase of a 5g rimless tank. Didn't end up planting it until the summer but after that we ended up "rescuing" (as my wife likes to call it) a betta from a LFS and purchasing a 10g that became it's home. Since then we've acquired two larger tanks used off Facebook. One is a 75g semi aggressive freshwater tank and the other is a 65g that we intend to make into a saltwater tank. Over the last month I've been doing research and we finally got most of the items we need to set the tank up. I'll start a build thread when that day comes. In the meantime, glad to be here and looking forward to diving deeper into this hobby.

Peace River · Sep 14, 2020

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

Dana Riddle · Sep 14, 2020

The salutation 'Aloha' intrigued me after I spent 18 years on the Big Island. Welcome to R2R!

Silent · Sep 14, 2020

Welcome and look forward to your build thread. Curious if you going to use real Hawaiian black sand?

Dana Riddle · Sep 14, 2020

Silent said:
Welcome and look forward to your build thread. Curious if you going to use real Hawaiian black sand?

Be careful when using natural Hawaii beach sands. Pahoehoe and a'a can contain high amounts of copper. Of course, coral sands are OK.

Waters · Sep 14, 2020

Welcome :) :) !!

SPR1968 · Sep 14, 2020

Welcome to R2R!

ScottR · Sep 14, 2020

RamblinSquid said:
Wife and I recently began adding fish to our little family zoo. It started at the beginning of COVID with my discovery of r/PlantedTank and subsequent purchase of a 5g rimless tank. Didn't end up planting it until the summer but after that we ended up "rescuing" (as my wife likes to call it) a betta from a LFS and purchasing a 10g that became it's home. Since then we've acquired two larger tanks used off Facebook. One is a 75g semi aggressive freshwater tank and the other is a 65g that we intend to make into a saltwater tank. Over the last month I've been doing research and we finally got most of the items we need to set the tank up. I'll start a build thread when that day comes. In the meantime, glad to be here and looking forward to diving deeper into this hobby.

Aloha! I see you’re from Kaneohe. I grew up in town. Miss Oahu so much. Welcome to reef2reef.