Anyone in northwestern CT?

[raketemensch]

I'm up in the NW corner and just looking to get started. I'd love to see people's creations, although I know we can be a bit introverted up here :]

 

[Reefer Robbie]

Welcome to reefing. My name is Rob I'm from Danbury. What size tank do you have are you growing corals? Tell me about what your dosing

 

[Awesome Dennis]

Hey I’m dennis, I’m also by Danbury.
Getting through the uglies on my 180 which is still a work in progress.

 

[raketemensch]

Dang, nice.

I'm in the research phase still, I've never had even a freshwater tank before, so I'm studying as much as I can before I get started. I know someone selling a 55g saltwater setup fairly cheaply, so I'm thinking about picking that up and experimenting with it while I get used to managing the water chemistry. I'm a ways out from putting anything alive into a tank :]

 

[Reefer Robbie]

What town are you in up there in the northwest corner? I used to live in Kent I love it up there. Also go up to Cornwall frequently

 

[raketemensch]

We’re in Colebrook, just about on the MA border. 800 people and no traffic lights, pretty much heaven for me. We went out to Cornwall a couple of weekends ago to hit Ellsworth Farms for cider and donuts, it’s so beautiful.

 

[Reefer Robbie]

I have friends in West Cornwall they live right by the covered bridge.

 

[raketemensch]

Beautiful area, especially right now.

I’m going to try to make a run to the Waterbury Aquarium store this week to check it out — i started cycling my first tank yesterday, and think I might be ready for the CUC next week.

 

[Awesome Dennis]

Complete Aquarium
736 Bedford Rd, Bedford Hills, NY 10507
(914) 244-9174
https://maps.google.com?q=Complete ...ba70c7b445a9:0xf54823cceeacb8d&hl=en-US&gl=us


Emmons Tropical Fish & Ponds
1612 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 658-5401
https://goo.gl/maps/P1GK6gmpfVPbP4yu9

Aquarium Solutions 101
942 NY-376 #5, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
(845) 518-4779
https://maps.google.com?q=Aquarium ...7b2974ddc33:0x737c2515eafa9c1b&hl=en-US&gl=us

School Of Fish
1655 Boston Rd #148, Springfield, MA 01129
(413) 543-1994
https://goo.gl/maps/o6SmCv8bYHy2jVqA6

 

[Awesome Dennis]

How are you cycling the tank?

 

[raketemensch]

It has some live rock from the previous owner, which I kept damp until I could get enough RODI water to fill it.

So now it's got the live rock and I've been adding fish flakes on a daily basis -- for small values of "daily," since it's only been yesterday and today.

Ammonia's up already. I don't trust any of the test strips that I got with this tank, so I went to Petco yesterday and bought some there (using the online price match -- ALWAYS look up the online price before you buy), but when I got home to box was empty except for the instructions... :mad: I’d like to be able to test the nitrites.

Doing more reading, next week sounds way early for the CUC.