First time reefer

[JustOneMore]

Hi Everyone! I've had freshwater planted tanks since I was a little kid, getting bigger tanks as well as more tanks for different species or regions. Eventually life got more demanding so I had to scale back. In the past years, I got back into the hobby but with small tanks, carefully picking both plants and animals that will not grow large, though still not yet saltwater.

However in the past half year or so I have been interested in with setting up a reef tank. I have been sporadically reading some forums and avidly watching YouTube videos. I have acquired some equipment, and even a small tank (IM AIO 15 G), though I haven't set anything up yet since I have to find a good place for it or any other tank. The main issue I have to resolve is that is that my house has lots of glass so it is very sunny throughout. In freshwater tanks I dealt with what would have been out of control algae growth by adding shrimp and snails that kept it in perfect check so that you didn't even notice that without those two inhabitants the algae would have been an issue.

I'm looking forward to seeing what wisdom others in this forum have to share for a newbie, though since my phone doesn't read forums that well, I generally rely on videos and audios sources for most of my information. However, I will pop in every so often hoping to find specific information.

--MT

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family! :D

 

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[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

 

[Utubereefer]

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[Fish Styx]

Greetings and welcome to the reef!

 

[Fish Fan]

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[fishface NJ]

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[Ocean_Queenie]

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[tharbin]

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[Crabs McJones]

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[BryanM]

Hi Everyone! I've had freshwater planted tanks since I was a little kid, getting bigger tanks as well as more tanks for different species or regions. Eventually life got more demanding so I had to scale back. In the past years, I got back into the hobby but with small tanks, carefully picking both plants and animals that will not grow large, though still not yet saltwater.

However in the past half year or so I have been interested in with setting up a reef tank. I have been sporadically reading some forums and avidly watching YouTube videos. I have acquired some equipment, and even a small tank (IM AIO 15 G), though I haven't set anything up yet since I have to find a good place for it or any other tank. The main issue I have to resolve is that is that my house has lots of glass so it is very sunny throughout. In freshwater tanks I dealt with what would have been out of control algae growth by adding shrimp and snails that kept it in perfect check so that you didn't even notice that without those two inhabitants the algae would have been an issue.

I'm looking forward to seeing what wisdom others in this forum have to share for a newbie, though since my phone doesn't read forums that well, I generally rely on videos and audios sources for most of my information. However, I will pop in every so often hoping to find specific information.

--MT

Welcome to the forums!!

 

[edsbeaker]

Hello and welcome! Before reef tanks I used to love a house with lots of windows and sunlight, now I feel like I should live underground!

 

[Waters]

Welcome !!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Salty_Fish306]

Hi Everyone! I've had freshwater planted tanks since I was a little kid, getting bigger tanks as well as more tanks for different species or regions. Eventually life got more demanding so I had to scale back. In the past years, I got back into the hobby but with small tanks, carefully picking both plants and animals that will not grow large, though still not yet saltwater.

However in the past half year or so I have been interested in with setting up a reef tank. I have been sporadically reading some forums and avidly watching YouTube videos. I have acquired some equipment, and even a small tank (IM AIO 15 G), though I haven't set anything up yet since I have to find a good place for it or any other tank. The main issue I have to resolve is that is that my house has lots of glass so it is very sunny throughout. In freshwater tanks I dealt with what would have been out of control algae growth by adding shrimp and snails that kept it in perfect check so that you didn't even notice that without those two inhabitants the algae would have been an issue.

I'm looking forward to seeing what wisdom others in this forum have to share for a newbie, though since my phone doesn't read forums that well, I generally rely on videos and audios sources for most of my information. However, I will pop in every so often hoping to find specific information.

--MT

Welcome to the dark side! As a avid freshwater keeper with 13 tanks. I too just joined the saltwater side.

 

[LagoonGuy]

Same here bud, Tanganyikans and Pseadomugils were my passion until now. Trying to deal with algae at the moment in my first real Marine tank. From what I can gather your best bet for the algae are Trochus snails, Fighting Conch snails and Sand Sifting starfish. Not really working for me as I run a cold water setup but that your best bet as far as I know. That and trying to get your parameters sorted, if they’re out then the algae will make the most of it.

 

[Fish Fan]

From what I can gather your best bet for the algae are Trochus snails, Fighting Conch snails and Sand Sifting starfish.

I'm just going to point out that those sand sifting stars really need a very old/mature and very large sandbed or they can quickly deplete their food supply, and then they often just waste away and die in many tanks. They don't eat algae directly, but feed off of biofilms on the sand grains. Trochus snails and a conch would be good additions. Brittle stars would also be a good addition, but the sand sifters from the genus Fromia tend to not do well in most tanks, unfortunately, even though they are offered for sale all the time at fish stores.

 

[Brisk]

Welcome!