Hello fellow reefers!....wait....

[thinktank]

So, I'm brand new to the saltwater hobby (well, 8 days technically). I'm currently transitioning over from about 8 years of freshwater; African Cichlids to be exact.

I've had my fun with the freshwater side of things, bred various Cichlid breeds, sold them/traded them, had some live plants, and decided to spend the next few hundred bucks and built myself a 20 gallon sump and turned my 100 gal tank into a saltwater. WOOOO!!

This has been a long time coming, but I'm super excited.

I live in Southern California and have for the last 6 years, so I'm lucky to have a lot of LFS around me that have good reputations and resources.

Can't wait to share my experiences and get some info off of all of you well-experienced hobbyists.

Glad to be here!

 

[kschweer]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[cromag27]

Welcome!

 

[4FordFamily]

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Post pics of tank!!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R !!!

 

[thinktank]

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Post pics of tank!!

Will do!! It's cycling right now, but I'll post some progress pics.

 

[Anirban]

Welcome....

 

[dbl]

Welcome to R2R and the salty side of things.

 

[reef lover]

 

[melypr1985]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Maritimer]

Welcome aboard, ThinkTank!

It's a different world ... more challenging in some ways than freshwater, but _so_ much more rewarding!

~Bruce

 

[jsker]

Welcome to R2R

 

[thinktank]

This is probably the most friendly forum I've ever joined (that includes freshwater forums, too).

Must be something about the saltwater hobby that attracts nicer people,

Maybe the empathy it takes to care for animals??

Anyways, thanks for the welcomes!

 

[PJS]

Welcome home! R2R is the best place to be!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Welcome. And Yes, SoCal reefing IS pretty sweet!

 

[Salty1962]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

So, I'm brand new to the saltwater hobby (well, 8 days technically). I'm currently transitioning over from about 8 years of freshwater; African Cichlids to be exact.

I've had my fun with the freshwater side of things, bred various Cichlid breeds, sold them/traded them, had some live plants, and decided to spend the next few hundred bucks and built myself a 20 gallon sump and turned my 100 gal tank into a saltwater. WOOOO!!

This has been a long time coming, but I'm super excited.

I live in Southern California and have for the last 6 years, so I'm lucky to have a lot of LFS around me that have good reputations and resources.

Can't wait to share my experiences and get some info off of all of you well-experienced hobbyists.

Glad to be here!

Hi Thinktank,

Welcome to the forum
Now I am super excited too to see your updates!!!

Why have you decided to switch from salt water to fresh water?

Zhenya

 

[kjack120]

welcome.

 

[thinktank]

Hi Thinktank,

Welcome to the forum
Now I am super excited too to see your updates!!!

Why have you decided to switch from salt water to fresh water?

Zhenya

Thanks for the welcome! I'm excited to share them. Going to get some pics going soon.

To be honest, I wanted to start out in saltwater when I first got into the fish keeping hobby back in 2008. But the cost pushed me away. I don't care what anybody says out there, there is no "cheap" way to have a reef or saltwater tank and have the creatures in your tank be happy and healthy.

So I went with Cichlid, which is probably the most difficult freshwater fish you can keep in terms of parameters, comfort, and tank mates, and did that for about 8 years or so, with a two-year hiatus in there where my tank was shut down because I had to move and the new place had a weak floor that couldn't hold up a half-ton fish tank.

What finally pushed me into saltwater was I only had two Cichlids in my tank and I was just plain bored with freshwater. I bought a smaller tank, threw the Cichlids in there, cleaned up the old tank, built a custom sump, and threw it all together in about 3 weeks.

And the rest is history! lol