Howdy!

PapaWhisky · Jul 27, 2018

Long time fresh water aquarium owner and former reefer. Decided to try reefing again after a three year hiatus. I parted out my old system because I got sick of all the water changes and went back to a FW planted, which gets a WC every 6 months needed or not LOL :rolleyes:

Anyway, I've been hearing a lot of buzz about new methods of reef keeping that require very few WC's (such as Triton) and it's given me the bug again! I'm currently shopping around trying to find an aquarium that would lend itself to the Triton method without requiring too many modifications. Was just looking over the Red Sea 250/350's and the Waterbox Platinum 100.3. Any suggestions are welcome!

I'm planning on taking down my FW planted for a while and converting it over to a dedicated quarantine tank for the duration of the build. It's an IM Fusion 30L which I think would be perfect for the job. Here is a pic before it's monthly pruning.

Crabs McJones · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R and thanks for saying hello :) Beautiful planted tank you've got there ;)

#WelcometoR2R

Geebs19 · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!

Reefer Deez · Jul 27, 2018

Hello and welcome to R2R :)
It's a pleasure to have you here with us ;)

KJ · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

revhtree · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to the R2R Community!

Looking forward to having you participate here at Reef2Reef! :)

HotRocks · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!! :)

Chrisfish · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R, you’ve come to an awesome reefing community :)

mike werner · Jul 27, 2018

welcome to r2r.great name my friend.i would keep the planted tank as well and add 30 more neons and cardinals.

cracker · Jul 27, 2018

Hello Papa ! I don't know about the Triton method but I'm sure there are lot's of Folks here who do.

hdsoftail1065 · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R and back to the hobby!!!

Ruben's Reef · Jul 27, 2018

!!! Welcome to R2R !!!

kschweer · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!

HairyGary · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to Reef2Reef! nice tank!

Lovemyreef2015 · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R

reef lover · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to r2r!!

Turbo's Aquatics · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

Here's a pic from one of my favorite articles on reefkeeping, applicable to new hobbyists and old as well:

The nitrogen cycle is only the startup of a SW tank cycle. The next 6-12 months is a maturing phase, and it's typically in this time frame where algae outbreaks occur and things can sort of roller-coaster, and if you stock the tank up too quickly, you might see corals randomly dying & fish getting sick, etc...hobbyists can very easily fall into the trap of chasing problems = making more problems => giving up and selling everything off. We don't want that to happen to anyone!

Long-term stability and balance are the keys, and you just can't shortcut the process significantly. That's always the #1 thing to keep in mind!