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rkpetersen · Jul 19, 2018

Nice tanks! Welcome to R2R. ;)

Lovemyreef2015 · Jul 19, 2018

Welcome to R2R

Turbo's Aquatics · Jul 19, 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!

Idoc · Jul 19, 2018

Nice tanks! Welcome to R2R

Yumarattler · Jul 21, 2018

My initial tank has been running 9 months now an it seems like my tank has really turned a corner. I never went through any crazy algae or anything like that. Things have gone daily smooth which I’m sure that is in part that I am OCD with the tank. I started it with dry Marco rocks and went from there. It seems like my corals are finally taking off. Things seemed to be stalled for a bit but in the last 2-3 months my acans have gone from 2 heads to 11, frogspawn and hammer have split into multiple heads and my Duncan’s have doubled in heads.

I hope in the new cylinder I can get the green hair algae under control and move from there. The previous owner had the tank up and running for 2 years.

I did pick up a 120 today and will soon start getting it ready for action. This is temporarily in my house until I can move it to my shop this weekend. My wife would kill me if I tried to leave it where it is.