Introduction of Myself

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[mdb_talon]

Welcome!

 

[atomos]

 

[Evo R]

Hi and Welcome to R2R !!!!

 

[Fish Think Pink]

First of all thanks for having me. I’m sorta kinda new. I had a FOWLR about 9-10 years ago. Wasn’t really successful. Didn’t understand enough about the hobby. Now I’ve matured a bit and done some reading to understand most of the basics.
This time I have a simple 75 gal tank with a magnaflow 360 canister. Roughly 50lbs dry rock, with 60lbs of crushed coral. Wave maker, Philion 165w Led light. Nothing real fancy yet but slowly painting my masterpiece. I was back and forth with trying to decide on filter or sump. I didn’t trust myself enough to build a sump or let alone drill my tank. Needless to say im
Still trying to read and understand best practices.

I just introduced some
Clowns to start my cycle with them and some stability. I plan on getting some LR from my LFS this weekend to help seed my tank.
I would love to learn more about keeping corals so any guidance or input would be appreciated!
Thanks for having me!

Welcome! Glad you joined

Have you considered starting your build thread? I found its a great place to document my tank's evolution for myself. Like you, I started tank first then joined, so I'm still finding myself going back collecting pictures & updating historically as well as current state. Once you create your first post in your thread and link it to your account, they will give you build badge (look left, under my ID)

 

[thatone08]

Welcome!

 

[Kiwi reefer]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[KagedScw]

Hello and welcome!!

I'm fairly new as well, only about 6 months in, but I'm planning to convert my 75g planted tank soon, and I'm also I'm the fence about canister or sump, mine is currently on a canister.

Anywho, just 2 clowns in that much water volume won't produce enough ammonia to burn their gills, unless you're adding ammonia, which if you've got fish in, DON'T ADD ANY AMMONIA, this is only if you're cycling fishless. Today's market provides lots of options to get that cycle Kickstarted though, lots of bacteria in a bottle options. I used 'bio spira' from instant ocean. I had nitrates in 2 days, I checked by dosing ammonia and it was processed in 24hrs to nitrate. Pretty quick cycle start.

Also, rock opinions vary greatly, using all dry you get a more sterile system with less hitchhikers, using live rock gets lots of bio diversity, but also unwanted pests and algea. I did both, mostly dry rock and added live on top.

Have fun!

I was already about to go take them back to my LFS. There’s so many opinions not just here but in society in general. Always seems to make everyone second guess what their next step is. Anyways I’m not adding any ammonia. I may pick up the Bio Spira this weekend. :)

 

[RC51]

First of all thanks for having me. I’m sorta kinda new. I had a FOWLR about 9-10 years ago. Wasn’t really successful. Didn’t understand enough about the hobby. Now I’ve matured a bit and done some reading to understand most of the basics.
This time I have a simple 75 gal tank with a magnaflow 360 canister. Roughly 50lbs dry rock, with 60lbs of crushed coral. Wave maker, Philion 165w Led light. Nothing real fancy yet but slowly painting my masterpiece. I was back and forth with trying to decide on filter or sump. I didn’t trust myself enough to build a sump or let alone drill my tank. Needless to say im
Still trying to read and understand best practices.

I just introduced some
Clowns to start my cycle with them and some stability. I plan on getting some LR from my LFS this weekend to help seed my tank.
I would love to learn more about keeping corals so any guidance or input would be appreciated!
Thanks for having me!

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Manny’s Reef]

Hello and welcome to the R2R family. We sure are glad you're here.

 

[attiland]

First of all thanks for having me. I’m sorta kinda new. I had a FOWLR about 9-10 years ago. Wasn’t really successful. Didn’t understand enough about the hobby. Now I’ve matured a bit and done some reading to understand most of the basics.
This time I have a simple 75 gal tank with a magnaflow 360 canister. Roughly 50lbs dry rock, with 60lbs of crushed coral. Wave maker, Philion 165w Led light. Nothing real fancy yet but slowly painting my masterpiece. I was back and forth with trying to decide on filter or sump. I didn’t trust myself enough to build a sump or let alone drill my tank. Needless to say im
Still trying to read and understand best practices.

I just introduced some
Clowns to start my cycle with them and some stability. I plan on getting some LR from my LFS this weekend to help seed my tank.
I would love to learn more about keeping corals so any guidance or input would be appreciated!
Thanks for having me!

Welcome to R2R. You are in the right place

 

[vetteguy53081]