New desert reefer

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world. Great photos of your tanks. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[Manny’s Reef]

Hello and welcome to R2R. We sure are glad to have you.

 

[rmorris_14]

Yas!!!!!! Your rescue story is one of my all time favs!!! I showed your video last night to both my husband and son! We are smitten with that little fish!!! Welcome and super happy to have you here. Keep up the awesome reefing!!!

 

[otzhorse]

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

 

[Adolfo]

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello and welcome to the channel.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Fish Think Pink]

After this forum kindly helped me rehab a puffer in the Diseases forum, I've been meaning to become a regular contributor. I'm new-ish to saltwater (two years or so) but have kept freshwater tanks for many years. I currently work in the (freshwater) aquaculture industry for a living as I finish grad school (one more year, yee).

Please enjoy some candid shots of my mostly current projects:
My Chaos Box. It's floating by on top offs and benign neglect these days but I'd like to change things up a bit soon.

This is the 10g holding tank for corals (mostly red twizzler zoa herpes) that my Toby decided were on the menu. It too needs some messing with. ***** in this pic (usually the alveopora is as big as my hand) due to a water change just performed. I don't really take a ton of pics of this one.

One is a pest tank with a small Eunice worm, the other is an open book.
I may move the pests to the bigger digs.

This tank is full of TBS aquacultured rock and some different macro cuttings. My intent is to rig a salt marsh style reservoir in the planter sitting across up there in the back that tank water is pumped up to and then return from, like a sump of sorts. I'd like to keep a variety of weird inverts and will be hooking up a dosing system for phyto and ferts.

My old blackwater...been upgraded to a 60 breeder with loads more emergent growth, but I need to take new pics.

Old pond.

(The mangroves are in a freshwater bucket at the moment).

And I also have a 40 gallon tall that is temporarily housing a small porcupine puffer.

My goals are to upgrade my pumps and lights on some tanks, learn how to test my water more reliably and not be so afraid of SPS!

I tend to like experimenting with things and enjoy building the ecosystem from the smallest components upward, which IMO is more fascinating with marine tanks. I'll likely only create a journal for the salt marsh tank and potentially the Chaos Box, but thank you for taking a look at my other lovelies.

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. 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)

This might help you find people local to you:

Local Reef Club Discussion

Looking for some locals to share frags and info with? This is the place! Find a local club that meets in your area! If you want to add your club just contact us.

www.reef2reef.com

This might help you find people local to you - depending where whirlpool is located:

Global Local Reef Club Discussion

Looking for some locals to share frags and info with? This is the place! Find a local club that meets in your area! If you want to add your club just contact us.

www.reef2reef.com

This is a good reference book type online article I still review:

The Supreme Guide To Setting Up A Saltwater Reef Aquarium

This article was sponsored by @MarineDepot at www.marinedepot.com. Introduction The marine environment is one of the most complex systems on the planet. The aquarium you are about to set up is only a tiny sliver of the vast ocean, but it is no...

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