New here! Here's our first reef tank! 65g

[RichReef]

Welcome! Great start!

 

[Jbone]

Welcome to R2R!! Nice tank

 

[Rennurdoar]

Welcome to Reef2Reef! Glad you're joining us here. Great looking tank! One suggestion I might offer: that window is going to make the algae fight harder.

Yeah I will be watching that for sure. The curtains stay closed most of the day. The outer windows on the porch are also 1/4 inch uv treated/resistant plexiglass, so I'm hoping that helps. Only time sun comes through usually is until 10am, then it's all blocked by the tree's in the yard. Fingers crossed though!

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello, and welcome to the channel.

 

[jsker]

Hey thanks a lot! We really tried to put a lot of thought into how we wanted it to look and flow. We can't wait to get more corals and really start seeing it come alive!

I agree, it is always nice to see the reef starting to grown and grow.

 

[revhtree]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Fish Think Pink]

It's been running for about 2 months so far. We have a cinnamon clown fish, six line wrasse, carpenter's flasher wrasse, Royal Gramma, Purple Firefish, Red firefish, banggai Cardinal, 10 very small hermit crabs, 3 emerald crabs, 4 troncus snails and a cleaner shrimp.

I have a Aquaeon 400gph cannister filter going into two hang on filters. A reef octopus 2000 HOB (went to big probably, but at least I can upgrade easily. Lol) we have a corraline uv sterilizer in line with the canister filter. Has about 60-70lbs of liferock.

We also have 2 ai prime 16hds i got for a steal with a Kessil A80 all with stands (plus more misc) for less than a new 16hd!

Tank has been running 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10ppm Nitrate, 0 phos. Calcium is around 450, ph 8.5, 34.7ppm salinity

We just added our first two corals, a green and purple tip Hammer and a trumpet coral. Both seem to be doing great. We put in oceanmagick photo plankton and have been adding copepods as well.

Also have added a few bottles of coralline algae from algae barn. All tank inhabitants seem to be doing well and loving life. Hopefully it keeps up! I tried to do a lot of research before starting. Here's some pictures!

Also, glad for any advice and criticism, just don't be to hard on us lol!

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). Everything is looking so great above you might even consider just starting with what you've already done above, just cut and paste into new thread over under other area of Forum.

This might help you find people local to you in Middleburg:

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...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[SPR1968]

Hi and welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Rennurdoar]

Thanks everyone! I just got back from a quick business trip, so here's a quick video of the tank today. Our Reef tank

 

[Adolfo]

 

[Rennurdoar]

Thanks! Loving it so far! Especially the live sales lol!