New Hobbyist from SoCal!

[Nano925]

 

[Jeffcb]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

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

 

[BaysEndReef]

 

[KWT]

Welcome to R2R, come in sit down and relax, enjoy

 

[AyCee]

Tank looks cheery. I do have one concern. . . . . and might as well bring this to light. From looks of tank, May I assume this tank is very new ?
How long did you cycle it before adding any livestock?
I ask because you have a couple of specimens (filefish and pipefish in particular) that are challenging to the most experienced hobbyist and best kept in a well established tank. The difficulty is getting them to eat and remain eating as their desire to have top water quality for survival.
A new tank will go through spikes and changes in chemistry the first 60-90 days.
You will therefore need to monitor the water weekly, in fact 2x a week for the next 6 weeks and if you are using an API test kit and ammonia badge, these two are notorious for false readings and have let down many reefers in the hobby.
You will need reliable kits.
This is not to discourage you but rather prepare you . There is a level of excitement entering the world of reefing and ocean in your home and i/we would love to see you enjoy every single moment of it.

Hi there! All feedback is welcomed here! We have had this tank running since Sept, so 5 months strong. We decided to start hatching our own brine and let me tell you our pipefish and filefish love’em! It’s much cheaper (and easy) than buying frozen. We are also introducing copepods into our system for them - a little variety won’t hurt.

We do 25% water changes every week and have not had any ammonia spikes. We do use the api ammonia test and we hate the inconclusive results. Not sure if there is an affordable solid ammonia tester out there...after looking around R2R I noticed this is a common problem, yet no solution.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi there! All feedback is welcomed here! We have had this tank running since Sept, so 5 months strong. We decided to start hatching our own brine and let me tell you our pipefish and filefish love’em! It’s much cheaper (and easy) than buying frozen. We are also introducing copepods into our system for them - a little variety won’t hurt.

We do 25% water changes every week and have not had any ammonia spikes. We do use the api ammonia test and we hate the inconclusive results. Not sure if there is an affordable solid ammonia tester out there...after looking around R2R I noticed this is a common problem, yet no solution.

Great job on management of feeding,
hanna or salifert are reliable and user friendly

 

[Salty Rambler]

Welcome to R2R! That's an ambitious but awesome group of tank inhabitants -- looking forward to seeing/hearing more about it.

 

[lelandmarine]

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello and welcome to the channel.

 

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R!

 

[Manny’s Reef]

Hello and welcome to the club.