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55GReeferForNow

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What's going on everyone?? My name is Chad Free and I'm from Memphis, TN. I Work for the Memphis Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic and it obviously does not pay enough for this Hobby lol. I am a new Reefer with a 55 gallon marine tank that has been up and running for a year now.

I have live rock and sand with a few fish and a couple cleaners at this time. I would like to think I am taking it slow while introducing fish to the system but I keep loosing fish here and there. Had one ick flare up that took all my expensive fish out (2-3 fish). Currently have one clown, a six line wrasse, emerald crab, and a cleaner shrimp.

I did a little research prior to actually starting the system and realized that I would need an RODI water changing station to make this go in the right direction. So, I built "my contraption" with a 6 stage RODI system to get started. Long story short..... A lot of money later. I feel like I have learned a lot along the way but still feel completely lost most of the time.

I'm still at the hang on the back filter stage because I know that when I venture into the sumps that it's going to be a whole new learning curve. Thanks for allowing me to come along and I am looking forward to learning more. Thanks

I have pictures if I can figure out how to navigate lol
 

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I'm just outside of Memphis. Nice to meet you man. I started with a 55 and two HOB filters for redundancy. Nice to know there's more people close to this area. You use Memfish?
 

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Sorry about your losses as that is never a good experience.
Being here on R2R is a good start.
Keep monitoring your fish that are still alive, do some water testing Nitrite, Ammonia and Nitrates for now, when you got some # for us, post them here and we can help you further.
And Welcome of course.
 
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Welcome to R2R;)
 

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Welcome to R2R! We have all been there before, don't worry you will eventually feel like you know what you are doing lol Even after years I still have to ask questions about things.
 

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