New Reefer

SlyPuffer · Oct 9, 2024

Hello everyone!

This is my first saltwater/reef tank and I have been doing a ton of research. I want to go ahead and thank all of you for this library of information and all of your future advice and wisdom! My tank is an IM20, and I have already built a custom rock structure and am about 75% through cycling. We are currently feeling the outer bands of Hurricane Milton, but after this is over I plan on starting a build thread!

Thank you again!

John

revhtree · Oct 9, 2024

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

Cichlid Dad · Oct 9, 2024

Welcome to the Reef!

vetteguy53081 · Oct 9, 2024

AetherealKnight · Oct 9, 2024

Welcome to the Reef Party! :D Please remember to treat/quarantine all fish and corals first before putting them in your tank. Seriously you don’t want any disease.

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

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SlyPuffer · Oct 9, 2024

AetherealKnight said:
Welcome to the Reef Party! :D Please remember to treat/quarantine all fish and corals first before putting them in your tank. Seriously you don’t want any disease.

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

www.reef2reef.com

I always do a minimum of 1 month quarantine, but I do need to research disease/parasites in a saltwater setting so I know what to look for!

PharmrJohn · Oct 9, 2024

SlyPuffer said:
Hello everyone!

This is my first saltwater/reef tank and I have been doing a ton of research. I want to go ahead and thank all of you for this library of information and all of your future advice and wisdom! My tank is an IM20, and I have already built a custom rock structure and am about 75% through cycling. We are currently feeling the outer bands of Hurricane Milton, but after this is over I plan on starting a build thread!

Thank you again!

John

Welcome to R2R. You're gonna find a lot of likeable people here. I think you're gonna have fun with all of this. And good on ya for researching the hobby FIRST. One of my pet peavey are seeing others start up and ask something like 'is ammonia bad?'. I'm sensitive to it because I did exactly that decades ago :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

PharmrJohn · Oct 9, 2024

AetherealKnight said:
Welcome to the Reef Party! :D Please remember to treat/quarantine all fish and corals first before putting them in your tank. Seriously you don’t want any disease.

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

www.reef2reef.com

LOL! I ALMOST beat ya!

AetherealKnight · Oct 10, 2024

SlyPuffer said:
I always do a minimum of 1 month quarantine, but I do need to research disease/parasites in a saltwater setting so I know what to look for!

Awesome! :D you’re already doing better than me when I started. I totally did not go to Petco and bought some fish and have them die to marine velvet in a week on my first try.