New to Reefing...

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Welcome to the crew! You will love it here. Lots to read and many people to help you out if you have a question.
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Welcome home, you will love it here!

Keep us posted on your progress with your tank! :)
 
Hello All.... I had a 55 gal freshwater showtank as a teenager-- and here I am 30+ years later taking on the saltwater tank world-- what took me so long!! I'm only 3 months into the hobby, but WOW-- it captures my thoughts, time, and attention EVERY day! So much to learn, and so intriging... I am so grateful for sites and people like this/you that help folks like me with your experience and knowledge-- thank you for sharing!

I hope to do the same at some point.... In the mean time, I plan to continue to plow time and $$ learning, building, making mistakes, and bottom line-- ENJOYING this awesome new hobby!

Respectfully,

Dan from Virginia Beach, VA
Welcome to R2R Dan!
 
Welcome to R2R we ll got to start someplace and yours is looking GREAT so far!

Thanks Orko.... not quite ready for corals yet-- but hopefully someday soon. I added the fuge a week or so ago to help get the nitrates and phosphates down (I have some Kents Phosphate Sponge in the fuge right now...), but Ammonia & Nitrites remain at 0 (or convert within 24 hours if ammonia spikes with water change or something), and calcium & PH looks good. Just still working to contol those Nitrates before adding corals... Even with a 50% water change, I cant seem to get below 20ppm--- hopefully the fuge with caulerpa and chaeto helps to bring it down. I have a little caulerpa in there now-- chaeto arrives on Wednesday. Fingers crossed!
 
This is not about having an aquarium in your home.
Its' a piece of the ocean in your home!!! You will learn a lot on R2R and realize it was the Best move you made !!!

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DAN!!! Welcome to R2R!
Tank looks great! Good bones and nice aquascape!
Looking forward to progress updates and lots of photos!
Share and like often!
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 39 58.2%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 5 7.5%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 6.0%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 4.5%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 9 13.4%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 4.5%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.5%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 2 3.0%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.5%
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