New to Reefing

[Fishy888]

Hello and welcome to R2R! Here you’ll find people to be friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. I hope you start a build thread. I look forward to seeing your build progress.

 

[SPR1968]

Welcome to R2R Mark

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello and welcome to the channel

 

[LisaMarie]

Hi Mark,
Welcome to Reef2Reef! I definitely remember the UGF. I started freshwater in the 80's and had my first saltwater in "91. Glad to see you've made it to the salty side. Hope you'll share your journey with us by starting a build thread. It's fun to do and helps others learn with you.

 

[Itsadeepbluesea]

Hi my name is Mark and I'm just getting started with a reef tank after having freshwater back in the 90's (remember under gravel filters? yuck!) After putting a beautiful crack in the back panel of a 65 gallon Aqueon tank I was drilling (I'll never know what I did wrong, went slow, plenty of water, no pressure) I bought a 75 gallon IM Nuvo EXT and a 29 gallon Aqueon as a sump, with the Fiji Sump kit. All that on a DIY stand I built to fit.
I built an aquascape with about 60 lbs of Marco rock, and about an inch of sand. I'm currently on Day 5 of the Brightwell Aquatics fishless cycle, hope to be getting a fish this weekend. It's been about 4 months since I started, so I'm taking my time, learning and doing it right the first time, hopefully.
Prior to this I had a few freshwater tanks back in the 90's with some decent success, but always wanted to try saltwater. Back then it seemed much more intimidating, now there's so much more information and resources like this forum to get help.

Welcome aboard, just remember slow is key with salt water.

 

[G Santana]

Welcome to the Reef and to the obsession

 

[Rp8]

Welcome to the reef

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world. Good that you are taking things slowly. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[dstockwell]

Welcome to the Reef

 

[ScubaShane]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!