New to Saltwater, slowly starting

cbusteach · Jul 26, 2022

Hello R2R! I’m a HS teacher looking for a summer hobby, that on advice from a neighbor reefer, is going very slowly to set up my first marine tank. So, it’s about to become a Fall/year-round hobby! It’s a 75 gal SeaClear System II that I had as a freshwater tank for the past 6 years. As of today there’s 50lb of rock on crushed coral/black sand with half of the blue bioballs still in the sump area. No fish yet, just feeding the tank waiting to see my NH4 sticker thing show me some bacterial activity. Neighbor advised a protein skimmer, but am waiting to see if there’s one that’ll fit in the back of my unit…. can’t wait to add some fish soon. Thanks for any advice :)

Kennya · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to R2R

Kristopher Conlin · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

Alex's Nano Reef · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to R2R @cbusteach

Peace River · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

prodbot7 · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to R2R! I always love following along peoples “Build” threads for inspiration … it sounds like you’re already getting good advice to take it slowly; I would also recommend getting good test kits to help keep your water parameters in line and stable. Good luck and have fun with it!

Fred2482 · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome!

Bigred321 · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to r2r. Buy good used equipment when you can.
Also dont take everyones advice for granted. Use it as advice and do what works best for your tank. When i first started, everyone was giving advice. Some worked and some didnt. Good luck with ur reef.

G Santana · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to R2R and the full time hobby

shakacuz · Jul 26, 2022

welcome aboard the r2r board!

Jimbhoy13 · Jul 26, 2022

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

AlecV · Jul 26, 2022

Welcome to R2R! Saltwater definitely takes some patience! I have found some great deals in the marketplace on this site and most of my equipment came from there, all great equipment for a fraction of the cost new.