New to the salt water world

[G Santana]

Welcome aboard

 

[Funston07]

Never too late for a welcome. As far as suggestions go I would run the UV 24/7. To get more responses on the issues with your coral it would be better to start a new thread asking about that issue. Just make sure you post your parameters, everyone is gonna ask for them.

 

[KWT]

Welcome to R2R, enjoy

 

[LiveWire]

Welcome to the REEF!!

 

[Paulie069]

Welcome aboard r2r it’s an awesome community of reefers

 

[Philly Reefer]

Welcome to R2R

 

[Cell]

Welcome to salt and glad you found the forum!

 

[MERKEY]

Hello and welcome to R2R and great start!

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hey everyone!

I just started my very first reef tank (and salt water tank in general). I am not a newbie to the aquarium world however, I have been keeping freshwater fish for 10+ years. Currently I have 4 tanks up and running, 2 in my office (20g African cichlid mbuna tank, and 1 gallon betta tank), and two at home, ( 180 gallon African cichlid peacock/hap tank, and the new nano reef).

I live in a rural east Texas town so LFS is not an option for me unfortunately. My closest LFS is over an hour away. This mean lots of online ordering.

Here is a rundown on my new Salt Water aquarium.
2 months old and cycled fishless with dr Tim’s and ammonia.

16g BioCube

50 watt heater that I just had laying around (soon to be upgraded so give your recommendations on that please. It must fit in the rear compartment)

hygger 1600 dc wavemaker

Red Sea coral pro salt mix (with rodi from a local water store)

nature’s ocean live sand

nature’s ocean coral base dry rock

nothing special for filtration, 2 floss pads, a bag of ceramic rings, and a small bag of carbon.

livestock: 1missbarred clown, 1 royal gramma, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 pistol shrimp (they are paired up it seems) 1 skunk cleaner.

coral: 1 hammer with 4 heads, 1 candy cane with many heads (still splitting more), 1 plate, 1 favia.

I do weekly water changes of 2.5 gallons and my last test reading was as follows.

nitrate 0
Nitrite0
Ammonia 0
Ph 8
Kh 180
Temp at night 77 day 79 (have not been able to keep it at 78, I think this is due to poor heater)

Please please please give any tips, pointers, things to watch for or change!!

I do research and I’m not scared to try any advise given!

happy reefing

Hello and welcome, looking good so far.

 

[KingTideCorals]

Hello! Welcome to Reef2Reef! Awesome place to be and be a part of! Sure someone on here will be able to answer your questions.

If you are looking for possibly some helpful videos maybe check out my YouTube channel! My PMs are always open! Let me know how you like the channel, and hope it can help out some way!!

King Tide Corals

Welcome to King Tide Corals, just a simple reefer who is looking to inspire, educate, and learn as I take you along my reef keeping journey.

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