Newbie Post!

fuelman · Jun 29, 2021

Welcome to R2R!!!

Fish Think Pink · Jun 29, 2021

CarleyFreeman said:
Hey all! Brand new to the hobby! I work at Petco and have fallen in love with the marine critters, so decided to start up myself. First tank is a JBJ 65 AIO with all stock equipment. I’ll upgrade as a I learn and start finessing the finer details. Right now the equipment is so incredibly overwhelming, so I’ll have lots of dumb questions when it comes to compatibility, do’s and don’t etc.
Only stock right now are 3 blue leg hermits and 2 damsels. My original plans were FOWLR, but I’m leaning more and more towards corals in the future. I LOVE the look of zoa gardens!
Pic of the project so far. No lights yet as I’m horribly indecisive, definitely open to suggestions!

Welcome!

Glad you joined! There's little that's wrong, but there is lots that can make things cheaper and/or easier when you piggyback other's knowledge in your early weeks. This is a great website with lots of helpful people, so glad you found us and know you'll be sharing more of your successes soon!

dwair · Jun 29, 2021

CarleyFreeman said:
Hey all! Brand new to the hobby! I work at Petco and have fallen in love with the marine critters, so decided to start up myself. First tank is a JBJ 65 AIO with all stock equipment. I’ll upgrade as a I learn and start finessing the finer details. Right now the equipment is so incredibly overwhelming, so I’ll have lots of dumb questions when it comes to compatibility, do’s and don’t etc.
Only stock right now are 3 blue leg hermits and 2 damsels. My original plans were FOWLR, but I’m leaning more and more towards corals in the future. I LOVE the look of zoa gardens!
Pic of the project so far. No lights yet as I’m horribly indecisive, definitely open to suggestions!

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

CarleyFreeman · Jun 29, 2021

It takes a lot. And Petco’s policies do not exactly set the aquatics department up for success all the time. One of the first things I learned in retail was to admit that I don’t know. And I always follow up with but I will find out. I love coming home and researching, which is how I ended up here.
There’s three of us at my store that pretty much run the entire animal department, we are not a high-volume store but we do OK. Lucky me got to take over the animal and fish ordering, so that’s been a lot of trial and error, as well as some fun fish. If anything I have learned what not to do with a saltwater setup but I’m always game to learn more and help out my growing group of regulars.