Just wanted to finally join in and say hi. My wife and I decided to get a fish tank during shutdown time of the pandemic while we were spending all out time at home. So we got a used 29gal and I decided to go saltwater. Unfortunately I got a lot of really bad advice from the lfs and ended up with a TON of diatoms and hair algae and was sold a nem way too early with the wrong light setup. I got very frustrated but finding this place was a game changer! I learned so much from reading here and even picked up most of the gear for the new tank here in the classifieds!
I'm now 5 months into our new 75gal with a Lifereef sump, skimmer, and reactors running carbon and phosgaurd. I hated the diatoms and hair algae so much, I really wanted to avoid that stuff. Started with 80lbs special grade live sand and 70lbs live base rock from a great lfs and it's been wonderful! We only have what we moved from the 29gal, a couple clowns, royal Gramma, and a pajama cardinal with a chocolate chip star right now. We would eventually like to add some corals and new fish but I'm really trying to be cautious and monitor things for awhile first.
Anyway I wanted to jump in and say thank you so much for the community!
I'm now 5 months into our new 75gal with a Lifereef sump, skimmer, and reactors running carbon and phosgaurd. I hated the diatoms and hair algae so much, I really wanted to avoid that stuff. Started with 80lbs special grade live sand and 70lbs live base rock from a great lfs and it's been wonderful! We only have what we moved from the 29gal, a couple clowns, royal Gramma, and a pajama cardinal with a chocolate chip star right now. We would eventually like to add some corals and new fish but I'm really trying to be cautious and monitor things for awhile first.
Anyway I wanted to jump in and say thank you so much for the community!