Suffering from lurkers guilt and tanksiety!

[fishface NJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world. Love your background story. Lots of knowledgable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[Dw79]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Nanorock1970]

Welcome to R2R and the wonderful folks, information and help. Out of the shadows and into the light? More like you have joined the dark side...LOL
Patience, it is the big word around here, Reefing is patience to cycle, to watch things grow, to keep your tank balanced.
I recommend to everyone joining to create a tank build thread as I see you have already mentioned.
1. You get to see where you have started and how much you have grown in this hobby.
2. We love pictures and to see what your doing with your tank.
3. It’s a great learning tool for all of us to see what works and doesn’t . We learn great stuff from each other.
Lastly the only bad question here is the one not asked...

 

[Fishbro]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Reefer of Oz]

your background alone will help many of us alone! Welcome.

HA! Indeed! That is what I call getting tanked! I hope to be getting good reception and multiple channels on my set.

 

[highest_tides]

Welcome to R2R Oz! I'm an electrician by trade and respect carpentry like crazy!! Build me a cabinet and I'll do the electrical. Do you have a tank yet??

 

[Reefer of Oz]

Thanks for the warm welcome gang! I knew I landed in the right place. Y’all have done a bang up job of making me feel of value here already. I am a bit of a newb on the whole forum interaction, and making time for meaningful input will be a balancing act. But rest assured, you haven’t heard the last of me!
Keep reefing hard y’all!

 

[Reefer of Oz]

Welcome to R2R Oz! I'm an electrician by trade and respect carpentry like crazy!! Build me a cabinet and I'll do the electrical. Do you have a tank yet??

I do have a 75g that I am getting setup, build thread forthcoming. It came with the stand, which I plan to use with some reworking. Figured I would wait to get really involved in a build once I have some experience.
Props to you and all your sparkies out there. Electricity make me nervous. The proximity of water and electricity in this hobby is one of the daunting aspects for me!

 

[fishguy242]

hey..gcfi's n ground probes one in sump 2nd in tank..better safe than zapped

 

[CoralVue_Marketing]

Yo yo y'all!!

'Bout time I step out of the shadows and make an introduction. I have been lurking around these boards for well over a year now, soaking up as much knowledge as I can before I dive into my first reefing adventure. As a recent member, I feel obligated to contribute. As my reefing knowledge is minimal, I shall begin with myself.
They call me Oz, being as my last name is Oswald, I have never found complaint in it. I'm an old soul with only forty years to show for it. The shores of Lake Superior I call my home, though Duluth is where my wife and I reside. Carpentry is my calling and cabinet building is my trade. I have spent several year renovating our first home to our liking and updated EVERYTHING! This was the moment I had been waiting for for much of my adult life, time to get that saltwater tank I have always dreamed of (at least the starter tank(dream tank thread forthcoming;Woot))!
I have a deep fascination and appreciation for our natural world and the chaotic systems that make this biological machine we call Earth grind along through the megaverse. The marine environment has always been forefront in that wonderment. I have been to many of the major aquariums in the US in my travels and a marine biologist was a dream job as a kid, but have yet to take that last step into trying to recreate the ocean in my library. Seeing several people with poorly maintained tanks and systems scared me off for a bit. I knew I didn't have the knowledge base to set anything up. There has been a 75g tank/stand that I got for free sitting in my garage for over five years, but with upcoming renovations and pure ignorance, I just have not been ready. I want to be able to provide the best environment for my future creature friends that I possibly can. I believe in proper animal husbandry and am great with cats and dogs, but that comes from a life of experience and centuries of human knowledge. And here I am am trying to bottle up one of the most chaotic and little understood systems on the planet!?!?! And what are some of the ecological risks/benefits to this enthralling hobby!?And hot diggity do the receipts pile up!Hence tanksiety....
But luckily in my quest for knowledge I kept stumbling into R2R. This community is amazing! The people here are as diverse and brilliant as the creatures we care for. With the information and opinions and knowledge and anecdotes available amongst this group, I have developed the confidence to embark on what I hope to be a life long enjoyment. The tank no longer sits holding drift wood in the garage. I have begun my first build!!!!! I do indeed plan on starting a build thread of my DIY "budget" KISS 75, as some realtime input would always be welcome. I am progressing slowly and meticulously, my finish carpentry kicks in when it will be a display piece in my home. I know that the inhabitants will be grateful and I will have greater success and thus enjoyment by putting in the time.
I hope to be an active member, and eventually contribute to this great resource. Most of the questions I've had and solutions I've needed have been addressed somewhere on these forums, but I certainly feel free to drop a line in the right direction here. Thanks for being such a welcoming bunch! keep at it R2R!

Reef Hard Y'all!

OZ

Welcome to R2R! I enjoyed reading your intro. Thank you for being so bold and sharing those details. I think getting to know a little about a person, even in a digital setting, makes it easier to communicate and see other points of view. So on that note... hi, I'm Jeff. I used to post under the Marine Depot account until I moved to CoralVue a year ago. I work in marketing and started my first saltwater aquarium in 2007. I recently completed some renovations (new flooring, new paint, fancy wall panels) and am moving from a 5-year-old 38-gallon tank to a new 3' wide 48-gallon tank with a 23-gallon sump. I broke down the 38 a few weeks ago and am keeping the fish, corals, and rocks in a temporary 20-gallon tank in my bedroom. I always thought the noise of an aquarium in my bedroom would bother me, but it hasn't!