Been reading to long. Finally joined.

Jaysin13 · Mar 12, 2018

Hello,
I am new to this forum and my first sw tank is about 8 months old. Seems to be doing well....... Until I figured out those new "diatoms" are probably something much worse. Lol. I have a 65 gallon corner overflow.

XNavyDiver · Mar 12, 2018

Nice looking tank!

GoVols · Mar 12, 2018

Love the scape.

Welcome to Reef 2 Reef

Crabs McJones · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!

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#WelcometoR2R

Dsnakes · Mar 12, 2018

Beautiful tank! Welcome to R2R

Jason mack · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R , love the rockscape !! Happy Reefing !!

4FordFamily · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Beautiful tank, thanks for sharing!

Big G · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R! Lots of really nice and helpful people here.

KJ · Mar 12, 2018

Nice looking tank. Welcome to R2R!!!

mta_morrow · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R! You’re off to a great start and obviously did some homework. We can help make the ugly things go away and stay away......maybe!

Lovemyreef2015 · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R

dbl · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R and your new reefing family. That's a great looking tank...congrats on a good start.

nautical_nathaniel · Mar 12, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

DSC reef · Mar 13, 2018

Welcome to R2R, tank looks great!

HawaiianReef · Mar 13, 2018

Some really sweet coralline growing already!

MaddyP · Mar 13, 2018

Welcome to the family!!!

reef lover · Mar 17, 2018

Welcome to r2r!!

Mike Reef Addict · Mar 17, 2018

Welcome I lurked for a few months before I joined great community. There is an app too that's like Twitter on steroids. Works pretty good most of the time.

HawaiianReef · Mar 17, 2018

Jaysin13 said:
Hello,
I am new to this forum and my first sw tank is about 8 months old. Seems to be doing well....... Until I figured out those new "diatoms" are probably something much worse. Lol. I have a 65 gallon corner overflow.

Would you mind sharing the history of your tank (how you cycled, what lights, equipment, when you started to introduce the livestock)
8 months and your tank is beautiful. You must be doing the right things!

Jaysin13 · Mar 17, 2018

HawaiianReef said:
Would you mind sharing the history of your tank (how you cycled, what lights, equipment, when you started to introduce the livestock)
8 months and your tank is beautiful. You must be doing the right things!

Thank you! I cycled with agra alive special grade sand and Pukani dry rock. I dosed ammonia and added seachem stability.... Once cycled I added 2 chromis and monitored levels. Added the other fish one at a time.

It's a 65 gallon marineland corner overflow with a reef octopus 110 int skimmer, finnex titanium heater and controller, homemade algae scrubber, current USA return and wave pumps. Lighting is aquatic life t5 hybrid fixture with 2 orbit led bars.

I'm planning on replacing the leds at some point and am starting to battle a amphidinium dinoflagellate outbreak in the sand that seems to be, based on my reading here, due to the fact that I have had 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates for the last 6 months.

I really appreciate all the love!