Completely new and in over my head..

[Badfish_TX]

Welcome! Glad you joined. I'm in Grand Prairie, so perhaps we are close to each other. There is a great local club called Dallas Fort Worth Marine Aquarium Society (www.dfwmas.org). They'll have an info booth at Ft Worth Coral Farmers Market event this Sunday. Texas has Aquashella in August and Reef A Palooza in October, so its a big year!

Have you considered starting your build thread? I found its a great place to document my tank's evolution for myself. I started tank first then joined, so I'm still finding myself going back collecting pictures & updating historically as well as current state. Once you create your first post in your thread and link it to your account, they will give you build badge (look left, under my ID)

This is a good reference book type online article I still review:

The Supreme Guide To Setting Up A Saltwater Reef Aquarium

This article was sponsored by @MarineDepot at www.marinedepot.com. Introduction The marine environment is one of the most complex systems on the planet. The aquarium you are about to set up is only a tiny sliver of the vast ocean, but it is no...

www.reef2reef.com

I'm in Arlington so it looks like we're neighbors! Thanks for all of the great info, I had no idea there were that many events coming up. Looking forward to attending as many as I can.

I've heard great things about DFWMAS, I'll definitely drop by to say hello on the forum.

To be brutally honest, I'm not even sure I know how some of the hardware on the tank works. I've still got a ton of reading to do. Once I don't feel like a complete idiot I'll look into a build thread.

 

[Karen00]

Welcome to the salty side and the community! You will find a lot of help in the various sections and remember no question is too big or too small. I look forward to seeing your setup.

 

[Thetankdoctor]

Welcome and don't panic. Use the resources available to you here and on the internet. Looks like a great tank...

 

[Manny’s Reef]

Hello and welcome to the cool kids club. Glad to have you.

 

[Fish Think Pink]

I'm in Arlington so it looks like we're neighbors! Thanks for all of the great info, I had no idea there were that many events coming up. Looking forward to attending as many as I can.

I've heard great things about DFWMAS, I'll definitely drop by to say hello on the forum.

To be brutally honest, I'm not even sure I know how some of the hardware on the tank works. I've still got a ton of reading to do. Once I don't feel like a complete idiot I'll look into a build thread.

I'm by the new IKEA - if I stand at the end of my street and look past the end of my neighborhood towards 161 I can see Arlington!

If you need any help - not that I may know what things are on your tank either - just give a shout! Its always fun to know someone local. With this whole COVID mess we've been so isolated for so long... last weekend's club Frag Swap was fun to meet lots of people. I'm new to Texas and returned to hobby, so I'm catching up on the latest things. A guy came over yesterday to buy 2 of our clownfish before we have another pair breeding at other end of tank and told me my wrasse of 14 months (3rd owner - its 10+ years old) wasn't what I thought (did suspect as much but didn't get around to proving it... SO, can learn in the most unusual of ways!))

 

[vetteguy53081]