First attempt at a reef tank

ledger · Jan 2, 2018

Hi everyone, guy from New Hampshire here and just setup my first attempt at a reef tank.
Currently have an EVO 13.5 AIO setup last Thursday, nothing in the tank yet besides some hermit crabs and some hitch hikers in the live rock (Brittle stars, bristle worm, snails) and two types of polyps growing on the live rock (not exactly sure what they are). Bit of a microbubble issue from the PS2 skimmer, hopefully it goes away in a few weeks.

Lovemyreef2015 · Jan 2, 2018

Welcome to R2R. We have the same tank. Looks like you have a Kenya tree Coral growing in there.

ledger · Jan 2, 2018

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Welcome to R2R. We have the same tank. Looks like you have a Kenya tree Coral growing in there.

Thanks for identifying that thing! there's another one attached to the side of the rock that appears to now be growing as well.

Lovemyreef2015 · Jan 2, 2018

That one on the side looks like a toadstool maybe. Can you get a better picture of that one? Oh and I see you have some palys growing on the top left of where the Kenya tree is.

ledger · Jan 2, 2018

I think the one with the stump is another one of those tree corals sprouting out of it, started noticing it growing out two days ago.

redfishbluefish · Jan 2, 2018

Welcome @ledger to R2R. Father's side of the family was from Berlin, NH, back when it was a productive paper town.....sad now.

I'd suggest starting a Member's Tank thread and start by what you included here. Great way to document your tank.

And let's be positive...it's not an "attempt", but the First Successful Reef Tank. . With many more to come.