Getting Back Into the Hobby-Pittsburgh PA

Engineer28 · Jul 6, 2018

Good morning all. I thought I would introduce myself as I am new to this forum. I recently decided to get back into the reefing hobby after I gave up my last tank due to college about 10 years ago. My first tank was a 29 gallon sump-less soft coral tank with a couple clown fish that I had between 2006-2008. Now that I have two young children, and my own house, my wife and I have decided to get back into the hobby so we can share the fun with our kids. After some research we decided to purchased a Red Sea Reefer 250.

mike werner · Jul 6, 2018

welcome to r2r.that's a great choice of tank.

dbl · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R and your new reefing community and welcome back to the hobby. Can't go wrong with the RS tanks.

hdsoftail1065 · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R and back to the hobby!!!

mta_morrow · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R and GO STEELERS!

Crabs McJones · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

Reeferdood · Jul 6, 2018

Reefer Deez · Jul 6, 2018

Hello and welcome to R2R

it's a pleasure to have you here with us

revhtree · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome!

Ruben's Reef · Jul 6, 2018

!!! Welcome to R2R !!!

PDR · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to r2r! You’ll be happy with the reefer!

HotRocks · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

You will over your RSR.

I love mine! They are so easy to set up. If you have any questions along the way don't hesitate to ask.

You can also start a build thread in the member tanks section and upload pictures so we can follow along. We all love pics here!

KJ · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

NY_Caveman · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R and back to saltwater!

larryl · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

Chrisfish · Jul 6, 2018

Welcome to R2R, it’s awesome that you’re here

Turbo's Aquatics · Jul 7, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

Here's a pic from one of my favorite articles on reefkeeping, applicable to new hobbyists and old as well:

The nitrogen cycle is only the startup of a SW tank cycle. The next 6-12 months is a maturing phase, and it's typically in this time frame where algae outbreaks occur and things can sort of roller-coaster, and if you stock the tank up too quickly, you might see corals randomly dying & fish getting sick, etc...hobbyists can very easily fall into the trap of chasing problems = making more problems => giving up and selling everything off. We don't want that to happen to anyone!

Long-term stability and balance are the keys, and you just can't shortcut the process significantly. That's always the #1 thing to keep in mind!