Clueless Reefer
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Welcome! There are lots of great posts on the forum to help you get ideas - maybe take a look in the DIY forum especially if you are handy.
greetings and salutations
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Iona Skye
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Hey @Iona Skye and welcome
Don't let anyone tell you this hobby is too expensive. You could easily get a tank up and running for a few hundred bucks. You just have to buy used and be smart about what you buy.
Also, is that a loggerhead in your profile picture? I work at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and we were rehabilitating a baby loggerhead that didn't make it to the ocean after he hatched. He was the cutest thing ever.
Yes, it is in fact your same little loggerhead!! how awesome is that, it's like you recognized your baby. Whenever I visit Baltimore I spend every spare moment at the National Aquarium. I wonder if I've met you! Does the loggerhead have a name?
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Iona Skye
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Welcome to r2r!
I'm so excited to be here! You guys are so nice
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Iona Skye
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Woohoo!!
Welcome to the family!!!
@Iona Skye Welcome to R2R!
Plug into your local club, there's almost always someone getting rid of everything for pennies on the dollar. I'm not sure if you can buy on here until you get enough posts, but you can't sell until you have X number of meaningful posts. Check out the Sale forums and see if this is the case? Take your time, read up, collect equipment, ask questions
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!
Plug into your local club, there's almost always someone getting rid of everything for pennies on the dollar. I'm not sure if you can buy on here until you get enough posts, but you can't sell until you have X number of meaningful posts. Check out the Sale forums and see if this is the case? Take your time, read up, collect equipment, ask questions
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!
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Iona Skye
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Thanks! I'll definitely be checking that out.
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Iona Skye
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Yes sir! Thanks for the advice.@Iona Skye Welcome to R2R!
Plug into your local club, there's almost always someone getting rid of everything for pennies on the dollar. I'm not sure if you can buy on here until you get enough posts, but you can't sell until you have X number of meaningful posts. Check out the Sale forums and see if this is the case? Take your time, read up, collect equipment, ask questions
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!
