Nasabeau
Active Member
Hi everyone, I'm a long time fish keeper, had a fish tank off and on since high school, always freshwater though. I've always loved salt water fish and really liked the idea of making a reef tank, but was always a little worried about the cost and commitment. My wife and I have been making good money for a while now and since this was always something I wanted to do, I did a lot of research and just picked up a 75 gallon tank for salt water. I plan on turning this into a reef, but as I am active on tropical fish and freshwater forums mostly, thought I would start finding out more about marine tanks and start an account over here. hopefully all the questions to follow won't make me seem like I have no idea what I'm doing XD. if anyone has some tips on start up they'd all be welcome, right now I've got my water in, warmed to 79 degrees F, and salinity dialled in to 32ppt (1.023). ammonia is at 0.5 ppm with Nitrite at 0 and Nitrate at about 5ppm. calcium is about 260, pH of 8.1 (planning on putting in a buffer to bring it to 8.2) and I don't have my phosphate test kit yet (lfs doesn't have one in stock). mostly just waiting on that ammonia to come down (live rock and sand used) before going out and picking up my first couple of fish! Super excited both to start the hobby and to be a member of this new community
