New from New Hampshire

mjforbes33 · Jul 27, 2018

Hi everyone. New to the hobby and new to the forum. In the process of (slowly) building my first saltwater tank ever. It wil lalso be my first tank since I was young. Looking forwars to it. In the meantime I will be lurking around here absorbing information. Hopefully someday I will have some knowledge of my own to contribute.

Thanks

KJ · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

PDR · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

mike werner · Jul 27, 2018

welcome,now's the time to start that build thread.

Chrisfish · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R, you’ve joined and awesome reefing community and BTW we LOVE PICTURES

NY_Caveman · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

dbl · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R and welcome to the hobby.

4FordFamily · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Asking questions for others to learn from is still a great contribution, friend. We are all here to help.

Keep us posted with the build with tons of photos please!

kschweer · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome!!!

HotRocks · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

Billldg · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

hdsoftail1065 · Jul 27, 2018

Welcome to R2R!!!

Reefer Deez · Jul 28, 2018

Hello and welcome to R2R

It's a pleasure to have you here with us

Lovemyreef2015 · Jul 28, 2018

Welcome to R2R

Antics · Jul 28, 2018

Welcome to R2R! Hope you enjoy your time here.

SPR1968 · Jul 28, 2018

Welcome to R2R!

reef lover · Jul 28, 2018

Welcome to r2r!!

BluTang85 · Jul 30, 2018

Hello, and welcome to Reef2reef!

Ruben's Reef · Jul 30, 2018

!!! Welcome to R2R !!!

Turbo's Aquatics · Jul 30, 2018

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!

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!