New to R2R from Connecticut

[Nirethell]

Hey Everyone,

I am new to reefing in general. I have an account on reefcentral as well. I'd always looking for more knowledge because in this hobby knowledge is key to success. I am taking my build slowly you can watch the progress Here.
I started as a African cichlid keeper. I still have my 55 gallon tank for now but I may sell it once I fully get into saltwater. I really only want to focus my time and energy on 2 tanks my QT/Observation tank, and the Main display tank, which is a 90 gallon.
I have two beautiful children, they are my life. They absolutely love watching the fish, and I hope that when they are a little older they will enjoy taking care of them just like I do. I'm an open book so please go ahead and reach out to me if you want.

Thanks everyone!

 

[kschweer]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Nirethell]

Welcome to R2R!!!

Thanks!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Hey Everyone,

I am new to reefing in general. I have an account on reefcentral as well. I'd always looking for more knowledge because in this hobby knowledge is key to success. I am taking my build slowly you can watch the progress Here.
I started as a African cichlid keeper. I still have my 55 gallon tank for now but I may sell it once I fully get into saltwater. I really only want to focus my time and energy on 2 tanks my QT/Observation tank, and the Main display tank, which is a 90 gallon.
I have two beautiful children, they are my life. They absolutely love watching the fish, and I hope that when they are a little older they will enjoy taking care of them just like I do. I'm an open book so please go ahead and reach out to me if you want.

Thanks everyone!

Hey Nirethell,
Welcome to the forum
I hope you will like it a lot!
Do your children have their favorite fish?

Zhenya

 

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Welcome!

 

[4FordFamily]

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Keep us posted on your tank!!

 

[Water Dog]

Welcome to R2R! I'm a member of Nano-Reef and a long time member of Reef Central as well. You'll find a lot of good reefers here in CT. Between the 2 clubs ARKSC and CTARS there is a wealth of resources and helpful experienced reefers right in your back yard.

 

[Nirethell]

Hey Nirethell,
Welcome to the forum
I hope you will like it a lot!
Do your children have their favorite fish?

Zhenya

Well they love the clown fish of course so I'll be getting at least one of those. But I would like to get a few other brightly colored reef safe fish for the kids to watch.

 

[Nirethell]

Welcome home, you will love it here!

Keep us posted on your tank!!

Of course! The build thread is up and it's now up to date if you would like to give me some feedback on what I'm doing there.

 

[Maritimer]

Welcome aboard, Nirethell - from another fellow Nutmegger!

I've found this place to be as helpful and friendly as any other - hope you do as well!

~Bruce, who's also been keeping freshwater for years - Africans, goldfish, planted ... but is fascinated by the diversity that is reefing!

 

[Nirethell]

Welcome to R2R! I'm a member of Nano-Reef and a long time member of Reef Central as well. You'll find a lot of good reefers here in CT. Between the 2 clubs ARKSC and CTARS there is a wealth of resources and helpful experienced reefers right in your back yard.

Oh that's awesome I will certainly be looking them up I've made a few connections down in Waterbury and Enfield the more the merrier imo when it comes to buying trading corals and fish

 

[Nirethell]

Welcome aboard, Nirethell - from another fellow Nutmegger!

I've found this place to be as helpful and friendly as any other - hope you do as well!

~Bruce, who's also been keeping freshwater for years - Africans, goldfish, planted ... but is fascinated by the diversity that is reefing!

Excellent! Always awesome to meet a fellow cichlid keeper! I'm going to miss those guys when I finally make the complete switch. Or maybe I'll stretch myself thin just to keep them? I'm not sure.. my jacks are constantly breeding and eventually I'll need to get them a grow out tank hahah. The hobby that keeps on giving right?

 

[Nirethell]

Sorry for taking so long to reply we had a major storm today so I've been snow blowing like mad!

 

[Water Dog]

I'm a member of ARKSC because I'm in Fairfield and the quarterly meetings are closer to me down here. CTARS is by far the bigger and more active club though. They do frag swaps and raffles at their meetings too. They have a very active club forum on R2R if you want to check it out and hold their meetings in Manchester, not a terrible drive from Waterbury.

 

[Nirethell]

I'm a member of ARKSC because I'm in Fairfield and the quarterly meetings are closer to me down here. CTARS is by far the bigger and more active club. They do frag swaps and raffles at their meetings too. They have a club forum on R2R if you want to check it out and hold their meetings in Manchester, not a terrible drive from Waterbury.

I'm actually in Putnam so anything is relatively a drive from me but for sure I will certainly be checking them out.

 

[Water Dog]

Oops, don't know where I got Waterbury from...

 

[Nirethell]

Oops, don't know where I got Waterbury from...

It's because I mentioned I made contacts down there. No worries. I'm actually fairly happy already. People actually reply on this forum. The other not so much. Now if people would reply to my build thread that would be lovely. I'd love to make sure that I'm doing it all right haha!

 

[Water Dog]

This place is definitely more friendly and active. The other place is still special to me though since I've been on there since 2003 and was a lurker there well before that when I started in this hobby.

 

[dbl]

Welcome to R2R and thanks for signing up.