new to salt water and ohio

[bassperformance]

Hello everyone,
My name is Adam and Im new to the hobby and the state of ohio. I lived in arizona for the past 20+ years. I have had multiple fresh tanks and had to leave them all in arizona. I did bring with me an acrylic 29 gal that made the 5 day journey with only a canopy damage. I have always want a reef tank full of coral so here i am preparing for the plunge. My driving for is my 5 yr old son that goes with me to the giant aquariums for hours and watches the show tanked on animal planet. So here i am learning everything i can to take this wonderful journey to reef-hood and would like your guys help and take you guys along. I have been reading alot of forums so far and feeling confident enough to join. Thank you all for everything already.

 

[Dsobo]

Welcome, I to am new to this hobby (6 months) this is by far a Great place to learn. I can't give a lot of advice due to being new to he hobby but I can so go or it you won't regret it.

Chewy~
My 60g cube

 

[Bry]

Welcome and best of luck with your first tank... Read, take it slow and have fun! It's great getting a little one involved. There are a lot of great/knowledgable folks here.

Ask away and post your progress.. Oh and don't forget to post pics as you go.

 

[wysiwyg]

welcome to r2r

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Welcome to R2R!

We appreciate your membership!

Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!

 

[3Twinklets]

Well Welcome Adam!! You should get all of the help you need here. These people will bend over backwards to help.

 

[stephnjeph]

Welcome to R2R and welcome to Ohio. I am located in north central Ohio. I would be more than happy to assist you in your endeavors.

 

[glamisracers]

welcome to r2r

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Hi, welcome to R2R!!! Can't wait to see how your tank comes together!!! That is awesome that you are going to share the hobby with your son. I do the same thing with my nieces and nephews.

 

[Saltlife]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[byronious]

Welcome to R2R. I am new as well, so take any advice I give with a grain of salt. :tongue:

The folks on here are awesome. Good luck!

 

[bassperformance]

thank you everybody im starting to get an idea what i want. trying to descide if i will start with my 29 gal and turn a 10 gal into a refug, or wait and go with the big boy and build a custom acrylic 220 with an 55 refug. i love dreaming. i want to try to build my own custom acrylic fish tank coffee table, have a few ideas already. what do you guys think

 

[KSzegi]

Welcome to R2R!! Coffee table idea sounds neat - do you have any plans? If I were you I would start with a 'normal' tank first to get the feel for it and give yourself plenty of time to design the table tank ..... try to keep the 'woulda, coulda, shoulda's' down to a minimum! I know there will be plenty of people here to help you out!

 

[revsgirl]

:clap2: Awesome!! Welcome to R2R!! Hope we can meet your reefing needs!

 

[skinz78]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

If you haven't already done so be sure to get entered into this months membership drive contest, you can do so in this thread here:

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/meet-greet-forum/97536-oct-2012-reef2reef-membership-drive-win.html

 

[Dumnorix]

Welcome to the most obsession-creating hobby. Great info here as well as equipment and animals for sale in the forum.