New to the hobby from Texas

[Dutchessmom]

Good afternoon,

We just had our new aquarium set up this friday. She is a Neptunian Cube M120. Caribsea Bimini Pink sand, and artificial dry rock.

We are very excited to explore this hobby and have TONS of questions.

Over 16 years ago we had several freshwater aquariums with a variety of African cichlids and one 75 gal that I converted from fresh to salt. Had the salt for several years with minimal success but I did a lot of things wrong based on all of the reading and videos that I have been watching while waiting on our new baby to arrive. It was a fish only tank with Fiji pink sand and some live rock. I was running 2 Ehiem canisters on it with a waterfall on the back. Literally used what I already had to try to make it work. I didn't have a lot of success keeping fish alive but from what I have learned recently the LFS I was using as my source didn't give good advise.

So here we are again, giving it a go. I look forward to learning to do it right this time with the help of this forum.

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

 

[TnFishwater98]

Good afternoon,

We just had our new aquarium set up this friday. She is a Neptunian Cube M120. Caribsea Bimini Pink sand, and artificial dry rock.

We are very excited to explore this hobby and have TONS of questions.

Over 16 years ago we had several freshwater aquariums with a variety of African cichlids and one 75 gal that I converted from fresh to salt. Had the salt for several years with minimal success but I did a lot of things wrong based on all of the reading and videos that I have been watching while waiting on our new baby to arrive. It was a fish only tank with Fiji pink sand and some live rock. I was running 2 Ehiem canisters on it with a waterfall on the back. Literally used what I already had to try to make it work. I didn't have a lot of success keeping fish alive but from what I have learned recently the LFS I was using as my source didn't give good advise.

So here we are again, giving it a go. I look forward to learning to do it right this time with the help of this forum.

Welcome to Da Reef !

 

[PeterC99]

Welcome to R2R!

Looking forward to seeing your new aquarium pics!

 

[LuizW13]

Welcome!

 

[jacalhou]

Welcome to the party!

 

[mehaffydr]

Welcome to the Fun,
With Dry rock just take it slow and be patient you will go through some stages not all so pretty but in the end you will be good if you are patient.

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[G Santana]

Welcome to R2R, good luck with your build

 

[Just John]

Welcome!

 

[flyfisher2]

SO much to learn!!!! Read up and welcome

 

[MaxTremors]

Welcome. The number one piece of advice I can give you is to at least seed your dry rock with a couple pounds of real live rock. It will substantially speed up the maturity of your tank, add biodiversity (both microfauna and bacterially), and make your tank much more stable. Plus, all the hitchhikers and microfauna are half of what makes a reef tank interesting, IMO, it’s not reef without them, it’s a fish tank or coral display, a reef implies a complex ecosystem/food chain (and somewhat ironically, the more complex the ecosystem/food chain, the more stable and easy to maintain your tank will be).

 

[Kiwi reefer]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Kennya]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[SPR1968]

Hi and welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[Fred2482]

Welcome!

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[JXNATC]

Good afternoon,

We just had our new aquarium set up this friday. She is a Neptunian Cube M120. Caribsea Bimini Pink sand, and artificial dry rock.

We are very excited to explore this hobby and have TONS of questions.

Over 16 years ago we had several freshwater aquariums with a variety of African cichlids and one 75 gal that I converted from fresh to salt. Had the salt for several years with minimal success but I did a lot of things wrong based on all of the reading and videos that I have been watching while waiting on our new baby to arrive. It was a fish only tank with Fiji pink sand and some live rock. I was running 2 Ehiem canisters on it with a waterfall on the back. Literally used what I already had to try to make it work. I didn't have a lot of success keeping fish alive but from what I have learned recently the LFS I was using as my source didn't give good advise.

So here we are again, giving it a go. I look forward to learning to do it right this time with the help of this forum.

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and back to the salty world. Lots of knowledgeable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.