Newish to Marine aquariums

TJustice86 · Jan 14, 2023

My fowler tank is around 9 months old water chemistry is decent other than Nitrates can be a little high. I've had the tank for almost a year now, but lost most fish it came with to velvet. Only the clowns survived in quarantine and a 76 day fallow period.

Current livestock: 2 Clowns, 1 diamond watchman goby, 1 aiptasia eating filefish, 1 Florida fighting conch, several hermits, several snails, and some aiptasia

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If you would like to view a livestream of my tank click on this link: https://rotf.lol/fishcam

Just John · Jan 14, 2023

Glad you're here!

vetteguy53081 · Jan 14, 2023

Peace River · Jan 14, 2023

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

LeannaBanana · Jan 14, 2023

Welcome to R2R! Can't wait to see/hear more about your tank!

JZ199 · Jan 14, 2023

welcome!! That live stream is awesome!

tharbin · Jan 14, 2023

Welcome to R2R!

Fish Think Pink · Jan 14, 2023

TJustice86 said:
My fowler tank is around 9 months old water chemistry is decent other than Nitrates can be a little high. I've had the tank for almost a year now, but lost most fish it came with to velvet. Only the clowns survived in quarantine and a 76 day fallow period.

Current livestock: 2 Clowns, 1 diamond watchman goby, 1 aiptasia eating filefish, 1 Florida fighting conch, several hermits, several snails, and some aiptasia .

If you would like to view a livestream of my tank click on this link: https://rotf.lol/fishcam

Welcome! Glad you joined. Sorry to hear about your velvet and now aiptasia problems. However, sounds like you also have BBA - Bounce Back Ability - that is wonderful for this hobby and great life skill!

Have you considered starting your build thread? I found its a great place to document my tank's evolution for myself. I started tank first then joined, so I'm still finding myself going back collecting pictures & updating historically as well as current state. Once you create your first post in your thread under Forum > Member Aquariums and link it to your account, they will give you build badge (look left, under my ID). You could put your link to tank inside it.

This might help you find people local to you:

Local Reef Club Discussion

Looking for some locals to share frags and info with? This is the place! Find a local club that meets in your area! If you want to add your club just contact us.

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This is a good reference book type online article I still review:

The Supreme Guide To Setting Up A Saltwater Reef Aquarium

This article was sponsored by @MarineDepot at www.marinedepot.com. Introduction The marine environment is one of the most complex systems on the planet. The aquarium you are about to set up is only a tiny sliver of the vast ocean, but it is no...

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