Salt Water Rookie

CharlesB · May 24, 2012

Name: Charles
Location: San Tan Valley, AZ (Phoenix Suburb)
Background: Fresh water all my life until Feb 2012. I decided to dive deep into Salt Water. Bought a small tank to understand the SW life. Went with a 29gal BioCube. Have removed Carbon Filter and replaced with Protein Skimmer. Removed Bio Balls and replaced with Crushed Branch Coral. I have the following in my tank.

3 Different breeds of Mushroom (Not sure of type names)
~60 Daisy Polyps
Kenya tree (Growing like a weed)
Condy
Rose Bubble Tip
Small Zoo Frag
Larger Zoo Frag (nasty bug ate 1/2 of it. Recovering and looking good)
Green Cup Coral (Pagoda)

Percula Clown
Fire Goby
Diamond Goby
6 line Wrasse
Blue Damsel
Yellow Tail Damsel
Javanese Clown
Brittle Star

Various Inverts... Blue Legged Hermits, Nessarius, Turbo and Astrea Snails.

Looking for a place to learn more about SW Life. Learn how to frag and trade. This tank is the precursor to my larger tank next summer. Looking to potentially do a 125gal. Love the hobby.

Thanks for the time.
Charles

swannyson7 · May 24, 2012

Welcometo R2R! 1smile1 Care to share a pic of your tank?

larryl · May 24, 2012

Welcome to R2R!

CharlesB · May 24, 2012

Sure.. Here you go

sirevans reef · May 24, 2012

Very nice! Welcome to R2R.

SmokeyCFH · May 24, 2012

Great looking tank! If you came to learn, you came to the right place! There are so incredible genius and experiences members here that are always willing to help, enjoy the site! Glad to have you here!

wysiwyg · May 24, 2012

tank looks really nice welcome to r2r

Nameless Ghoul · May 24, 2012

Nice tank. Welcome to R2R.

REEFKEEPER10 · May 24, 2012

welcome

shells4 · May 24, 2012

Welcome to the addiction. Your tank looks nice. Did you buy it new or was it previously established? Just a word of caution if it is a new set up---go slow. It seems like you have added alot of live stock in a short amount of time. If you go to fast you will loose things. Patients is your best friend in this hobby.

revhtree · May 24, 2012

Welcome buddy!

BarbH · May 24, 2012

Hello Charles and welcome to r2r, tank is looking good.

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geemanaz · May 24, 2012

Welcome

CharlesB · May 24, 2012

shells4 said:
Welcome to the addiction. Your tank looks nice. Did you buy it new or was it previously established? Just a word of caution if it is a new set up---go slow. It seems like you have added alot of live stock in a short amount of time. If you go to fast you will loose things. Patients is your best friend in this hobby.

Thanks to everyone with the welcome.. This was a new tank. I bought at a LFS here called Aquarium Arts. Love going there. May be a smaller store in comparison here, but the staff is always very friendly and willing to talk to you about do's and dont's. They remember me up there and know my setup. So they wont let me buy something that would disrupt my system.