first saltwater tank

[tat2z_21]

Jlux,

You are going to find that there are many ways of doing things, and that you will need to find which way best suits your system. With that being said there are a few cardinal rules. Do not over feed, you will have the want to make them happy and watch the feeding frenzy. However fight the urge. It will turn into a disaster. Next do not over populate the tank to quickly with livestock, as your system is not mature enough to handle a huge bio load. But with your freshwater background you probably already know that. Next, and this is the biggest as it will save you alot of time, money and heart ache. Research everything before you put it into your tank. Ask people on here questions, and be ready to decipher which answers seems to fit your system. Welcome to reeffrontiers and I am looking forward to your future threads.

 

[TJL]

Hey Jlux, welcome aboard RF and am happy to help you where I can. Since I'm so close by you're welcome to stop by and when the system is ready can pay-it-forward some easy-care coral starts to get you going. As stated above take your time and educate yourself as much as possible before adding livestock or purchasing additional equipment. There is literally 100's of years of experience in reefkeeping here for you to benefit from.

Todd

 

[Jlux23]

Hey Jlux, welcome aboard RF and am happy to help you where I can. Since I'm so close by you're welcome to stop by and when the system is ready can pay-it-forward some easy-care coral starts to get you going. As stated above take your time and educate yourself as much as possible before adding livestock or purchasing additional equipment. There is literally 100's of years of experience in reefkeeping here for you to benefit from.

Todd

Wow thanks man that would be great. I have noticed that people who do saltwater are a lot more generous than the freshwater people haha

 

[pewpewlazerbeam]

That's because you can't break off a piece of your chiclid and grow it out in someone elkses tank. Ill happily give you some of my java moss though

 

[Jlux23]

You can do whatever you want with half a cichlid but definitely will not grow into something you want in your tank haha even though my cichlids are on the endangered species list I'm more interested in the curious clown in my saltwater tank ha

 

[NC2WA]

Jlux23,

I am right around the corner from Todd if you wanna stop by and check out my tank..I can also offer to help anyway I can..I have several Elos test kits if you need water tested.

Kirk

 

[Jlux23]

Jlux23,

I am right around the corner from Todd if you wanna stop by and check out my tank..I can also offer to help anyway I can..I have several Elos test kits if you need water tested.

Kirk

Yeah man I'm off tomorrow if your free it'd be nice see how you set up runs

 

[NC2WA]

sent you PM

 

[beoks]

i should note that most of the rock in his tank came from my system with has been up and running for 2 years so i wouldnt expect to see much of a cycle

 

[Jlux23]

That must be Jon haha