Hello from the Gulf Coast!

kingranch2003 · May 14, 2024

Gumbies R Us said:
Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Thanks for the kind welcome!! Let's see if I can pull this off. What a great community.

RedReefer · May 14, 2024

Welcome to R2R!!!

kingranch2003 · May 14, 2024

RedReefer said:
Welcome to R2R!!!

Thanks Red, I appreciate you stopping by. This community has been so warm and inviting. I am blown away by all of your healthy corals. I really hope to have some of the success you've had with your amazing euphyllia collection.

Brazilian Reefer · May 16, 2024

kingranch2003 said:
Hello everyone I'm John from South Mississippi and I'm finally making the jump into this wonderful hobby. I'm only new to reefing and corals, as I've had numerous successful freshwater and fowlr tanks in the past. This spring I purchased a 40 gallon recife cube AIO. (It remains to be seen whether or not that was a great idea). I was going to use it as a planted freshwater aquarium, but I've always wanted to keep corals, so here I go. My lfs basically told me to scrap the filtration media and the skimmer that it came with and now I'm unsure if this was my best option. Also, the water levels involving evaporation and adding water is a bit puzzling. But I'm going to keep it positive and keep asking questions. I will begin my build thread immediately. I already have my live rock, sand, and one pajama cardinal in the tank. I'm ready to move to the next step but I have a little more research left to do. Thanks for hanging in there with me and I can't wait to hear from everyone! (Going to start that build thread)

Welcome to R2R and Happy Reefing!

steveschuerger · May 16, 2024

kingranch2003 · May 16, 2024

Brazilian Reefer said:
Welcome to R2R and Happy Reefing!

Thanks so much! I appreciate you reaching out. I'm going to give this a shot. I've always wanted to challenge myself with reefing!

JoeyBagadonuts · May 16, 2024

Welcome!!! It’s a great community and an amazing resource for information. I’m on the gulf coast too. Just a little further southeast. Happy Reefing!!!

kingranch2003 · May 16, 2024

JoeyBagadonuts said:
Welcome!!! It’s a great community and an amazing resource for information. I’m on the gulf coast too. Just a little further southeast. Happy Reefing!!!

Hey cool to meet you! I appreciate you stopping in to say hello. I usually travel your direction for vacation! I can't believe how willing people are to go to such depths to help a stranger that shares the same passions. Ive received so many wonderful responses from community members in my short time here. And they've already taught me a lot. I'm going to really give this my best shot. If you get a chance, feel free to check in once in a while and tell me if I'm doing something goofy lol.

Dmmz · May 22, 2024

Welcome to R2R!

kingranch2003 · May 22, 2024

Dmmz said:
Welcome to R2R!

Thank you so much, this is an unbelievable community. I'm very happy to be a part of it!

56longroof · May 22, 2024

Welcome aboard!

kingranch2003 · May 22, 2024

56longroof said:
Welcome aboard!

Thank you very much!! I love the old Fords!! I learned how to drive in my Grandfather's 1976 F100! I still drive one to this day (need the 351 back)

dstockwell · May 22, 2024

Welcome to the Reef

kingranch2003 · May 22, 2024

Hey thanks my friend! I really want to do thus right, and this community has been all the help in the world.

56longroof · May 24, 2024

kingranch2003 said:
Thank you very much!! I love the old Fords!! I learned how to drive in my Grandfather's 1976 F100! I still drive one to this day (need the 351 back)

That's quite the coincidence. I have a '76 F100 project in process now.