Hello Saltwater newbie from fresh water(6yrs)

[Jeepguy0713]

Hello All,
I'm from NC , recently move to a newer home with my freshwater tank (65gal). Restarted it to be saltwater once we moved into our new house. Three months later (January 2022) after getting fish (clown fish) the bottom of the 65 gal bottom seals failed. 35 gals was on the hardwood floor in my office (yes had to redo my floors). I moved the fish to a 15gal Rubbermaid plastic container and started over again with 50.3 AIO Waterbox. (six weeks later) Fish did survive...

Just starting to getting coral.

Current setup:

• 50.3 AIO Waterbox + stand
• Apex system adv.
• Apex ATO w\5Gallon Trigger system tank
• Apex Wav
• Apex Sky light
• Apex Dose x1
• Since Syncra SDC 3.0
• Since wav DC 2250GPH
• Tunze Skimmer 9004 DC
  • C02 reactor (helps my with PH)
• 200w hello PTC Smart Heater
• Using "RedSea Coral pro Salt"
• Top Lids Custom top
• inTank inserts x2 black
• Backup Heater - Eheim Heater E150

Only issues I have is my PH still dipping down to 7.5 from 7.9. I am getting to stay right now to 7.89 - 8.07

Pictures soon.

 

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[WirelessMike]

Hello All,
I'm from NC , recently move to a newer home with my freshwater tank (65gal). Restarted it to be saltwater once we moved into our new house. Three months later (January 2022) after getting fish (clown fish) the bottom of the 65 gal bottom seals failed. 35 gals was on the hardwood floor in my office (yes had to redo my floors). I moved the fish to a 15gal Rubbermaid plastic container and started over again with 50.3 AIO Waterbox. (six weeks later) Fish did survive...

Just starting to getting coral.

Current setup:

• 50.3 AIO Waterbox + stand
• Apex system adv.
• Apex ATO w\5Gallon Trigger system tank
• Apex Wav
• Apex Sky light
• Apex Dose x1
• Since Syncra SDC 3.0
• Since wav DC 2250GPH
• Tunze Skimmer 9004 DC
  • C02 reactor (helps my with PH)
• 200w hello PTC Smart Heater
• Using "RedSea Coral pro Salt"
• Top Lids Custom top
• inTank inserts x2 black
• Backup Heater - Eheim Heater E150

Only issues I have is my PH still dipping down to 7.5 from 7.9. I am getting to stay right now to 7.89 - 8.07

Pictures soon.

Welcome to the reef! Glad to have ya!

 

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[Fish Think Pink]

Hello All,
I'm from NC , recently move to a newer home with my freshwater tank (65gal). Restarted it to be saltwater once we moved into our new house. Three months later (January 2022) after getting fish (clown fish) the bottom of the 65 gal bottom seals failed. 35 gals was on the hardwood floor in my office (yes had to redo my floors). I moved the fish to a 15gal Rubbermaid plastic container and started over again with 50.3 AIO Waterbox. (six weeks later) Fish did survive...

Just starting to getting coral.

Current setup:

• 50.3 AIO Waterbox + stand
• Apex system adv.
• Apex ATO w\5Gallon Trigger system tank
• Apex Wav
• Apex Sky light
• Apex Dose x1
• Since Syncra SDC 3.0
• Since wav DC 2250GPH
• Tunze Skimmer 9004 DC
  • C02 reactor (helps my with PH)
• 200w hello PTC Smart Heater
• Using "RedSea Coral pro Salt"
• Top Lids Custom top
• inTank inserts x2 black
• Backup Heater - Eheim Heater E150

Only issues I have is my PH still dipping down to 7.5 from 7.9. I am getting to stay right now to 7.89 - 8.07

Pictures soon.

Welcome! Glad you joined. SO GLAD your clown survived - and it sounds like you have BBA - Bounce Back Ability which is a great life skill and great for this hobby!

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 and link it to your account, they will give you build badge (look left, under my ID). You mention pictures soon, and putting them over in a new thread in Forum area for Member Tanks would be icing to your already great info above (just move/copy that over to new thread and you are on your way!)

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.

www.reef2reef.com

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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Hi. Welcome! I have a Waterbox too and I love it.

 

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