Help me start my tank the right way!

[wisnia99]

Hi all,
Im getting back in the hobby after 15 years and want to start the right way!
I live in Elburn area and I'm looking to add some established LR to my new tank that only has dry rock. (for seeding purposes)
I will bring you piece of dry rock for replacement or can pay. (I'm looking for healthy LR no pests or algae)

Thanks!
Mike.

 

[Lord_Mort]

Hi all,
Im getting back in the hobby after 15 years and want to start the right way!
I live in Elburn area and I'm looking to add some established LR to my new tank that only has dry rock. (for seeding purposes)
I will bring you piece of dry rock for replacement or can pay. (I'm looking for healthy LR no pests or algae)

Thanks!
Mike.

Hi Mike,
Welcome back! I may not be able to help you with your LR request but I can make a couple of good suggestions. Like you, I recently got back in the hobby. Not only did I forget a lot of stuff but things have changed a bit as well.
The biggest piece of advice that I can give (that I wish I had followed myself when I got back in the hobby) is get yourself some copepods and phytoplankton! This ounce of prevention will save you from a whole range of headaches.
There's actually a guy here on Reef2Reef that sells quality stuff for less than name brand stores like Algae Barn, etc.
Send a PM to @Eldredge. I recently bought some from him and I am super happy!

Also, there is a meet coming up soon... let me find the flyer.

 

[Lord_Mort]

Here ya go...

what the heck is going on with CMAS?

The website doesn't work. The facebook page is empty and/or dead. This forum barely has any posts in it. Is the local reefing community in the 3rd largest municipality in the entire United States really that dead? Can I take over hosting the website and forums or something? I am devops by...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Lord_Mort]

After thinking about your request some more, may I suggest that you watch this series. It's lengthy but it goes WAY beyond the nitrogen cycle and talks about the best way to start a new SW tank...
The first video is an hour long and is more of a summary of the experiment. Not really necessary to watch. Fell free to skip that and start on EP 1. FWIW, I watched all of these (even the hour long summary) and I highly recommend it.

For some reason, this link is not working as intended. To get to the playlist, first expand the video to the youtube page, then scroll down and click the following link from the comments...

 

[wisnia99]

Here ya go...

what the heck is going on with CMAS?

The website doesn't work. The facebook page is empty and/or dead. This forum barely has any posts in it. Is the local reefing community in the 3rd largest municipality in the entire United States really that dead? Can I take over hosting the website and forums or something? I am devops by...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks!