Just starting out!

MolaMola · 2025-01-10T00:19:25-0500

Hi everyone! Excited to be a part of this community. I'm a total newbie to the hobby and am planning to create a reef tank in a 20 gallon long. I'm just about finished with the initial research/budgeting stage and feeling ready to get things moving. Figured I should quit lurking and make an account; I'm sure I'll have lots of questions soon!

revhtree · 2025-01-10T00:19:25-0500

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

Waters · 2025-01-10T07:16:58-0500

Welcome

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Peace River · 2025-01-10T07:17:11-0500

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!!

rasthavis · 2025-01-10T07:35:11-0500

MolaMola said:
Hi everyone! Excited to be a part of this community. I'm a total newbie to the hobby and am planning to create a reef tank in a 20 gallon long. I'm just about finished with the initial research/budgeting stage and feeling ready to get things moving. Figured I should quit lurking and make an account; I'm sure I'll have lots of questions soon!

Welcome. I am in Chapel Hill, NC and my tank is a Florida grass flats tank. Only organisms from Florida and the Caribbean.
I have lots of macro algae, a gorgonian, a Royal Gramma and 3 chalk basslets. and some feather duster worms.
In the 2 years I have had a marine tank I have learned that having a good population of pods - amphipods and copepods - may help avoid the scourge of slime algae. I would suggest making this a priority after cycling the tank.

phillyb614 · 2025-01-10T07:38:23-0500

vetteguy53081 · 2025-01-10T07:46:05-0500

Gman83 · 2025-01-10T07:58:19-0500

Welcome!

zheka757 · 2025-01-10T08:01:13-0500

Welcome to R2R!

Crabs McJones · 2025-01-10T08:03:23-0500

Welcome to R2R!

Shawn H! · 2025-01-10T08:32:48-0500

MolaMola said:
Hi everyone! Excited to be a part of this community. I'm a total newbie to the hobby and am planning to create a reef tank in a 20 gallon long. I'm just about finished with the initial research/budgeting stage and feeling ready to get things moving. Figured I should quit lurking and make an account; I'm sure I'll have lots of questions soon!

Welcome and good luck!!