At the recommendation of Momma (Hi Laura!) I've found the forum and joined. I'm so excited to find a group of 'local' folks that are just as excited about saltwater aquatics as I am. I'm not quite in Austin, about an hour and a half north actually but I'm in Austin all the time. Closest big city, I live real rural.
I am very new to having a saltwater aquarium. I've had freshwater for years (have 3 tanks running right now a variety of community fish, gouramis and angels) but literally stumbled into a deal on an established saltwater tank that I just couldn't refuse. I had a week and a half to prepare myself before moving my new tank home. Now I'm learning as I go and aside from putting a LOT of crushed coral down as a substrate (advice from the tanks previous owner) I haven't made any other catastrophic mistakes and I haven't killed anything (knocking on wood).
I have a 125g primarily FOWLR tank with a community of mature predatory fish: 2 Sgt. Majors, 4 Orbicular Cardinals, an unidentified damsel (maybe a blue sapphire?) and an 18" long snowflake eel. Since these fish came with the tank I figured I'd leave them in there during my 'break in' period. As soon as I feel like I have half a clue as to what I'm doing I want to switch to reef friendly community fish.
Thanks to Laura I have a beautiful little green ricordea (which is doing great!), I also have a cluster of red mushrooms. I hope to increase the 'reef' aspect of my tank very soon here! I'm also looking forward to adding a large variety of inverts.
Newbie from far North
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Hi Y'all,
At the recommendation of Momma (Hi Laura!) I've found the forum and joined. I'm so excited to find a group of 'local' folks that are just as excited about saltwater aquatics as I am. I'm not quite in Austin, about an hour and a half north actually but I'm in Austin all the time. Closest big city, I live real rural.
I am very new to having a saltwater aquarium. I've had freshwater for years (have 3 tanks running right now a variety of community fish, gouramis and angels) but literally stumbled into a deal on an established saltwater tank that I just couldn't refuse. I had a week and a half to prepare myself before moving my new tank home. Now I'm learning as I go and aside from putting a LOT of crushed coral down as a substrate (advice from the tanks previous owner) I haven't made any other catastrophic mistakes and I haven't killed anything (knocking on wood).
I have a 125g primarily FOWLR tank with a community of mature predatory fish: 2 Sgt. Majors, 4 Orbicular Cardinals, an unidentified damsel (maybe a blue sapphire?) and an 18" long snowflake eel. Since these fish came with the tank I figured I'd leave them in there during my 'break in' period. As soon as I feel like I have half a clue as to what I'm doing I want to switch to reef friendly community fish.
Thanks to Laura I have a beautiful little green ricordea (which is doing great!), I also have a cluster of red mushrooms. I hope to increase the 'reef' aspect of my tank very soon here! I'm also looking forward to adding a large variety of inverts.
And so the addiction begins.
Liz