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[montoya]

Hello all.

I've been reading for a few weeks and decided to join. I've been in the aquarium hobby for years. I started with a freshwater tank. Enjoyed that for years. Switched over to a saltwater fish only at one point. Had that a few years then swithced back to fresh.............

I recently had to move my aquarium (55g) and decided to take the opportunity to go back to salt again. This time I got some decent lights and decided to give a shot at reef keeping. So far so good. I've got a few small fish, a mushroom, yellow polyps, and a Galaxea. All seem to be doing well.

I'm looking forward to talking with everyone and learning. There is a lot more information available today then even 4 - 5 years ago when I last had my saltwater fish-only setup.

Hello again.

Montoya

 

[Bifferwine]

Hi Montoya! Welcome. Feel free to post any questions that you have. And we'd love to see pictures of your setup.

 

[reeffreak]

Welcome Montoya.

 

[Altohombre]

I'd love to see some pics of your tank as well. Is it setup yet?

 

[jhnrb]

welcome to the site.

 

[fishbait]

welcome to the site.

 

[yote]

Welcome to the reef.

 

[montoya]

Thanks all for the welcomes. I'll see if I can post some pictures soon. The tank is set up but only for about two months so far. As such it's not much to look at yet. I have a small "reef" with a mushroom colony, yellow polyp colony and a Galaxea all doing quite well. I have a colony of green polyps not doing well at all. They have been closed and shrinking for the past few weeks.

 

[ladypheesh]

Hi Montoya!

Just curious, what kind of lights are you using?

 

[montoya]

ladypheesh:

Hello.

I'm using a 48" USA Current Dual Satellite. It has (4) 65W power compact bulbs - 2 Actinic and 2 Daylight. It also has two built in LED moonlights. It has separate switches for each so I can setup a nice day/night cycle with my timers.

It's my first "real" light and so far I am very happy with the quality of the light produced as well as the fixture itself. It can be had on a lot of internet sites for around $ 225.00 or so complete with a full set of bulbs. The workmanship and design appear top-notch. The only negative is I didn't realize how much replacement power compact bulbs cost. It appears that even on the 'net they are around $ 30.00 each give or take.

If I had to do it over I would definitely consider USA Current brand again but might look at a T5 due to the bulb cost.

 

[LionFish]

Montoya Welcome to the reef,

here at living reefs we dont care if the pics are blurry, or just pics of a dust cloud after you just added water. Pics are Pics here We love em'

So just to prove my point I will post a pic here on your thread of ummm,.
a woman eating Cake

LOL have fun here man,

 

[Bifferwine]

Man, I love fish more than a fat kid loves cake!