Introduce yourself! - Page 2

coralreefer · 03/03/2010, 10:11 PM

Hey buddy!
What Jason said.

eta PAGE 2...Paul will understand

coralreefer · 03/03/2010, 10:16 PM

Hey Adam I missed your post glad to see you around again too.

bcgirl304 · 05/24/2010, 07:52 PM

Hey guys I have not dont the SW tank yet came on here to get ideas for one I am wanting to start my 55G into a SW tank thought I would come on here and read and get some help with it. I am SW tank dumb as to speak I know nothing about the equipment what I need Etc. And hopefully I can find someone selling what they dont need or use that i can buy to help start my new project!!

carb850 · 05/24/2010, 10:02 PM

Welcome!

If you found ReefCentral for research then you already started off on the right foot. You can access an amazing amount of data here and usually no shortage of suggestions.

I purchased a good portion of my tank second hand from this board which saved me a bundle. I would recommend doing your research (sound like you already started), ask questions, read, and get a plan of what you want you to keep. This will help you find the equipment you need and hopefully only have to buy it once.

zeroeffect · 05/25/2010, 01:01 AM

Chris
Winfield wv
125Gal tank
Will be doing Soft Coral and fish in our tank.

carb850 · 05/26/2010, 09:12 PM

Welcome to the group.

GXPKY · 11/22/2010, 11:18 PM

I live in Berea, KY. Am new to saltwater but have a pretty decent setup so far. 90 gallon, 30 gallon sump, t5 lighting, yada yada...20+ corals so far. Hope to maybe do some trading around eventually!

jmccown · 11/23/2010, 06:19 AM

welcome.

carb850 · 11/23/2010, 11:16 PM

Welcome GXPKY!

We like photo's, thanks for posting.

cdeboard · 12/06/2010, 04:51 PM

Chris DeBoard, many of you I know from another club or two LOL.
Grayson,KY
2 years in
Current tank: 90g softies

Amy your from Ashland? I was hoping to find some other people who are remotely close.

coralreefer · 12/07/2010, 02:04 PM

Hi Chris
Yep Ashland here.

J-Burns · 06/30/2011, 06:54 PM

Hi guys I have a 29 with a rose anemone a couple of polyps and 2 clowns. In and out over several years, from Charleston

civic_racer93 · 10/29/2011, 04:00 PM

Name: Zach
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Saltwater experience: 3 years
Tank Size: 29 Gallon
Tank Type: Just starting to get some corals (finally)

kypatriot · 06/05/2012, 06:29 PM

Anybody here from Southeast KY or nearby? I'm currently in Lexington and moving to Hazard.

My current tank is a 135g display (260g total tank volume including basement sump and frag tank), and a 29g (49g total including sump). I will be breaking these tanks down and upgrading to something bigger. I was looking at around 300g, but I need to find one I like.

My basement sump is open to air, and has been there 4 years. The salt spray has rusted everything metal in my basement, and frankly my wife and I are sick of it. I want something completely enclosed and it has to be quiet - the noise has gotten old too.

Experience about 8 years now.

Anybody have suggestions for a good place to get a nice system in Southeast KY?

DanaC · 08/02/2012, 08:35 PM

Dana
Huntington WV
6yrs
180 reef build in progress

Nathan4Wvu · 08/03/2012, 01:11 PM

Looks like it should be fun...

To bad you're a Marshall fan!

College Fishman · 08/08/2012, 11:03 PM

i go to WVU and am filling my first 90 gallon tank as i type. im trying to meet new people who are as addicted as i am to aquariums. nathan im going to pm you

Name:Corey
Location: NOVA/WVU morgantown
Saltwater experience: 5 mins
Tank Size: 90 gal first salt tank, MANY fresh tanks
Tank Type: idk yet

Bdial · 09/09/2012, 06:50 AM

I'm Brandon.
Huntington, wv
5yrs in the hobby 1 yr in the biz
Avid reefkeeper with a 110xh sps/lps currently in grow time out and a 36 bow softy with a few softies.

Afflicted · 09/17/2012, 01:16 PM

Mark
Nitro, WV
Just bought neighbors whole set up with a few fish but have had freshwater tanks on and off for 15 years but this is my first saltwater
110 gal saltwater, but have 2 20 gal, 2 2 gal Freshwater at home and 2 gal at my office.

Couldn't pass up the deal he gave me for his whole setup for $150 eventhough I was planing on waiting till I bought another house before going saltwater big tank. Setup is a basic tank and stand with a proclean wet/dry trickle filter. Moved everything including water Saturday. Including a tomato clown, 3 stripe damsel, 2 yellow tail blue damsels

Afflicted · 09/17/2012, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afflicted

Mark
Nitro, WV
Just bought neighbors whole set up with a few fish but have had freshwater tanks on and off for 15 years but this is my first saltwater
110 gal saltwater, but have 2 20 gal, 2 2 gal Freshwater at home and 2 gal at my office.

Couldn't pass up the deal he gave me for his whole setup for $150 eventhough I was planing on waiting till I bought another house before going saltwater big tank. Setup is a basic tank and stand with a proclean wet/dry trickle filter. Moved everything including water Saturday. Including a tomato clown, 3 stripe damsel, 2 yellow tail blue damsels

Guess you can't edit your own post? Anyways here is a quick cell pic. Still working on it. He had spray painted the back of it blue which had some runs in it the a couple of bare spots where the salt creep had eaten through the paint so I scraped it all off. The stand is just the basic common pine one which I will end up staining darker or paint it black.

Lord Nemo · 11/25/2013, 10:52 AM

Name: Chris Khodadadi
Location: Huntington, WV
Saltwater experience: I've been in/out of the hobby since 2004.
Tank Size: 68 gallon Reef Ready
Tank Type: Currently empty, and piecing together hardware (power heads, return pump, protein skimmer, RO/DI unit, etc)

sunshine2382 · 02/14/2015, 06:16 PM

Name: Jackie
Location: Mason WV
Saltwater experience: Brand new
Tank Size: 75 gal
Tank Type: FOWLR,

I was really excited to see there were other marine aquarists in this area, but it looks like a few years since anyone posted info so hoping some of you are still around

I kinda fell into this hobby by being one of those impulsive people. I saw some friendly looking GSPs in a local store. I never pictured myself as a fish person but they looked so cheerful I just couldn't help myself. When i got home i learned i had really bitten off something to chew. a week later i had my 75gallon up and running so i could move them from their 10 gallon to something that would give them more room and started transitioning them from fresh to saltwater. several months later I am head over heels in love with my little puffer babies

i still can't get over the joy i feel when i turn their lights on in the morning and those little round bodies start to stir awake, sleepy and a little clumsy but they make their way to the front of the glass and give me that happy little grin

I love how they eat right out of my hands

and I appreciate the fact that they can now tell the difference between the food and my fingers because i have a feeling as they grow their teeth would have started to hurt

in the last month i have added a blenny, a tang, and two firefish (but I am going to tear down my tank and take the firefish out tonight because they are terrified of the tang that i added just this week) the tank is still a work in progress. its a fowlr and that's fine i am going to try some macro algae for the tang

and to pretty things up a bit. I have a canister filter but i have learned its not really the best so we are setting up a sump with the skimmer and all of that hopefully that will get me away from the water changes every other day

after i finish the sump and things I am planning a nano tank with clowns and within the next year to year and a half I plan to build an extra large tank. 10-12 feet long but haven't decided on height and depth yet. anyway i would really be nice to meet the rest of you if you are still active

advice is always nice and sharing pics and ideas

Mekesterson · 08/01/2016, 09:47 PM

Michael
Parkersburg WV
Just setup my first reef tank almost 2 months ago. Anyone from around here in this group??

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

Dan796 · 09/12/2016, 12:19 AM

Dan in Beckley, WV here ! I'm returning to the hobby after many years away.
Right now I have a 4 gallon pico tank, and a 16 gallon pico reef tank.
Mostly softies, and a few LPS. And a Couple of yellow tail blue Damsels.
In the process of starting a new 29 gallon nano reef soon.
I hope there are more SW hobbyists in the area.

WVfishguy · 07/11/2017, 10:24 PM

Terry Ranson - I'm back, sort of.
Huntington, WV
Saltwater experience: Beats me. Being senile, I resent this question. What year is this?
Only one salt tank, FOWLER for quarantining fish & keeping lots of live rock for customers. Can't work any more, no more customers now. Currently setting up a 90 reefer for myself now, will probably drop dead before it's finished. I'm ready to die.

Where did that Lionfish icon come from? I don't remember that! Where am I? Who are you people?

03/03/2010, 10:11 PM	#26
coralreefer No Pistons Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,297	Hey buddy! What Jason said. eta PAGE 2...Paul will understand __________________ Give me oysters and beer for dinner every day of the year and I'll be fine. Current Tank Info: 220g Oceanic reef; 30g Oceanic Cube clown/BTA Last edited by coralreefer; 03/03/2010 at 10:19 PM.

03/03/2010, 10:16 PM	#27
coralreefer No Pistons Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,297	Hey Adam I missed your post glad to see you around again too. __________________ Give me oysters and beer for dinner every day of the year and I'll be fine. Current Tank Info: 220g Oceanic reef; 30g Oceanic Cube clown/BTA

05/24/2010, 07:52 PM	#28
bcgirl304 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Boone county/ Pinch, WV Posts: 2	hey total newbieeeeeeee Hey guys I have not dont the SW tank yet came on here to get ideas for one I am wanting to start my 55G into a SW tank thought I would come on here and read and get some help with it. I am SW tank dumb as to speak I know nothing about the equipment what I need Etc. And hopefully I can find someone selling what they dont need or use that i can buy to help start my new project!!

05/25/2010, 01:01 AM	#30
zeroeffect Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winfield Wv Posts: 132	Chris Winfield wv 125Gal tank Will be doing Soft Coral and fish in our tank. __________________ RR 125G tank. 1Green Chromis, 2 Clowns, 1cleaner shrimp, 2 MP40s, Gen 3 Vertec Skimmer in-180, Nova Extream Pro T5 lighting. Current Tank Info: 125

11/23/2010, 06:19 AM	#33
jmccown Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 3,185	welcome. __________________ "When I die, my biggest fear is that my wife sells all my toys for what I TOLD HER I paid for them" Former member of the "Huge tank club" Current Tank Info: 300 Deep Dimension FOWLR

05/24/2010, 10:02 PM	#29
carb850 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 2,042	Welcome! If you found ReefCentral for research then you already started off on the right foot. You can access an amazing amount of data here and usually no shortage of suggestions. I purchased a good portion of my tank second hand from this board which saved me a bundle. I would recommend doing your research (sound like you already started), ask questions, read, and get a plan of what you want you to keep. This will help you find the equipment you need and hopefully only have to buy it once.

05/26/2010, 09:12 PM	#31
carb850 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 2,042	Welcome to the group.

11/22/2010, 11:18 PM	#32
GXPKY Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 235	I live in Berea, KY. Am new to saltwater but have a pretty decent setup so far. 90 gallon, 30 gallon sump, t5 lighting, yada yada...20+ corals so far. Hope to maybe do some trading around eventually!

11/23/2010, 11:16 PM	#34
carb850 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 2,042	Welcome GXPKY! We like photo's, thanks for posting.

12/06/2010, 04:51 PM	#35
cdeboard Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Grayson, KY Posts: 520	Chris DeBoard, many of you I know from another club or two LOL. Grayson,KY 2 years in Current tank: 90g softies Amy your from Ashland? I was hoping to find some other people who are remotely close. __________________ CVRC Current Tank Info: 90g

12/07/2010, 02:04 PM	#36
coralreefer No Pistons Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,297	Hi Chris Yep Ashland here. __________________ Give me oysters and beer for dinner every day of the year and I'll be fine. Current Tank Info: 220g Oceanic reef; 30g Oceanic Cube clown/BTA

06/30/2011, 06:54 PM	#37
J-Burns Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Charleston, WV Posts: 235	Hi guys I have a 29 with a rose anemone a couple of polyps and 2 clowns. In and out over several years, from Charleston

10/29/2011, 04:00 PM	#38
civic_racer93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 2	Name: Zach Location: Martinsburg, WV Saltwater experience: 3 years Tank Size: 29 Gallon Tank Type: Just starting to get some corals (finally)

06/05/2012, 06:29 PM	#39
kypatriot Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 425	Anybody here from Southeast KY or nearby? I'm currently in Lexington and moving to Hazard. My current tank is a 135g display (260g total tank volume including basement sump and frag tank), and a 29g (49g total including sump). I will be breaking these tanks down and upgrading to something bigger. I was looking at around 300g, but I need to find one I like. My basement sump is open to air, and has been there 4 years. The salt spray has rusted everything metal in my basement, and frankly my wife and I are sick of it. I want something completely enclosed and it has to be quiet - the noise has gotten old too. Experience about 8 years now. Anybody have suggestions for a good place to get a nice system in Southeast KY?

08/02/2012, 08:35 PM	#40
DanaC Moved On Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Huntington WV Posts: 143	Dana Huntington WV 6yrs 180 reef build in progress

08/03/2012, 01:11 PM	#41
Nathan4Wvu Do you like Phil Collins? Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Home:Charleston, West Virginia Posts: 1,574	Looks like it should be fun... To bad you're a Marshall fan! __________________ Let's Go Mountaineers! Current Tank Info: 120 gallon mixed reef

08/08/2012, 11:03 PM	#42
College Fishman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 132	i go to WVU and am filling my first 90 gallon tank as i type. im trying to meet new people who are as addicted as i am to aquariums. nathan im going to pm you Name:Corey Location: NOVA/WVU morgantown Saltwater experience: 5 mins Tank Size: 90 gal first salt tank, MANY fresh tanks Tank Type: idk yet

09/09/2012, 06:50 AM	#43
Bdial Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Huntington, wv Posts: 675	I'm Brandon. Huntington, wv 5yrs in the hobby 1 yr in the biz Avid reefkeeper with a 110xh sps/lps currently in grow time out and a 36 bow softy with a few softies. __________________ Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good. Haste makes waste. WINTER IS COMING

09/17/2012, 01:16 PM	#44
Afflicted Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 29	Mark Nitro, WV Just bought neighbors whole set up with a few fish but have had freshwater tanks on and off for 15 years but this is my first saltwater 110 gal saltwater, but have 2 20 gal, 2 2 gal Freshwater at home and 2 gal at my office. Couldn't pass up the deal he gave me for his whole setup for $150 eventhough I was planing on waiting till I bought another house before going saltwater big tank. Setup is a basic tank and stand with a proclean wet/dry trickle filter. Moved everything including water Saturday. Including a tomato clown, 3 stripe damsel, 2 yellow tail blue damsels

02/14/2015, 06:16 PM	#47
sunshine2382 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 17	Name: Jackie Location: Mason WV Saltwater experience: Brand new Tank Size: 75 gal Tank Type: FOWLR, I was really excited to see there were other marine aquarists in this area, but it looks like a few years since anyone posted info so hoping some of you are still around I kinda fell into this hobby by being one of those impulsive people. I saw some friendly looking GSPs in a local store. I never pictured myself as a fish person but they looked so cheerful I just couldn't help myself. When i got home i learned i had really bitten off something to chew. a week later i had my 75gallon up and running so i could move them from their 10 gallon to something that would give them more room and started transitioning them from fresh to saltwater. several months later I am head over heels in love with my little puffer babies i still can't get over the joy i feel when i turn their lights on in the morning and those little round bodies start to stir awake, sleepy and a little clumsy but they make their way to the front of the glass and give me that happy little grin I love how they eat right out of my hands and I appreciate the fact that they can now tell the difference between the food and my fingers because i have a feeling as they grow their teeth would have started to hurt in the last month i have added a blenny, a tang, and two firefish (but I am going to tear down my tank and take the firefish out tonight because they are terrified of the tang that i added just this week) the tank is still a work in progress. its a fowlr and that's fine i am going to try some macro algae for the tang and to pretty things up a bit. I have a canister filter but i have learned its not really the best so we are setting up a sump with the skimmer and all of that hopefully that will get me away from the water changes every other day after i finish the sump and things I am planning a nano tank with clowns and within the next year to year and a half I plan to build an extra large tank. 10-12 feet long but haven't decided on height and depth yet. anyway i would really be nice to meet the rest of you if you are still active advice is always nice and sharing pics and ideas

08/01/2016, 09:47 PM	#48
Mekesterson Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: West Virginia Posts: 107	Michael Parkersburg WV Just setup my first reef tank almost 2 months ago. Anyone from around here in this group?? Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

09/12/2016, 12:19 AM	#49
Dan796 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Appalachian mountains Posts: 5	Dan in Beckley, WV here ! I'm returning to the hobby after many years away. Right now I have a 4 gallon pico tank, and a 16 gallon pico reef tank. Mostly softies, and a few LPS. And a Couple of yellow tail blue Damsels. In the process of starting a new 29 gallon nano reef soon. I hope there are more SW hobbyists in the area.

07/11/2017, 10:24 PM	#50
WVfishguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Huntington, WV Posts: 677	Terry Ranson - I'm back, sort of. Huntington, WV Saltwater experience: Beats me. Being senile, I resent this question. What year is this? Only one salt tank, FOWLER for quarantining fish & keeping lots of live rock for customers. Can't work any more, no more customers now. Currently setting up a 90 reefer for myself now, will probably drop dead before it's finished. I'm ready to die. Where did that Lionfish icon come from? I don't remember that! Where am I? Who are you people?