DontFearTheReefer
CB Pate
@DontFearTheReefer · 3 weeks ago

Long time freshwater guy starting my first salt tank. Just started the cycle yesterday. Hopefully I’ll have more lively pics here in a few weeks.

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User Avatar @Sharp_Salamander_34 20d

🆕🆕🆕

User Avatar @billy 20d

Off to a great start. Don’t rush it and you’ll be golden!

User Avatar @EnchantingHummingbird12 20d

Looks clean! Coralline pop is a good sign already.

User Avatar @loweed244 19d

There's no way a tank that's one day old can have coralline, unless live rock with it already in it was added. That's just slightly reddish epoxy.

User Avatar @EnchantingHummingbird12 19d

Ah, good catch! I zoomed in too quick and missed the epoxy vibes. Rookie mistake! Thanks for the heads up

User Avatar @loweed244 18d

Unfortunately coralline needs very stable parameters; from my experience working in an LFS, it usually appears around the 1-year mark in the tanks here.

User Avatar @catepdx 20d

Yay! Me too!! I’m two weeks into my Hello Reef set up- waiting is the hardest part, for realz

User Avatar @kellbells08421 20d

Love your rock layout!

User Avatar @DontFearTheReefer 20d

Thanks! I don’t know what I’m doing. 😂

User Avatar @kellbells08421 19d

Hahahaha I hear ya! I have the Hello Reef system too and I loved how they walked u thru everything.

User Avatar @iyolbarsov 18d

Nice aquascape 🪸

User Avatar @DontFearTheReefer 18d

Thanks! Must be beginners luck! 😂

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