Hello from TN

Greetings all.....
I ran freshwater for over 20 yrs. and decide when my 72 bow broke and couldn't find the parts to repair it too venture into the saltwater community. I purchased a used 125 gallon Oceanic Reef Tank and I also saved the live rock that cam with the tank. I saved enought water from the original setup to keep the rocks alive in totes with power heads until it was time to add them to the tank again. I am reading and learning on about 4 reef forums including this one. I purchased a Eshopps 150 Wet/Dry Filter and 4 stage RO/DI filter and filled the tank ( Can't wait for the wife to see the water bill for that month ....LOL ). My salinty is 1.024, currently added rocks to tank to begin the cycling. I have 2 36" AqauticLife T5 Fixtures but will add 2 more later on when I decide to start learning corals. So that's where I am now after about 3 months. Look forward to learning and reading from everyone here. Here are a couple pics of what I am working on.....

 

Hi, and welcome to 3reef Brad.

 

Sounds like your off to a great start .Looks great and thats a great size tank to start with!
Any ideas on what fish you want..With a 125 you have a lot of options.At 3 months of running empty and cured rock i'd say your ready for some fish

 

3 months since I purchased the tank....spent a couple weeks buffing small scratches out of glass ( some of the bigger ones wouldn't come out ).It has only been running with the rocks for about 4 days. Working a lot of overtime and working a house we bought to remodel and rent. I pretty much don't have any free or fun time. But this is one thing that does relax me. I am starting out small since I have never tried salt water before 2-3 Tangs, 2-3 Damsels, and 2-3 Clowns probably just to get me running and can figure out my water parameters adding a couple fish every 3-4 weeks to see how they do.

 

And thanks for the welcome Corailline and FeedYourMachine

 

Referring to your stocking list, check out the site below if you have not. You get some generalizations on husbandry and min tank size.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15 43 345&pcatid=345

The nice thing about this hobby is you can take as long as your like stocking and the build and prep is relaxing.

 

LA/DD is hands down the best place to get your fish IMO..
I won't dare get fish from any other place anymore ..DD(Divers Den) has a great QT and treatment process before even selling the fish or coral..Watch the vids they have up of tours of the facility ,very interesting and cool stuff.

 

welcome to the forum and salt side of the hobby! looks like you did a great clean up job on the tank and rock.

 

Welcome Brad. Great rock work.

 

Thank you Billme I am not completely happy with it, I will probably buy a few more and re-construct it with a little larger openings.