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  1. sampster5000

    sampster5000 Plankton

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    Hi everyone. My name is Sam. I have been into freshwater planted aquariums and south american cichlids for a long time now. I work at a LFS here in San Antonio which takes up a lot of my time. I could not have found a more perfect job to have while I attend college. I have been setting up my saltwater tank for over a year but finally got it running with water a month ago. Yesterday I added my first tank inhabitants and am very excited. I'll be spending a lot of time on this forum reading and learning.

    I have had countless freshwater tanks, mainly planted, but have one saltwater. Its a 46 gallon bowfront. I currently have 30lbs live rock and 40lbs live sand. I currently have inverts that I added in last night. 10 red leg hermit crabs, 5 nasarrius snails, 3 turbo snails, 1 emerald crab and 1 purple lobster. I'm filtering with an eheim 2213 and am getting a custom hang on back refugium made. I am going to see how the inverts do for a few weeks then am looking to add a sea star.

    The big reason I wanted to start saltwater was the idea of tons of coral. I plan to just do soft corals. I am still trying to decide on fish. I REALLY want to try leaf fish and anglers but am not sure yet as I love inverts. I have a load of freshwater shrimp and inverts and like seeing the similarities and differences in saltwater.

    So thats where I'm at! Any comments will help :) I've done a lot of research but still a noob here.
     
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  2. Jgut3

    Jgut3 Fire Worm

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    Welcome to the saltwater side of things. You'll get the bu when you get into corals. Soft will turn into lps and lps will turn into sps. One tip i can give you is dont buy cheap stuff if u plan to reef. You will pay for it in the long run. Good luck and post pics soon.
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Welcome to 3reef Sam.
     
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  4. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    Welcome to 3reef!
     
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  5. dellyjoe

    dellyjoe Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    welcome to 3reef sam so do you have a 40g tank?

    what size tank do you have?
    do you have any pics you can share?
     
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    Welcome to 3reef
     
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  7. mike007

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    Welcome to 3Reef!
     
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  8. VooDoo

    VooDoo Fire Shrimp

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    Welcome to 3reef! I am also working a a 46 bowfront right now and soon a 100g. I cant wait to see pics :)
     
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  9. homegrowncorals

    homegrowncorals Ribbon Eel

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    Hello and welcome to 3reef
     
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    Ohsogrumpy Astrea Snail

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