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Welcome, I just found this group recently also and agree it is great to connect and learn from others with the same disease ;-)

I am just past the 50% point of my new tank cycle and am considering what lights to purchase when I open shop for my new reef tank. Its a 50 gal. that is 48" long, 19" deep and 13" wide. I was going to lay out the $1,200 for two Kessil 360x but saw the Current IC Pro dual LED fixure for less...

Great, I'm in Santa Clara so not too bad of a drive. I'm out this weekend but maybe next week I can swing up your way. I will DM you when my schedule is clear.

That would be amazing! Where are you located to see when/if I could pick up one or two... whatever you have available.

I actually did literally just become a supporting member (before I saw this). That is really cool of you to offer. I will hit you up in 47 days (not that I'm keeping track or anything) when my tank is done cycling and I have my lights on and ready to receive my first corals.

OK, makes sense. Since I've never done corals before, I was going to start out with some easier, relatively inexpensive ones to see how I do: - Pinwheel Plate Coral (Fungiidae) - Caulastrea candy cane coral (Faviidae) - Pom pom xenia (Xeniidae) - Palauan Zoa (Paraxoanthidae) What do you think...

Yep, I'm already proud of myself for waiting this long to buy and turn on lights on the tank. REALLY trying to avoid an algae bloom right off the bat.

I will test my calcium and general hardness (water, that is ;-)) to see where I'm at.

OK, good thoughts. I'm just eager to try out all this new stuff to make sure it works before I introduce light/corals but you make a good point. Thanks.

Hmmm... trace elements should be good (I think but I'm a newb.) since this is new water and nothing in the tank is consuming trace elements yet but could be low nutrients. Any idea what a good level would be for Nit/Phos to sustain cheato?

Phos was effectively non-detect last I checked a few weeks ago and Nitrate trending b/w 20-40ppm.

Thanks Mike, excited to be here!

Hey all - Just joined BAR Forum (BARF?) and am really excited to learn form all of your hundreds of years of collective knowledge and hopefully contribute something of my own some day. A brief history... I have been up and down with a little 30 gal salt tank for over 10 years. A friend gave it...