Hi my name is Gered.  I am attending Kirkwood at the moment and had a 12g Nano-Cube DX pretty much  thrust into my lap about a month and a half ago.  I had a friend shipping out overseas and new I kept fish so said a hundred dollars take it all.  So I got the tank itself with the matching stand, some live rock, live sand, a false clown, 2 damsels, scooter blenny and a number of small hermit crabs plus a few other random supplies.  I have never kept a SW tank before but have done some looking into it over the years.  The tank was either not cycled or it started cycling again after I set it back up so I was sure I would lose some fishing but actually didnt lose anything except 2 snails.  The tank is looking good now and seems to be cycled.  Oh yes and I upgraded the return pump to a 1200 which sounds like a common upgrade and also put a in a koralia nano in the tank for some more movement

If you have any helpful advice please share!  Also if anyone has some frags of beginner corals let me know.  I am ready to start making it look even better.  Thanks!

Hey, welcome to GIRS!

This club is a great place to come for answers. I've been in the hobby for a few years now and I still learn stuff from members of this club all of the tiem.

If you want to try out some easy "Softies" let me know and I can hook you up with some basic stuff like GSP, Xenia and Kenya Trees. I'm located in Marion.

-JB

Hey welcome,

I hope you enjoy your first tank, it is usually addictive.

Welcome to the club and saltwater :) It's very addicting, but my advice is to take it slow, research and ask questions before a purchase and you'll save yourself a few headaches down the road.

Welcome to the GIRS.  This club is really help for info and if you do want to add anything to your tank or upgrade, this is a good place to start.

Welcome to GIRS!

Welcome, hope you can join us for the Cedar Rapids tank tour the 19th of this month.  More info here.

Welcome Burky, The fall fest is just around the corner, should find some awesome frags to put in there!!