Starting my training!

[aguaman]

Soon to start first salt water tank, was told to come here for advice along the way. speak with you all in near future.

thanks,

 

[Anonymous]

welcome, Mr. man.

 

[Expos Forever]

Bienvenito Agua!

I don't know if you're aware or not but you have a very good message board close to you.

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1

LOTS of local Vancouver reefers, so many that I am quite jealous.... They have frag swap meetings,etc... It's not as active as this one but they seem to be a helpful bunch. You are also fortunate that J&L Aquatics is close to you: good advice and nice livestock.

Just in case you weren't aware.

 

[liquid]

Welcome to reefs.org Aquaman.

To start you off in the right direction, I'd like to point out a number of features this website has to educate the new and veteran marine hobbyist:

* Our online magazine: Advanced Aquarist: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/
* Our distance learning courses taught over the internet: Marine Aquarist Courses Online (MACO): http://www.reefs.org/maco
* Interested in chatting with other marine hobbyists in real time? Connect to the #reefs chat channel on X-Net IRC: http://www.reefs.org/access/index.html
* Articles in our library: http://www.reefs.org/library/subject.html (229 articles total)
* Past live talks that we have had on #reefs by many noted authors: http://www.reefs.org/library/talk.html
* Our detailed Hitchhiker FAQ to help you ID stuff that hitchhikes in on your new liverock: http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/index.html
* A detailed beginner's FAQ: http://www.reefs.org/library/newbieguide.htm
* A detailed reading list for various subjects: http://www.reefs.org/library/reading/
* Downloads that members can utilize: http://www.reefs.org/library/downloads/index.html
* An article index from Aquarium Frontiers ( http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_f ... index.html ) and Aquarium.Net ( http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/ )
* A very in-depth pump database which includes an Excel spreadsheet for calculating head loss with various pumps and a link to an article in our Advanced Aquarist online magazine: http://reefs.org/library/pumps/
* Editorials written by various authors: http://www.reefs.org/editorial/index.html
* Looking for a reefkeeping society in your area? Check out our societies page: http://www.reefs.org/society/
* Also, we periodically hold contests that our members can enter: http://www.reefs.org/contest.html
* We also provide various surveys for our members to take: http://reefs.org/GBSurvey/
* Also, periodically check out our calendar of events: http://www.reefs.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.pl
* We also have a links page which can direct you to more information on reefkeeping: http://www.reefs.org/links/index.html
* Please take a moment to subscribe to our newsletter: http://www.reefs.org/news.html Subscribing to our newsletter will keep you abreast of new items that we add to the website, future speakers for our chat channel #reefs, etc.
* And last but not least, please support our sponsors: http://www.reefs.org/sponsor.html They help to bring you, the marine hobbyist, this valuable resource. When ordering items, please let them know that reefs.org sent you.
* These are the people that are helping to maintain this website: http://www.reefs.org/operators.html

Whew!

Well I hope this helps. We look forward to your participation in our website!

Shane
Admin, reefs.org

 

[Expos Forever]

Excellent post Liquid!

It pointed out some features I was unaware of. I would have only added a reminder about the search function. I think this info would definetly be a worthwhile sticky.

 

[Anonymous]

Welcome.........another good place is Reefcentral.com. They have a Forum just for newbies in the hobby that is excellent......another place is Reefcorner.com ........Have Fun!