New to OVAS and to the Marine life

[Rox]

Hey everyone!  Well glad to see such a good site based in the Ottawa Valley! 

I am fairly new to the Saltwater hobby (6 months) and have just recently upgraded from 25g saltwater FOWLR to a 46 gallon bow setup (I believe it's 46 gallons -- aquarium and stand was given to me, but saw one just like it at Walmart).  My new setup will hopefully become more a reef tank than FOWLR.  I have just purchased T5 lighting and will be looking into some corals for beginners.

Like many, I made some mistakes along the way....with the one that I surely learned from is not having a quarantine tank (had a nice sixline wrasse and added 2 clowns 2 months later -- clowns were not well and so everyone in the tank died)! 

Can anyone tell me where is the best place to get LR in the area (not too pricy)?

[charlie]

Hi Rox, welcome to this wonderful community  , i`m not a salty but there are a couple of folks on this site , that good deals can be had ( live rock etc.) redbelly & ray are 2 that readily comes to mind.
Regards
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[beowulf]

Welcome, sounds cool.  I only have a small 8.8G nano reef but marine is cool and the people on the marine board here are a great source of information.

[sniggir]

great to have ya aboard! Redbelly, Az, Ray all carry SW gear at great prices Redbelly is great guy to talk to about aquascaping, and can give ya hints on how to go the DIY route so you can save some money lighting and such.

[yellowtang]

welcome to the club ...Buddy.this place is amazing for questions and anwsers.
if in doubt,don't be shy.....and ask away.
we have all started somewhere.
WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME.

[Ellypho]

46 gallon bow setup (I believe it's 46 gallons -- aquarium and stand was given to me, but saw one just like it at Walmart). 

My favorite way to check especially with an odly shaped tank is to first weight the tank and then fill it with water.
Now that you have the weight of the water contained you look at the scale to see how many Kilograms it is. One kilograme of water is one litre. Now if you prefer imperial im more of a metric person myself you just divide the pounds by ten so the water in your tank is about 460 poundsi think im not 100% certain about imperialbut you can always convert your litres into gallons on the web there are many site that let you do it just google it

[dan2x38]

Nice to meet you ROX! I am a FW guy no salt in my blood yet...  Have learned a lot here and know I will learn much more...  A lot of knowledgeable ppl here both FW & SW.