Calling all Wisco Reefers

[XFeathersx]

Hi all,
I'm a 8 month old reefer after doing freshwater for 8 years and I'm loving every aspect of it. I'm an electrical engineer designing solar farms across the country and with the pandemic I can work from home and stare at my tank every 15 minutes lol. Started culturing phytoplankton for my 32g Biocube and things are going great. I did a lot of research via BRStv and Tidal Gardens' youtube channels. In the basement I've got a 50g quarantine tank I garbaged picked that's just growing macroalgae now so might do something with that if we have to quarantine another 6 months lol. Once my corals take off I'd definitely be open to trades and such. I'm unfortunately partial to blastomussa coral :)

Definitelyyy foresee an upgrade in the next year or so! But yeah, looking forward to connecting with locals.

 

[JayRozzer]

Hi all,
I'm a 8 month old reefer after doing freshwater for 8 years and I'm loving every aspect of it. I'm an electrical engineer designing solar farms across the country and with the pandemic I can work from home and stare at my tank every 15 minutes lol. Started culturing phytoplankton for my 32g Biocube and things are going great. I did a lot of research via BRStv and Tidal Gardens' youtube channels. In the basement I've got a 50g quarantine tank I garbaged picked that's just growing macroalgae now so might do something with that if we have to quarantine another 6 months lol. Once my corals take off I'd definitely be open to trades and such. I'm unfortunately partial to blastomussa coral :)

Definitelyyy foresee an upgrade in the next year or so! But yeah, looking forward to connecting with locals.

Welcome to the group.

 

[Aframereef]

Hello I'm a bit south of La Crosse looking for other reefers in the area. I have a 20 year old clown fish and a thing for big clams.

 

[Weasel1960]

Hello I'm a bit south of La Crosse looking for other reefers in the area. I have a 20 year old clown fish and a thing for big clams.

Greetings. We are fairly new as you can tell. @WIReefer (Alex) started us up a few months ago but is currently in the process of selling/buying a house. I know once he gets settled he is looking at things taking off a little more. Tell us a little about yourself and your tank(s).

 

[Aframereef]

Greetings. We are fairly new as you can tell. @WIReefer (Alex) started us up a few months ago but is currently in the process of selling/buying a house. I know once he gets settled he is looking at things taking off a little more. Tell us a little about yourself and your tank(s).

I currently have a 125G tank. Been on the low down the last few years due to moves. I have a 800G tank i started to rebuild last summer but ran into issues with a few weeks ago and will most likely wait for next summer to get it going. Its a plywood tank and my primer paint is not sticking to the wood very well. Currently trying to get my aiptasia under control using berghia nudibranchs. Just taking things slow right now.

 

[Zach B]

Hey all, my name is Zach and I live in slinger with my wife and 2 kids. I have been keeping saltwater tanks for about 16 years or so and got into reefing about 10 years ago. I am just now starting to get back into it and playing catch up with all of the advancements and vast amounts of info. Right now we run a 45g tank but plan on a 200g (160 display) next spring

 

[Weasel1960]

Hey all, my name is Zach and I live in slinger with my wife and 2 kids. I have been keeping saltwater tanks for about 16 years or so and got into reefing about 10 years ago. I am just now starting to get back into it and playing catch up with all of the advancements and vast amounts of info. Right now we run a 45g tank but plan on a 200g (160 display) next spring

Hi Zach and welcome to the 608s.

 

[WIReefer]

Just wanted to give a little update on our home, our closing date is December 18th we will be officially moved out December 5th. Praying it goes smoothly! We have not found a home yet unfortunately this market is crazy! All livestock is sitting in a 100 gallon Rubbermaid container for about a month now fortunately I have not lost a single thing yet! More updates to come. Excited to share my new build with everyone and keep watching this local club grow, big things coming for #608Reefers shortly!

 

[Weasel1960]

Sweet. Can’t be too many things that can go wrong at this point. Half the battle almost done, now you can concentrate more on the other half. Glad to hear, the reef is doing fine. I would offer to help with some of it but don’t think they would do very well in card board cutouts...LOL

 

[JayRozzer]

Just wanted to give a little update on our home, our closing date is December 18th we will be officially moved out December 5th. Praying it goes smoothly! We have not found a home yet unfortunately this market is crazy! All livestock is sitting in a 100 gallon Rubbermaid container for about a month now fortunately I have not lost a single thing yet! More updates to come. Excited to share my new build with everyone and keep watching this local club grow, big things coming for #608Reefers shortly!

Fingers crossed on the house hunt. My first tank inhabitants will be going in December 2nd.

 

[Weasel1960]

Fingers crossed on the house hunt. My first tank inhabitants will be going in December 2nd.

Wooohooo. Keep us posted, what are you getting to start the party?

 

[JayRozzer]

Wooohooo. Keep us posted, what are you getting to start the party?

Will do! If I can find some spare time I’ll start a build thread. Starting out with a couple clownfish a purple dotty (wife’s choice) and a small yellow eye kole.

 

[WIReefer]

Fingers crossed on the house hunt. My first tank inhabitants will be going in December 2nd.

Thank you! Would love to see some pictures!

 

[cwerner]

Hi everyone,

New member of the 608 Reefers checking in. My name is CJ and I live in the Beaver Dam area and work in IT/Support in Hartford. I'm a new reefer and have setup my first tank. A 75 gallon Marineland that I drilled and plumbed myself. I just got new LED light fixtures for it. I'm at the tail end of the 'Ugly phase' hopefully, and just introduced some softies a couple weeks ago. I plan on a mixed reef with hopefully some low light SPS in the upper portions of the reef if my new lights provide enough PAR.

Here's my fish list:
2x Oscellaris Clows (Marlin and Nemo of course)
1x FireFish Goby (Silly Gum)
1x Tomini Bristletooth Tang (Dory)
1x Orange Spotted Blenny (Crackly)
1x Azure Damselfish (Bluey)

(My 3 year old names all the fish)

Corals so far:
I got the Begineer frag pack from LiveAquaria, I have 5 frag LPS combo pack coming from WWC later this week:

1x Pom Pom Xenia
1x Kenya Tree
1x Blue Cespitularia
1x Neon PineApple Tree

 

[Zach B]

Nice setup & welcome!

 

[cwerner]

New Coral Day.

 

[WIReefer]

New Coral Day.

I’m jealous! Can’t wait to get my tank up and running!!

 

[JayRozzer]

Alright. Got my first two fish in. Picked up a pair of clowns from a guy who breeds them locally. Now I need to track down some chaeto.

 

[cwerner]

Alright. Got my first two fish in. Picked up a pair of clowns from a guy who breeds them locally. Now I need to track down some chaeto.

Was it that place in Madison called Alpha Aquaculture? I've checked out his facebook page and can't tell if they're a storefront or not. Seems like he just really likes breeding clowns lol

 

[WIReefer]

Alright. Got my first two fish in. Picked up a pair of clowns from a guy who breeds them locally. Now I need to track down some chaeto.

Nice set of clowns! I will have some Chaeto shortly I could drop of some time!