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Hey Guys!

I'm super excited to join R2R! I'm located in good ol' humid Georgia, and I've been in the freshwater hobby for about 6 years, but I recently dove into saltwater due to my new job, and I'm astounded by how much fun it is.

Tanks I have:
-20 Gallon Nano Reef (Very young tank)
-300 Gallon New World Cichlid tank (4 years old)
-5.5 Betta Tank
-2.5 Betta Tank

I've halted expanding any further because I'm moving in a little over a year, and will have a proper fish room in our new home, so naturally the more tanks I add, the more tanks I have to move! I'm very seriously considering using the opportunity of an empty tank to turn my 300 into a reef tank, but I'm still unsure. I look forward to meeting you all!
 

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Here's my 300 Gallon :)
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My favorite inhabitant is my Synspilium male going on 15"

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As for my nano, I only have two inhabitants at the moment minus clean up crew. A Frostbite Bullet Hole Clownfish and my frogspawn coral. I just re-scaped this afternoon so the frogspawn isn't happy with me :')

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This is the best picture I can get of my clown atm. My phone decided to take a dirt nap, so I'm using a super old year old Samsung Lite. :)

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My 300 is actually set up for saltwater, equipment and lighting wise, just in case I wanted to switch over one day. Make-A-Wish teamed up with Sea Atlanta for the build and install on the tank and surprised me with it in 2014. All it's missing is a skimmer and live rock. It's running the largest MRC Biosump underneath, with dual filter socks, river rock, carbon reactor, Cobalt Neotherm heater, a refugium in the middle, and UV Sterilizer. Tank is 6' x 3' x 3' built with 1-1/4" Acrylic. Substrate is 300lbs of Carib Sea Arag-alive sand mixed with Carib Sea Tahitian Moon Sand, though obviously it is no longer considered "alive." I had 300 lbs of Texas Holey Rock in there before I switched to the big fishies after velvet on a new arrival wiped out my tank ( :( ) but I removed it because it was causing problems with them running into it, splitting fins, etc.
 

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Here's my 300 Gallon :)
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My favorite inhabitant is my Synspilium male going on 15"

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As for my nano, I only have two inhabitants at the moment minus clean up crew. A Frostbite Bullet Hole Clownfish and my frogspawn coral. I just re-scaped this afternoon so the frogspawn isn't happy with me :')

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This is the best picture I can get of my clown atm. My phone decided to take a dirt nap, so I'm using a super old year old Samsung Lite. :)

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