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This post History,
Price tally
Frags galore
Vacation strikes
Working Travel and reef tank is hard
Background / Introduction
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Hello some background on me first I guess, long time lurker of various reef forums, first time posting on one. Going to use this thread to introduce myself first and then the build . I first started a fowlr tank 3 or 4 years ago, I knew I was gonna be moving a couple more times in the years to come, so didn't wanna dive in to corals yet really. Only coral I currently have is a Toadstool I've kept alive for the past year. Fairly successful keeping fish so far.
My first set up before any of the "ugly" phases of cycling. The two clownfish are still around today. Unfortunately I lost the chromis about 6 months ago who was my very first SWF.
I got really into the idea of trying to breed clownfish, and picked up an adult pair of black clownfish that where trade ins at my LFS. By the time they actually laid eggs 6+ months later I only had time to try and raise a few batches that would have time to grow big enough to sell or move with me. I came really close and learned ALOT about saltwater fish in general but none ever made it. When I moved the only way I could make it work was to move the fish in with my brother and drive back down to load up a U-Haul and clean out my rented place. That left a gap of 2 weeks the fish would be in my brothers care. He keeps a large cichlid tank, but no marine experience. 3 out of 4 fish from the main tank survived, but the black clowns tank went through a bacteria bloom that was fatal.
"Black Coral and Marlin"
Bubble Babies
Lost this guy right at the start of Meta
In the 18(?) months living back in WV I've mostly kept it simple (being in a LFS desert didn't help), picked up a single toadstool and a pair of bangaiis from live aquaria. Unfortunately one of the Bangai's died within a couple of days. I blame fedex for keeping the livestock in the truck for like 8 hours. Shoutout to live aquaria though they gave me a credit big enough to cover the entire purchase price, and shipping for a new pair.
That turned out a bit lengthy, got a little caught up in the past.
This post History,
Price tally
Frags galore
Vacation strikes
Working Travel and reef tank is hard
Background / Introduction
Skip to the next post for the build
Hello some background on me first I guess, long time lurker of various reef forums, first time posting on one. Going to use this thread to introduce myself first and then the build . I first started a fowlr tank 3 or 4 years ago, I knew I was gonna be moving a couple more times in the years to come, so didn't wanna dive in to corals yet really. Only coral I currently have is a Toadstool I've kept alive for the past year. Fairly successful keeping fish so far.
My first set up before any of the "ugly" phases of cycling. The two clownfish are still around today. Unfortunately I lost the chromis about 6 months ago who was my very first SWF.
I got really into the idea of trying to breed clownfish, and picked up an adult pair of black clownfish that where trade ins at my LFS. By the time they actually laid eggs 6+ months later I only had time to try and raise a few batches that would have time to grow big enough to sell or move with me. I came really close and learned ALOT about saltwater fish in general but none ever made it. When I moved the only way I could make it work was to move the fish in with my brother and drive back down to load up a U-Haul and clean out my rented place. That left a gap of 2 weeks the fish would be in my brothers care. He keeps a large cichlid tank, but no marine experience. 3 out of 4 fish from the main tank survived, but the black clowns tank went through a bacteria bloom that was fatal.
"Black Coral and Marlin"
Bubble Babies
Lost this guy right at the start of Meta
In the 18(?) months living back in WV I've mostly kept it simple (being in a LFS desert didn't help), picked up a single toadstool and a pair of bangaiis from live aquaria. Unfortunately one of the Bangai's died within a couple of days. I blame fedex for keeping the livestock in the truck for like 8 hours. Shoutout to live aquaria though they gave me a credit big enough to cover the entire purchase price, and shipping for a new pair.
That turned out a bit lengthy, got a little caught up in the past.
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