Greeting R2R community!
Just a quick introduction. I have been an Aquarist in one form or another for around 20 years. It started with my love of Bettas. I eventually got to the point of breeding and selling them in my local area for a few years. During that time, around 10 years ago, I tried my first 55g FOWLR tank. That turned in to a soft coral tank (couldn't help myself). And I tried my hand at a 20g planted tank. I had to pick my family up and move to a different state for my job. Because we were moving in to a small apartment I had to lose my 55g and most of my Bettas and was left with just a 20g reef tank and a couple 3g Bettas.
Over the next few years, we moved to a new house and I picked up a 30g all-in-one and transferred over my corals. I bred Bettas again in the new state (just can't stay away). While on my daughter's Make-A-Wish trip our house lost power and my 30g crashed. Eww. I turned it to a planted Betta tank. We got our old 55g w/sump out of storage and put it together as a Cichlid tank, something my wife wanted.
Well life being what it is, here I am in the middle of separating from my wife. Since I have full control I gave away my Cichlids and have reconverted the 55g w/sump back into a mixed reef aquarium. I am about 6 months in to that aquarium. I will get all my pictures together to make a tank build thread in the near future.
For now though this is a picture today. I just came back from the Atlanta Reef Club Coral and Aquatics Expo and have a new group of corals in QT.
And yes I know I need to do some wire management back there!
Just a quick introduction. I have been an Aquarist in one form or another for around 20 years. It started with my love of Bettas. I eventually got to the point of breeding and selling them in my local area for a few years. During that time, around 10 years ago, I tried my first 55g FOWLR tank. That turned in to a soft coral tank (couldn't help myself). And I tried my hand at a 20g planted tank. I had to pick my family up and move to a different state for my job. Because we were moving in to a small apartment I had to lose my 55g and most of my Bettas and was left with just a 20g reef tank and a couple 3g Bettas.
Over the next few years, we moved to a new house and I picked up a 30g all-in-one and transferred over my corals. I bred Bettas again in the new state (just can't stay away). While on my daughter's Make-A-Wish trip our house lost power and my 30g crashed. Eww. I turned it to a planted Betta tank. We got our old 55g w/sump out of storage and put it together as a Cichlid tank, something my wife wanted.
Well life being what it is, here I am in the middle of separating from my wife. Since I have full control I gave away my Cichlids and have reconverted the 55g w/sump back into a mixed reef aquarium. I am about 6 months in to that aquarium. I will get all my pictures together to make a tank build thread in the near future.
For now though this is a picture today. I just came back from the Atlanta Reef Club Coral and Aquatics Expo and have a new group of corals in QT.
And yes I know I need to do some wire management back there!