Hello all!
Welcome to the start of my reef keeping journal! As much as I have learned from awesome builds and write-ups on R2R, I feel that I learned the most when I saw examples of what went wrong. Unfortunately, I didn't learn enough to avoid my own setbacks and I thought I would share that journey here. Thanks for stopping by.
I am a student. A perpetual student. Upon starting my second terminal degree, my wife provided me a contract that designated "I will pursue no further formal education upon completion of this degree and will promptly seek out employment upon graduation" or something like that. So here I am, halfway through medical school after earning a PhD, about 6 months into what is feeling like a failed launch into the saltwater hobby. But with all of the rest of my life, I am used to persevering and delayed-gratification, so on we go!
Current tank shot:
Current equipment:
WaterBox 15 AIO
AI Prime HD
Starboard bare bottom
Included return pump
Sicce powerhead
Cobalt NeoTherm 100W heater
Double nano ATO from autotopoff.com
Auto feeder and feeding ring
Filtration: Included filter sock, sponges, carbon, marine pure spheres, refugium in the back with chaeto, but mostly growing slime algae.
Current stock list:
2x Ocellaris Clownfish
Blood Red Fire Shrimp
7x Trochus snails
3x Astrea snails
Hermit crab
Red Tuxedo Urchin
Corals:
Pulsing Xenia
Kenya Tree
GSP
Hairy Mushrooms
Superman Mushrooms
3x No name shrooms
Pink Zipper zoas
Rasta zoas
Radioactive Dragoneyes zoas
Mint Candy Cane
Duncan
Red Monti
Green Pocillopora (?)
Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
Current goals:
Keep everything alive
Help the rocks to mature properly
Avoid algae
Welcome to the start of my reef keeping journal! As much as I have learned from awesome builds and write-ups on R2R, I feel that I learned the most when I saw examples of what went wrong. Unfortunately, I didn't learn enough to avoid my own setbacks and I thought I would share that journey here. Thanks for stopping by.
I am a student. A perpetual student. Upon starting my second terminal degree, my wife provided me a contract that designated "I will pursue no further formal education upon completion of this degree and will promptly seek out employment upon graduation" or something like that. So here I am, halfway through medical school after earning a PhD, about 6 months into what is feeling like a failed launch into the saltwater hobby. But with all of the rest of my life, I am used to persevering and delayed-gratification, so on we go!
Current tank shot:
Current equipment:
WaterBox 15 AIO
AI Prime HD
Starboard bare bottom
Included return pump
Sicce powerhead
Cobalt NeoTherm 100W heater
Double nano ATO from autotopoff.com
Auto feeder and feeding ring
Filtration: Included filter sock, sponges, carbon, marine pure spheres, refugium in the back with chaeto, but mostly growing slime algae.
Current stock list:
2x Ocellaris Clownfish
Blood Red Fire Shrimp
7x Trochus snails
3x Astrea snails
Hermit crab
Red Tuxedo Urchin
Corals:
Pulsing Xenia
Kenya Tree
GSP
Hairy Mushrooms
Superman Mushrooms
3x No name shrooms
Pink Zipper zoas
Rasta zoas
Radioactive Dragoneyes zoas
Mint Candy Cane
Duncan
Red Monti
Green Pocillopora (?)
Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
Current goals:
Keep everything alive
Help the rocks to mature properly
Avoid algae
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