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I skipped a couple lines, because you had me at raising both children and reptiles successfully. That definitely is a good thing!Hi Everyone,
My name is MadoreM,
I have been into anything I can keep at home successfully, since I can remember I've been into animals. Ive raised everything from Reptiles to children successfully, and not so successfully. I prefer to learn everything I can about whatever it is I am keeping so I have more of a chance at success. Most the time if I have a question I will research the answer on my own but I do know from being in the military and Filmmaking that a community of people is invaluable.Currently I have a 20yr old giant California salamander, a Leopard Gecko that is the only one I have left after breeding geckos for a few years. I have 2 dogs, 2 cats, and the reason I've joined the community a
75 gallon mix tank.
I adopted this tank from someone a couple years ago. It is a AIO (All In One) set up with all filtration, media, heating, and pump in the back. When I got it, it was in horrible shape. Looked like it wasn't cleaned for the two years it was running at that point. They just had to two fish in there with a couple fake rocks on top 1 to 1 1/2 inches live sand.
Just from the looks I didn't feel very confident I would be able to save it. Well I cleaned it up the best I could and just kept the fish alive as long as I could. Now the next part is very stupid, ignorant, dummy of me (Trust me I KNOW) for almost 2 years I just pored store bought saltwater straight into the tank. Yes, I wrote that right for TWO YEARS any time I noticed the line going down I would just pore more in. Then one day I saw my Clown fish sideways on the bottom, and then I did what I should have done in the first place and researched that you had to do at least 10% water change every week.
I don't know how the fish lived as long as they did (Damsel is still alive) but the lesson learned here is DO THE RESEARCH BEFORE YOUR FISH DIES. Unfortunately I learned the hard way and won't let that ever happen again.
So here I am few months later and the fish tank is looking way better. Because this tank is full and occupied I can only do fish and some soft corals but I do plan on eventually doing a custom build, maybe a frag tank or something.
Coral Beauty Angel
Diamond Goby
Blue Damsel
Sailfin Tang
Blue Tang
x10 Red Hermit crabs
x1 Turbo Snail
Which is the most challenging?
Sorry, I’m human myself but many times I have been called a “reptile”!
But enough of this nonsense, welcome to Reef2Reef!
