New From Idaho

Onedeadbob · Feb 16, 2011

Hello everyone. Wanted to introduce myself and say how impressed I am with the community here. Eveyone seems very helpful!

A little about me: I live in Idaho with my girlfriend and 2 of my 3 children (oldest is out on his own). I am a teacher at a local high school and love my job :nerd:

I have been into saltwater for a little over a year. I currently have a 72g bowfront. It is a mixed reef; a little of everything.

Here is a pic of the current tank:

I am currently working on a big upgrade :bigsmile:, more to come on that later.

Anyway, hello everyone!

skinz78 · Feb 16, 2011

Welcome to R2R, great looking tank!

clowns101 · Feb 16, 2011

Welcome to R2R!

re-fin-away · Feb 16, 2011

Welcome to R2R. That is the exact tank I had before I upgraded to my 180. I also had a yellow and sailfin tang in there. Although after about six months I had to get rid of the sailfin because he got too big.

dougers31 · Feb 16, 2011

Welcome!

sprinklerdudes · Feb 17, 2011

welcome to reef2reef, looks like your off to a good start, glad to have you aboard

Onedeadbob · Feb 17, 2011

Thanks everyone, here is what the tank started as:

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

Welcome to R2R! Great community here. I love the tank man, seems like its come a long way so far.

Wy Renegade · Feb 17, 2011

Welcome to R2R. If we can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to ask.

Is your tank in your classroom or at home?

Onedeadbob · Feb 17, 2011

re-fin-away said:
Welcome to R2R. That is the exact tank I had before I upgraded to my 180. I also had a yellow and sailfin tang in there. Although after about six months I had to get rid of the sailfin because he got too big.

They are both a little big for the 72g right now; the upgrade should be done soon so I can move them over!

Onedeadbob · Feb 17, 2011

Wy Renegade said:
Welcome to R2R. If we can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to ask.

Is your tank in your classroom or at home?

The 72g is at home (as are the new tanks). I thought about putting a 24g nano at school, but not sure how that would work out over the summer/winter breaks.

Where in Wy are you located Renegade? I'm over in the Boise area.

Russellaqua · Feb 17, 2011

Welcome to R2R! Love your rock. Those are some great pieces.

Wy Renegade · Feb 17, 2011

Onedeadbob said:
The 72g is at home (as are the new tanks). I thought about putting a 24g nano at school, but not sure how that would work out over the summer/winter breaks.

Where in Wy are you located Renegade? I'm over in the Boise area.

Trust me when I tell you its kind of a pain in the rear, requires regular visits in to the school during the breaks.

I'm up in the Northeast corner, right at the base of the Big Horn mts, just out of Sheridan.

subdrive · Feb 17, 2011

Welcome to R2R!!

RogerWilco357 · Feb 17, 2011

Welcome to R2R love the tank and will you be keeping a tank at the school you teach? Could create more reefers . reefers for the future I wish one of my teachers would have had a tank . What do you teach and what grade? love the rocks you have nice formations ..again welcome aboard
Roger

Onedeadbob · Feb 17, 2011

Russellaqua said:
Welcome to R2R! Love your rock. Those are some great pieces.

I love the shelves :smile:; it is lace rock I believe. Its a little more dense so maybe not as good as a biological filter.

Onedeadbob · Feb 17, 2011

Wy Renegade said:
Trust me when I tell you its kind of a pain in the rear, requires regular visits in to the school during the breaks.

I'm up in the Northeast corner, right at the base of the Big Horn mts, just out of Sheridan.

Ahh, over on the other side of the state. Sounds like you are a teacher or at least associated with a school as well?

Onedeadbob · Feb 17, 2011

RogerWilco357 said:
Welcome to R2R love the tank and will you be keeping a tank at the school you teach? Could create more reefers . reefers for the future I wish one of my teachers would have had a tank . What do you teach and what grade? love the rocks you have nice formations ..again welcome aboard
Roger

I have had a few students encourage me to get a tank going at school. I am a high school math teacher :nerd:, mostly juniors and seniors this year. I am lucky enough to teacher the honors classes; Pre-Calculus through Calculus 2. Love the job, but now that I am into reefing, I wish that I had taken a few more chemistry/biology classes and fewer math/computer science classes!