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Hi all! I'm reacclimating back into to the hobby. I had 2 20-gallon FOWLR tanks at home, and I worked on a 100-gallon saltwater inverts tank at my high school (I think they have fish in it now). When I went to college, I broke down all 7 tanks in my room and went fishless for 5 years. Now that I graduated, I'm starting fresh with a nice 75-gallon!
 
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Hi all! I'm reacclimating back into to the hobby. I had 2 20-gallon FOWLR tanks at home, and I worked on a 100-gallon saltwater inverts tank at my high school (I think they have fish in it now). When I went to college, I broke down all 7 tanks in my room and went fishless for 5 years. Now that I graduated, I'm starting fresh with a nice 75-gallon!
I love the dedication party On !🤘
 
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Sounds like you already have quite some experience. You said you went 5 years fishless. Do you mean inverts only or do you mean corals?
 
Oh, I should have said tankless instead, sorry. I did have a betta in my freshman year, but then gave it to my friend. I actually never owned or worked with corals before. Our invert tank in school was brand new, and we had some snails, hermit crabs, and feather dusters; everything was fine for 3 months, then COVID hit. I graduated that year, so I never got to see the tank fully evolve when people started going back to school.
 
Oh, I should have said tankless instead, sorry. I did have a betta in my freshman year, but then gave it to my friend. I actually never owned or worked with corals before. Our invert tank in school was brand new, and we had some snails, hermit crabs, and feather dusters; everything was fine for 3 months, then COVID hit. I graduated that year, so I never got to see the tank fully evolve when people started going back to school.
Are you planning on keeping corals? 🙃
 
Hi all! I'm reacclimating back into to the hobby. I had 2 20-gallon FOWLR tanks at home, and I worked on a 100-gallon saltwater inverts tank at my high school (I think they have fish in it now). When I went to college, I broke down all 7 tanks in my room and went fishless for 5 years. Now that I graduated, I'm starting fresh with a nice 75-gallon!
Welcome in and welcome back to the wonderful world
 
I'm actually not sure, to be honest with you. I was thinking of leaving this tank a FOWLR until I do more research on corals. In the future, and if they're ok with the fish species I plan to keep, I'd love to add GSP and Pulsing Xenia.
It's a slippery slope I whole heartedly encourage you to go down!
 
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