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Hi, I slipped into R2R a few months ago without formally posting an intro thingy. Mostly came to soak up new info and points of view, but I have posted on a couple of threads here and there.

I’m in Montana, USA, have been keeping marine aquaria since about 1975, with a 25-year hiatus during my college and early career years. I’m an aquatic ecologist and hydrologist by trade. I kinda wanted to be a marine biologist, but the years I was in grad school they all had to work for the DOD or military contractors, so I stuck with freshwater where there was (and is) a lot more employment possibilities and teaching opportunities.

I’m currently running a mixed nano reef in a highly modded vintage 14 gallon BioCube. I have plans taking shape, and rock cooking, to start up a second, somewhat larger system in the near future— larger but probably less than 60g gallons, so still small by saltwater standards. It will probably also be a mixed reef. It’s the interactions between diverse living organisms, both expected and unexpected, that intrigue and excite me about reef-keeping.

Thanks and take care.
 
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