Reefer from Germany here
Since I don't really know how to introduce myself I'll just write down my aquaristic history and a few preferences. I'll try not to ramble
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-got a Corn Snake with 16, thought aquariums were stupid because everyone had one
-initially liking physics, chemistry and astronomy I later also came to appreciate biology
-when I was like 23 to 27 or so, a friend told me that there are these living fossils called Triops - only Artemia was known to me at that point, so my mind was blown and I felt like a child again
-the Triops needed plants and also I was looking for some fish to go with them
-a mixed Triops tank didn't work out but I got into Aquascaping
-at some point I got a 240 L (66 gallon) tank, after having had a lot of smaller tanks
-I found a job at an online store for freshwater Aquariums and Aquascaping
-I don't know what caused it but some day I just went out to buy a Xenia and put it into a 5 or 10 L tank (1 to 3 gallons) and stuck a bulb onto it
-mind blown: it looked totally awful colour wise but all the tiny critters and generally much higher bio diversity in salt water dragged me into reefing
-the tanks got bigger and I was building my own LED lamps, soon the 240 L (66 gallon) fresh water tank was converted to salt water + filter tank
-when I was like 37 the Corn Snake died
-I'm now 41 and a few years ago I bought a 360 L (95 gallon) pristine condition clear glass pool tank from my friend for a rediculously low price - the old tank was long but kinda 2-dimensional and I wanted to get rid of my noobish "coral wall" and scape something that had visual depth, also the tank itself was ugly
-that's where we are now, my LED builds are at a point where I make my own SMD electronics for it and run them with an Arduino/Clone with graphical display and - so the gods of statics and landlordery will - I'm playing with the thought of at least a 1000 L (260 gallon) tank after I got my mind blown here https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mantis-400-gallon-pennisula-reef.862276/page-3#post-10725119
-this forum was known to me before but all the great tank builds I could use for inspiration made me sign up now
Now some preferences about reefing:
-I like corals, fish not so much
-well, some small and less flashy fish are ok, like blennys
-maio fauna and micro fauna/flora is cool
-the tiny brittle stars are ultra cute
-I even like some kinds of spaghetti worms (the bigger ones where all the spaghetti are originating at the mouth)
-so far I have had some of the simpler Montiporas also but I actually prefer LPS and Softies, I wouldn't rule out some Acroporas and especially Monti plates in a future tank (like the one from the link )
-less is more - no coral soup but lager stocks a of few corals...I'm kinda failing at this, though
I'm in my lunch break right now, I'm going to edit this post later and add some pictures of the tanks, as far as I can make some sort of "history" from the pictures I will unearth.
Also I think I will use this forum for some photographical and rough chemical documentation over the years, from this stage onwards.
Since I don't really know how to introduce myself I'll just write down my aquaristic history and a few preferences. I'll try not to ramble
.-got a Corn Snake with 16, thought aquariums were stupid because everyone had one
-initially liking physics, chemistry and astronomy I later also came to appreciate biology
-when I was like 23 to 27 or so, a friend told me that there are these living fossils called Triops - only Artemia was known to me at that point, so my mind was blown and I felt like a child again
-the Triops needed plants and also I was looking for some fish to go with them
-a mixed Triops tank didn't work out but I got into Aquascaping
-at some point I got a 240 L (66 gallon) tank, after having had a lot of smaller tanks
-I found a job at an online store for freshwater Aquariums and Aquascaping
-I don't know what caused it but some day I just went out to buy a Xenia and put it into a 5 or 10 L tank (1 to 3 gallons) and stuck a bulb onto it
-mind blown: it looked totally awful colour wise but all the tiny critters and generally much higher bio diversity in salt water dragged me into reefing
-the tanks got bigger and I was building my own LED lamps, soon the 240 L (66 gallon) fresh water tank was converted to salt water + filter tank
-when I was like 37 the Corn Snake died
-I'm now 41 and a few years ago I bought a 360 L (95 gallon) pristine condition clear glass pool tank from my friend for a rediculously low price - the old tank was long but kinda 2-dimensional and I wanted to get rid of my noobish "coral wall" and scape something that had visual depth, also the tank itself was ugly
-that's where we are now, my LED builds are at a point where I make my own SMD electronics for it and run them with an Arduino/Clone with graphical display and - so the gods of statics and landlordery will - I'm playing with the thought of at least a 1000 L (260 gallon) tank after I got my mind blown here https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mantis-400-gallon-pennisula-reef.862276/page-3#post-10725119
-this forum was known to me before but all the great tank builds I could use for inspiration made me sign up now
Now some preferences about reefing:
-I like corals, fish not so much
-well, some small and less flashy fish are ok, like blennys
-maio fauna and micro fauna/flora is cool
-the tiny brittle stars are ultra cute
-I even like some kinds of spaghetti worms (the bigger ones where all the spaghetti are originating at the mouth)
-so far I have had some of the simpler Montiporas also but I actually prefer LPS and Softies, I wouldn't rule out some Acroporas and especially Monti plates in a future tank (like the one from the link
)-less is more - no coral soup but lager stocks a of few corals...I'm kinda failing at this, though
I'm in my lunch break right now, I'm going to edit this post later and add some pictures of the tanks, as far as I can make some sort of "history" from the pictures I will unearth.
Also I think I will use this forum for some photographical and rough chemical documentation over the years, from this stage onwards.
