Do you have a Reef Keeper Idol and how do you follow them?

[artempugachev]

Hey guys,

I've started my first saltwater aquarium just a month ago, and 2 days ago I have finally got my first diatoms, which I'm very happy about.
Even though I have some experience in sweet water aquariums, I got tons of questions in the first 2 weeks and first month of starting. As a lot of early decisions will define my future outcome and options.

And while looking for the answers I found a couple of really great people to follow or be around- Leon Tan experience in Cycling, Reef Factory brand advocates - Chris and David, guys from the stores Jonathan, Stefan, Alex, Marcin from divers community, local chats in app and even some tips from BRS start series on Youtube.

But what I found difficult - is to track all of it. I have groups in Facebook, R2R, watsapp groups and chats, Facebook chats, youtube.

I wonder, how do you track your "Angels", "Advisers" and Aquariums of inspiration? If there is any catalog or app or place with most of the Reef Keepers, their aquariums and experience they share?

 

[Timfish]

My mentor who started keeping saltwater was a local so keeping up with him was pretty easy in the days before the internet. Now I have a list of researchers on google scholar and my problem is having the time to look through the dozens of links I get sent every week. Here's my list if you're interested:

Rebecca Vega Thurber

Forest Rohwer

Jasper de Goeij

Andreas Haas

Kim Ritchie

 

[Reefer Matt]

My mentors were local Reefers who are no longer in reefing. The BRS 52 weeks of reefing (original) helped too.