Hey guys!

[Justind823]

Hello there!

I came across your club while googling a problem I've been having with my dosing pumps. I was pleasantly surprised to see a bunch of wine country locals!

My name is Justin and I live in Glen Ellen. I've been in the hobby for 10 or so years now and I've had many different tanks along the way, both fresh and salt. Since moving to CA 5 years ago I've only kept nanos and for the past few years I've been running a 9G reef with a 7G sump.

I pretty much exclusively hang out on Nano-Reef but I had to introduce myself here! Not sure if Nano-Reef linking is cool here or not but here's my tank thread and also my TOTM profile from last year.

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/323911-justins-mixed-9g/
http://www.nano-reef.com/featured/_/2014/justind823-r88

Here's the current FTS:
IMG_9341 by Justin Desrosiers, on Flickr

And its current inhabitants:
IMG_7548 by Justin Desrosiers, on Flickr

 

[mav3rick478]

Welcome Justin, my name is Yuri and I live in Santa Rosa. Love the Goby/Shrimp pairing!

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[Justind823]

Nice to meet you Yuri! Thanks!

 

[Reef Bass]

Welcome to the Wine Country Reefers Justin.

 

[andrepeixoto]

Welcome! Just saw your posts on nano-reef.com, you have a very cool setup, congrats.

 

[swk]

Welcome!

 

[Justind823]

Thanks for the welcome all!

 

[Justind823]

So what is your club all about? Do you have meet ups?

 

[Rarend99]

Welcome to the club! I just got back into the game. We used to have meetings but I haven't had a tank for a year so I'm not sure. I hope we do because they were always a ton of fun

 

[Justind823]

Welcome to the club! I just got back into the game. We used to have meetings but I haven't had a tank for a year so I'm not sure. I hope we do because they were always a ton of fun

Gotcha. It's hard to stay away! Setting up a new tank is always a blast.

I'll keep an eye out for meeting announcements.

Where do you guys typically get your livestock from? Local trades, online, or?

 

[Rarend99]

Both local and online and one of our members is setting up a retail store in rohnert park soon

 

[Justind823]

Both local and online and one of our members is setting up a retail store in rohnert park soon

Oh nice, good for them. How soon is soon?

 

[Rarend99]

I think he's aiming for sept-October

 

[thysrof]

Justin,

Welcome to the Club. Hopefully we will have a meeting some time in the near future.

 

[Justind823]

I think he's aiming for sept-October

Awesome, looking forward to it.

Justin,

Welcome to the Club. Hopefully we will have a meeting some time in the near future.

Yea, I'd love to stop by! Thanks for the welcome

 

[SR_Matthew]

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome! I am pretty new to this site and the whole hobby. Your tank looks great. Did you get the Goby and Shrimp already paired at the fish store?

 

[Justind823]

Welcome! I am pretty new to this site and the whole hobby. Your tank looks great. Did you get the Goby and Shrimp already paired at the fish store?

Thanks! It's a great hobby to be involved in.

The goby and pistol I purchased separately. The shrimp was already established in the tank so when I introduced the goby I tried to steer him towards one of the tunnel entrances. The shrimp came out, looked at the goby sitting there and then they both tuned and went down the tunnel together. Pretty neat to witness them pair up like that!

 

[SR_Matthew]

Thanks! It's a great hobby to be involved in.

The goby and pistol I purchased separately. The shrimp was already established in the tank so when I introduced the goby I tried to steer him towards one of the tunnel entrances. The shrimp came out, looked at the goby sitting there and then they both tuned and went down the tunnel together. Pretty neat to witness them pair up like that!

That's awesome. I am hoping to have a pair in my tank soon. Good to know they pair up easily.

 

[Grant W]

Nice looking tank Justin

 

[Grant W]

Btw, don't listen to that reef bass guy. He's a noob......