Introduce yourself!!

Ok,

My member name is stugray, and my real name is...

Stuart Gray - Very creative.....

Anyway, I have been in the hobby for ~6 years.
I started with a 29 Gal. tank and put just live rock in it.
I managed to get some of the most Primo LR from Todd's in Aurora, and have been spoiled ever since. The life on the first two rocks I ever bought was amazing.

My wife & I were hooked before we ever bought any livestock.

We live in Longmont & have three children ages 10 - 23.

We bought our first fish for the 29G: A mandarin......

OK flame me now, we had no idea what we were doing & the LFS thought it was a great first fish..... START the Reef Central Obsession

After reading up on Mandarins, I immediately began switching our 75 Gal Fresh Water tank over to SW. The Mandarin had a new home in a month or so.

Long story short: That Mandarin was one of my longest living fish & made it over 5 years, 2 tank moves & two females.

Anyway, I now have a 125Gal Display with ~170 Gallons of Sump/refugium in the basement.

Mostly SPS & LPS with about 10 fish: Splendid Pseudo, Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Lubboks Wrasse, 3X Pajama Cardinals, 2X False Percs, Mandarin. 2X cleaner shrimp. Assorted cleanup crew.

My 29Gal little experiment has become an obsession.

Since I have started this hobby, I believe I have become a master of 'projects yet to be completed' ;-).

Some of the things I have learned since I started this hobby are: Acrylic, Plumbing, Woodwork, Electrical, Fragging, & "Begging the wife for forgiveness".

I am grateful that my wife loves the hobby as much as I do.

I am currently away from my tank for 2 months & cant stand it.

When I am not working on the tank, I build spacecraft in my spare time.

Stu
 
Hi! I'm Andy. I'm a work-at-home typesetter and have been at my job for 15 or so years now, so I spend a lot of time dreaming and playing with sea creatures when I should really be working.

I just started pouring salt into my new system and am in the process of moving back into my beloved home after a year-and-a-half away.

My goal as a reefkeeper is to keep everything in my tanks so happy that they all give me babies. My secondary goal is to pretty much spend all my free time trying to raise all of the babies.

Thanks!
 
aloha!

My name is Michael and I had a 55g for 13 years with PCs, I had a crash when I moved 2 years ago and my wife implored me to get a bigger tank.

Long story short I found a FOWLER 210g with all the fixins but lights on Craigslist 14 months ago.

I decided to go mixed reef (inspired by the old Aquamart Mixed Reef) with little knowledge of the dramatic difference in equipment and husbandry needs from my old LPS, softie tank under PCs which in comparison, was incredibly forgiving.

Lots of RC time, $$$$$ and help from Cris C, Luis Rosa, Aquamart and everyone else here who has helped me through my many attempts to sabatoge my tank due to human error ;)

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My name is Keith

i have been into fish for 6 years. i got a 55g tank from a buddy at work and was big into cichlids. he kept trying to convince me to get a saltwater tank going, but i refused...for a while. i finally took the plunge and started a 20L reef. it was going pretty good, but with toddlers and a huge daily commute, it was getting too much for me so i tore it down after a year. i took a year off from reefing and did a lot of research. i have a 62 gallon reef now that is really doing great. it has been going for about nine months now. you can check my gallery for some pics. i have a bunch of frags i am growing out at the moment, so i dont have many large corals yet. i cant get enough of the reef. it's great, i can stare at the tank for hours. its amazing. always something new to see and discover.
 
Hola, my name is Mike.

I've lived in Denver since late 2001. Prior to that I was in Chicago for a year and a half but I grew up in Bloomington, Indiana (very underated place). My company cleans up hazardous waste. We specialize in groundwater cleanup. My primary role is the management and application of the costing tools we use on our at-risk proposals.

Started FW in 1984. Started FO saltwater in 1994. I've been a reefer since 1994 as well. By 1999 I had accumulated seven personal tanks (reef, FO salt, cichlids, and FW planted...500+ gals in total) and was maintaining six additional tanks for clients (300+ gals in total). I spent some time working at a few LFS's while in college. I took a year and a half off while I was in Chicago. At the moment I only have one tank but would really like to add another FW planted tank to the quiver again some day. I like corals, being a cheapskate, and DIY.

I've met a lot of great people and excellent reefers since moving to Denver. I'm continually impressed by the quality of the tanks I see around here. The Colorado reefing community should be proud of itself.

I have a build thread in the reef discussion forum here on RC that I don't update enough.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=13465354#post13465354
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14196508#post14196508 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 68sting
I guess I should also add I have a 68 Corvette with a 509BB
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The 1968 is one of my favorites...I bet it screams with a 509!
 
I'll play

Hi my name is Chris. At the current time I manage a automotive repair facility in downtown denver. As for my experience in reefing, I have been into reefs since about 2003. at the current moment I have become a hair algae propogator...LOL. some of you know what I am talking about.(Thanks for the help Lief)

Chris
 
hi my name is phiillpj2 i have a 120 gallon reef ready tank in wall. The tank has been up and running for 2 years and i recently am getting into all types of corals and having stopped spending money on equipment. Im am running a euroreef 6.5 inch skimmer and 40 gallon refugium. i have a 400 watt 20k with a spider reflector and 2 6foot actincs. I am now looking for another 400 waat setup with a lumenarc.
 
I'm Terry, I have a few smaller tanks up now abd I'm working on several projects at the moment, a nano skimmer, some overflow boxes for Remora's , and working towards a big ol' cube(over 100 gal) this one I want to do led's and controllers and all that good stuff. Also I didn't realize that there were so many car nuts here. I am a former racer of cars, motocross, roadrace bikes , and even a stint as a freestyler. Plus I once did rods and customs and currently do some work on electric cars, the one in my avitar is the current PIkes Peak Hillclimb record holder that I was involved with the building and design with my cousin and the Guys at Compact Power. It's funny I always thought my car habbit was expensive. Now this. :)
 
QUOTE]The 1968 is one of my favorites...I bet it screams with a 509![/QUOTE]

I'm a little late on this but yes its a fun ride. I just knocked my tranny out last month though.

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Hello everyone, my name is Jimmy; I live north of the border in Wyoming. I'm stationed at the AF base in Cheyenne and work in Nebraska. I've been here since 2004 and have been in the military for 15 years. I started out as an automotive technician and got into a 1 deep slot as an automotive machinist, and now I’m a facility manager out at the Missile Alert Facility. I’ve been stationed around the world in places like Germany, Spain, Italy and Ireland (OK not really around the world more like in Europe) and of course the hot spots as well in the Middle East. (I won’t name specifics)

I got into the hobby about 17 years ago in 1992. I grew up in Long Beach California and within a 2 mile radius from my home there were 3 SW LFS. So it was a no brainer to get into the hobby. It was a real learning curve back then, you had to rely on advice from the LFS employers and they weren’t always right. And of course it wasn’t all LFS fault I’ve made quite a bit of mistakes myself.

I've discovered MASC and RC last year (didn’t know there were sites out there like this) However, since then I have learned so much more. I currently have a 72 gallon running with 5 fish, a GBTA, a RBTA, softies and LPS. Nothing real spectacular, just my cube of the reef. My wife loves the hobby just as much as I do (which is good because this is the only hobby that we enjoy together, the only downside to it is that there’s no one there to say stop your spending too much!!)

My other hobby is wood working…… (Which in my opinion a lot more expensive)
 
Nice meeting you(well kind of) Jimmy glad to have you on board.

Thanks for what you do for our country, none of us would be able to do what we do and have what we have if it wasn't for guys like you, so thanks.
 
New to the hobby

New to the hobby

Hi hi - I'm new to the hobby and RC. I posted a couple pics of my tank mainly to log my own progress and the battle with red algae!

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I'm a native to Colorado grew up in Greeley (P-U). Moved to Denver in 04. I currently run the operations and Warehouse for Appliance Factory Outlet. I have a dog named Sam and I'm spending a lot of money on this new tank.
 
Hello. I'm fairly new to the hobby...but already addicted! I'm starting out small...but itching to upgrade. I currently have a 29 gallon.
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Nice looking tanks guys!! Glad to have you on borad. If you have any questions or need anything ask away.
 
T5's are only good for tank at least 24" long. You could let them hang over the edges a bit so you could probably make them work over a 22" area.
 
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