Local Introductions

[boviac]

Thizzelle686,

My clown has found his anemone to be his home and rarely ventures too far from it - even for food. However, as the anemone on occasion moves around so does the clown.

It could be the clown simply has found a place it likes and feels safe. Not all fish love to come right up to the front glass, in fact some you may never or rarely see. In fact, I had just written off my pink spotted shrimp goby as I had not seen him in just about two weeks and just yesterday morning there he was.

As long as he's eating and shows no sign of stress or wounds, I think everything would be fine.

 

[BBishop]

Hey Guys,

I'm Bill, one of the founders and first president of RARE. I'm working down here in San Luis Obispo, but I live in Redding. Unfortunatly I see that RARE is dying a slow death...hopefully it's just in hibernation.

The largest reef tank I've had was a 240, which I sold when I moved down here to work. Currently I have a 20 gallon set up in my RV where I stay. Believe it or not, I've had that tank now for 37 years, about 20 as a saltwater. It has gone through many upgrades and changes over the years. Right now I have a 250 watt MH pendant over it, a CPR skimmer and a Seio power head for water movement. My tank is thick with acros with one fish that I rarely feed. I'll try to get a picture in later.

My interest in aquatic life goes back as far as I can remember when I got my first fish 42 years ago.

Like Chris, I was also in the navy which gave me the opportunity to dive all over the world. My big dream was to work in aqua culture, so I settled in water treatment here in SLO. Now I see myself more as a conservationist, trying to save reefs through our efforts here at home.

Any how I'm a member of several clubs and I like seeing what you guys are doing, so I thought I'd check in.

 

[boviac]

Hey Bill,

Thanks for your interest in our small but growing club!

I've often though of life in an RV but my aquarium always keeps coming in to being a conflict. My idea of living in an RV required using forest roads, etc... not conducive to keeping the water in the tank.

You've got PM!

-Chris

 

[shelbiesdaddy]

Hi All,

I am Melissa's husband. I've got the 29 gallon and a 12 gallon Nano that is currently being used as a hospital. In the 29 I've got a couple oscillaris, a yellow-tailed blue damsel, a scooter blenney, a couple red starfish and a sea hare. I also get all my wife's leftovers.

 

[shelbiesdaddy]

Oh yeah, my name is Dan.

 

[boviac]

Welcome Dan,

It was good to meet you the other night and good luck with the QT tank. Thanks for posting your tank intro.

Everyone: All the increased activity is good. It will keep us and others coming back for more and more often. Further, there are other regional club's forums that can easily be accessed if you subscribe to them via your 'MY RC' link at the top. I simply go to RC, click that button, and then shuffle throught the various clubs to see what's going on. Plus there are the general forums that have a variety of topics to read about or help people out on.

Just a helpful tibit of info that took me several years to figure out.

 

[mikekman]

Nice to meet you Dan and glad you joined RC along with your wife Melissa.

I will help you and your wife get lots of good corals!
Mike

 

[shelbiesdaddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10664660#post10664660 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mikekman
I will help you and your wife get lots of good corals!
Mike

Thanks Mike,

my tank could use a little color. Right now it is mostly pink with a little green mixed in.

 

[shelbiesdaddy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10660366#post10660366 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by boviac
Welcome Dan,

It was good to meet you the other night and good luck with the QT tank. Thanks for posting your tank intro.

Thanks, but unfortunately the Flame Angel didn't make it.

 

[boviac]

Sorry to hear that. You didn't have it very long did you?

I've heard of other potential problems with this fish when wild-caught and with cyanide tactics. The fish may recover initially but develop terminal internal problems that will show up several weeks later. Nothing anyone could do at that point but maybe in hindsight, find out if the flame angel, or any fish for that matter, was caught using cyanide and resist the purchase.

Nonetheless, no one can say what actually caused the demise of your fish (no fish autopsies being done in our area that I know of) but it is still sad when you lose one of your fish.

 

[nova62]

 

[nova62]

hi everyone my name is micaiah some of you know me some dont i am a member of the redding club and former president of the redding club.i just stoped in to say hi and post some pics of my past and present reef tanks.


this was my 33gal cube before i sold it

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this was my 54 corner before i sold it

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and this is my 125 gal w/55gal fuge

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[mikekman]

Nova67, thanks for posting and coming on the Chico RC club forum! Visit and post as often as you would like. The Chico club is really bustling with activity!

125 looks good, let me know if you want to trade anything

 

[boviac]

Bump for Bob or really for anyone else who hasn't yet posted about their tank... But seriously Bob, at the begining of this thread there is a photo of my DIY eductor.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1099596
is the thread which piqued my interest. I love this forum and build threads!

Nova thanks for sharing your tank shot photos!!! Amazing to have such a large volume of water in a single residence.

 

[Twisted]

Hey most of you now me by now, I don't know why, but for some reason I just noticed that the post I had made did not show up here, so I will try it again.

My name is Brian and I have been in this hobby for around 2, maybe 2 and a half years now. I had a fresh water tank for about 4 years before that. I work from home so tend to do a lot of reading on the internet and have learned quite a bit, but never enough since so much of this hobby seems to change from tank to tank.
I mainly have soft corals with a few LPS and a couple SPS, I have attempted SPS many times but of the 12 pieces I have tried I only have 4 still going. <A lot were killed by my stupid snails knocking them over> but I love my softies.
Here are some pictures. All of my pictures of my tank seem to be old ones other then the close ups on these. So I will try to get a good shot of my entire tank later today.

 

[shelbiesdaddy]

Nice, I love the softies too. Love the colors on pics 3 and 7.

 

[boviac]

Nice zoo's and I still have affinity for those blue clove polyps

 

[Twisted]

yeah, those are one of the ones Karl said would be allowed in the rare part for the dixon frag swap, so when I frag them, if I get an extra small piece we can talk. I have a friend up here that wants a piece too.