Hello my name is Sean
I live in Tracy and have been a reefer for 6 years. My current setup is a 100 gallon peninsula tank with a 20 gallon sump and 20 gallon refugium. The tank has been running for about 3 years and right now is in a recovery stage.
I have been out of the area for much part of the past 2 years. Unfortunately apartments don't like 100 gallon reef tanks so it had to stay home. For that time my parents had been caring for the tank and I performed maintenance when I could which was not often. Most recently I was in Southern California and the entire care of the tank was up to my Dad. He couldn't quite manage keeping the skimmer operational, one time he somehow ended up plugging the pump intake into the skimmer. Somehow he didn't quite understand "you see those white bubbles inside the skimmer, that means its working."
Needless to say pretty much every invertebrate in my tank was gone, but the fish were doing well. Over the past month I have been recuperating the tank and things are looking much better. I added a full new clean up crew, performed tons of water changes, added a new refugium and removed the old undersized one, and my water parameters are looking much better.
I have been a member of CVR for 6 years and went to a NVR meeting a few years ago with Anthony from Manteca, who has since had to get out of the hobby. I am only just now joining NVR because back when I got into the hobby I found myself spending far too much time on the internet obsessed with reef keeping, and I needed to rein it in.
I am a college student. I will be attending CSU Stanislaus next semester. I have a bachelor's degree in aviation from SJSU, and a private pilots license, but I no longer want to be a professional pilot. I am working on becoming a college professor.