Just thought I'd give a little update as to where I've been. I am now officially a married man and I haven't yet seen any adverse affects to my reefkeeping hobby. Its only been three weeks, though, so we'll see...
Our Honeymoon in Bora Bora was amazing. I have never seen water so clear, and while it was winter down there (which means "colder" weather and a nearly constant wind that can create some chop problems) the snorkeling was absolutely breathtaking. As I alluded to earlier, my camera appears to be busted by the extreme humidity inside the underwater enclosure, but I did get a few good pictures out before the inside of the enclosure fogged up too badly. I will try and post those all within the next few days. All in all, I saw some amazing things:
-I did a shark and ray feeding trip, in which I actually got to touch a 5 foot lemon shark.
-I saw thousands of the most beautiful clams I've ever seen, including a blue Squamosa. Seriously, there were clams EVERYWHERE!
-I fed a Regal Angel and a school of Auriga Butterflyfish from my hand.
-I got bit by a nasty damsel guarding a nest.
-My most memorable, and heart stopping, experience was rounding a corner of a big coral island and coming face to face with a mammoth Titan trigger. Seriously, I thought the damsel fish were scarier then the sharks, but this guy almost made me wet myself. He wasn't going to give up an inch, so I slowly backed away and he didn't pursue me.
Besides that, I don't really know what else to say. If anyone has some questions about anything in Bora Bora or French Polynesia in general, just ask and I'll be happy to tell you what I know/saw.
In fish tank related news, I got home and everything was working perfectly fine. I added four peppermint shrimp and two emerald crabs on Sunday to try and deal with some remnant bubble algae and aiptasia before I get fish and corals back in. I also made a stand and installed my skimmer today, so after it breaks in for a few days we'll see what its capable of.