Let tell you guys a story of a person who I meant a few years ago. He’s a fellow aquarist. I had the privilege of going to his house a seeing his setup. It was very simple no expense controllers , testers, gimmicks. No fancy sumps. It was just a huge aquarium with a Rubbermaid sump. Everything was plugged into an outlet. Lights were on dial timers. This guy was reefing with 90’s tech. So what’s the big deal ? Why am I writing this ? He not a coral guy. He’s a fish guy.
Well , it’s when you looked into his aquarium. This guy can keep fish. I don’t know if you guys know. When you get fish from the fish store they are 95% B to C grade fish. It’s extremely rare and hard to find A grade fish. Once in a blue moon you’ll see a A grade fish. Well this guy didn’t have 1. He had many. I mean many. The colors were amazing. The fish are extremely thick. Not 1 or 2 thick fish. All his fish are thick. When I say thick. We are talking about 1-1.5” thick. You really don’t realize how much this guy knows until you ask him questions and he answers in a way that your like huh ??? Interesting. When he post. I think his knowledge gets lost in the noise of the internet. I've been in this hobby for an extremely long time. In those years I’ve probably seen over 100 thousand fish. As I’m a fish nerd. Corals are second.
I was fortunate enough to acquire a mated pair of Hawaiian Potters Angels. Talk about winning the lottery. All I can say is thank you I appreciate you for your support and knowledge. Sorry for the long post. I’m a little giddy of actually getting my dream fish. My apologies. I suck at taking pictures.
Old school reefers. Who am I talking about ? Here is the reef the fish came out of.
Well , it’s when you looked into his aquarium. This guy can keep fish. I don’t know if you guys know. When you get fish from the fish store they are 95% B to C grade fish. It’s extremely rare and hard to find A grade fish. Once in a blue moon you’ll see a A grade fish. Well this guy didn’t have 1. He had many. I mean many. The colors were amazing. The fish are extremely thick. Not 1 or 2 thick fish. All his fish are thick. When I say thick. We are talking about 1-1.5” thick. You really don’t realize how much this guy knows until you ask him questions and he answers in a way that your like huh ??? Interesting. When he post. I think his knowledge gets lost in the noise of the internet. I've been in this hobby for an extremely long time. In those years I’ve probably seen over 100 thousand fish. As I’m a fish nerd. Corals are second.
I was fortunate enough to acquire a mated pair of Hawaiian Potters Angels. Talk about winning the lottery. All I can say is thank you I appreciate you for your support and knowledge. Sorry for the long post. I’m a little giddy of actually getting my dream fish. My apologies. I suck at taking pictures.
Old school reefers. Who am I talking about ? Here is the reef the fish came out of.
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I think I will have to start doing water change now