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Hi all -- I joined BAR last July after starting this tank last April. I have been lurking but figured now that it's the last minute (since I was planning to go to the swap tomorrow) that I should post an intro. 
I'm in Sunnyvale and have an IM 30L that I converted from freshwater to saltwater last year. Latest full tank shot is below from a few weeks ago (I'm very bad at photography). Since it's my first saltwater tank (I kept low tech planted freshwater for about 10 years before this) I'm trying to keep things simple, though as I learn about more corals, I guess this is a "robust mixed reef", in that I only add something if there is a lot of testament that it's tough and easy, but there are soft corals, LPS, and "easy" SPS (pavona, digitata, seriatopora ["blue zing" birdsnest], cyphastrea, psammocora, encrusting montipora and one plating montipora). I added a "sky parade" acro in January that seems to be growing vigorously. Corals are mostly from online vendors, mainly Tidal Gardens, Biota, and Lazy's.
I'm a video game designer by background but have been working in tech (still doing game design but for a big tech company) since about 2017. One reason I've been hesitant to post an intro is that we're leaving the area -- moving to Seattle this summer. I'll be bummed to leave what I understand to be one of the more thriving reef communities on the west coast!
I'll be bringing one or more frags of the zoa in the middle left (unless you all think I shouldn't -- I'm bringing it because it grows super fast and I need to cut it back). It's a "sun eater" from Tidal Gardens. I find it very beautiful but man it's thriving a little too much. The sinularia (Biota "alien hand") on the right is bumping up against the surface and needs to be trimmed also, so if anyone wants any of it let me know and I can try to cut it -- I'm a little nervous to do so because it'll get super mad and it's already kind of chemically aggressive.
Anyway, hello. Looking forward to meeting some of you tomorrow. Hopefully bringing a local friend who is "reef curious". (She loves wild reefs and has never been to a LFS!)
I'm in Sunnyvale and have an IM 30L that I converted from freshwater to saltwater last year. Latest full tank shot is below from a few weeks ago (I'm very bad at photography). Since it's my first saltwater tank (I kept low tech planted freshwater for about 10 years before this) I'm trying to keep things simple, though as I learn about more corals, I guess this is a "robust mixed reef", in that I only add something if there is a lot of testament that it's tough and easy, but there are soft corals, LPS, and "easy" SPS (pavona, digitata, seriatopora ["blue zing" birdsnest], cyphastrea, psammocora, encrusting montipora and one plating montipora). I added a "sky parade" acro in January that seems to be growing vigorously. Corals are mostly from online vendors, mainly Tidal Gardens, Biota, and Lazy's.
I'm a video game designer by background but have been working in tech (still doing game design but for a big tech company) since about 2017. One reason I've been hesitant to post an intro is that we're leaving the area -- moving to Seattle this summer. I'll be bummed to leave what I understand to be one of the more thriving reef communities on the west coast!
I'll be bringing one or more frags of the zoa in the middle left (unless you all think I shouldn't -- I'm bringing it because it grows super fast and I need to cut it back). It's a "sun eater" from Tidal Gardens. I find it very beautiful but man it's thriving a little too much. The sinularia (Biota "alien hand") on the right is bumping up against the surface and needs to be trimmed also, so if anyone wants any of it let me know and I can try to cut it -- I'm a little nervous to do so because it'll get super mad and it's already kind of chemically aggressive.
Anyway, hello.
Looking forward to meeting some of you tomorrow. Hopefully bringing a local friend who is "reef curious". (She loves wild reefs and has never been to a LFS!)
