Hello All,
I've kept a variety of marine tanks with a variety of success (mostly good, solid learning experiences) for about 16 years. My first dedicated marine tank was a 120 TruVue with standard flourescent lighting. This was well prior to availability of home propagated frags and swapping. My early reef experiences were moderately successful but not with the variety of livestock that is common today. I put the hobby on hold for several years and reentered the arena with the advent of the JBJ Nano Cube. The Nano Cube led to refining my water testing skills as well as a much better understanding of livestock requirements.
Last March I decided to set up a frag nursery and enter the frag arena in earnest. I modifed the Nano Cube by adding an additional circulalation pump in the sump with discharge through the bulkhead and into the top center of the tank. The stock tank had insufficent circulation. I also drilled and dremeled the hood to allow water in and water out of the nano sump. I set up a new, 20 gal tank with sand as a substrate and a modest amount of LR and run the water from the Nano Cube, through a chiller and into the 20 gal tank. Siphon overflow box sends it back to the Nano Cube.
So I've been visiting most of the specialists that sell frags retail such as Ocean Treasures, Aquatic Central, Aquatic Gallery, Atlantis Aquarium, Tropical Reef and a few online providers such as Vivid. The nursery is full and I've just started a build on an Elos 120, the new 90 gal model. I'm hoping to connect with you all to help me understand moving from buying my frags to trading for them. I've got a good start with an assortment of SPS, LPS, including some nice montis, chalice, duncans, Balanophyllia, acros, blastomusa and others. I'm a pretty quick learner and hope to meet up with many of you in person.
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