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Hey everyone, my name is anthony and I have been involved with this hobby for about there months now. My first aquarium is a 25 gallon, I guess you would call it a marine aquarium with live rock. I started that project in july and haven't looked back since. I started the tank as a simple decoration but the more I submerged (ha) in this hobby the more I love it. my first purchase was a coral banded shrimp, a cleaner and some massasoit snails. I now have my two starter fish, a damsel and some other fish the guy at the pet store told me to use as a starter. I call him little blue. I have recently purchased a 55gallon aquarium for my next project. I plan on going the whole nine yards when it comes to having an actual reef tank with corals.

This hobby has been a lifesaver for me. In august of 2011 I had two friends who were killed in a car accident and it affected me greatly. I was having terrible anxiety attacks and it made my day to day life miserable. After taking up this hobby I realized caging for these animals and watching them really calmed me. It has been about two months since I had an attack and I'm so happy. I have so much fun creating a world and watching these animals explore it. I have learned so much and have much more to learn. Thanks for reading my story and I can't wait to become a part of this community.
 
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Welcome! It is nice to hear that you are getting benefits from this hobby that most people don't think of. Good luck with your tanks.
 
Hello Anthony and Welcome to R2R I am glad you found a calm in Reefing Looking forward to seeing those pics


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Hi Anthony. Sorry to hear of your loss. Glad you have found something to help, and so glad you joined our community! Welcome to the fam!!
 
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Welcome to R2R!

We appreciate your membership!

Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!
 
Pictures

A couple pictures of my first marine aquarium.

http://i.imgur.com/JxCTU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dM8wa.jpg
http://imgur.com/QyURx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/goQEE.jpg

It is still a work in progress obviously, I need light and a skimmer next.

I'm also having a cyanobacteria problem. I just realized, being a n00b I thought that purple stuff might be what coraline looks like when it starts.
with no assistance from my lfs, they said oh yea purple on the sand. That happens in all new tanks, and that is all he said ha.
 

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