jenjen
Community Member
Hello R2R!
New to the site, but not to the hobby. I started my first tank 8 years ago. It was a 90gal bow front which I ran for about a year before upgrading to the current 180gal. This one ran in our old house for a year before moving to the current place. It's been online in the current house for 6 years.
I've tried all kinds of corals, but the current setup is basically FOWLR though I do keep mushrooms and leathers. I like the easy maintenance and the different fish options that come with not keeping much coral.
After many years of not adding new fish, I added a kole tang last year who despite what I thought was a thorough QT protocol still managed to bring in velvet which killed all but 3 of my fish. Obviously I was devastated!
I left the tank fallow for many months, hospitaled the 3 fish I had left, and only recently completed an agressive restock which I achieved using 5 QT tanks. It's been 5 weeks with everyone in and so far so good.
All my fish are very young. The tank is still full of algae thanks to the long fallow period, though the fish are making headway. I'm excited to see the system with life back in it!
This seems like a great community and I look forward to being involved.
I don't have many recent pics but will take some soon. In the meantime I'll leave you with a bad cell pic of my bi-colour blenny and a very tiny clown goby who are apparently pals.
New to the site, but not to the hobby. I started my first tank 8 years ago. It was a 90gal bow front which I ran for about a year before upgrading to the current 180gal. This one ran in our old house for a year before moving to the current place. It's been online in the current house for 6 years.
I've tried all kinds of corals, but the current setup is basically FOWLR though I do keep mushrooms and leathers. I like the easy maintenance and the different fish options that come with not keeping much coral.
After many years of not adding new fish, I added a kole tang last year who despite what I thought was a thorough QT protocol still managed to bring in velvet which killed all but 3 of my fish. Obviously I was devastated!
I left the tank fallow for many months, hospitaled the 3 fish I had left, and only recently completed an agressive restock which I achieved using 5 QT tanks. It's been 5 weeks with everyone in and so far so good.
All my fish are very young. The tank is still full of algae thanks to the long fallow period, though the fish are making headway. I'm excited to see the system with life back in it!
This seems like a great community and I look forward to being involved.
I don't have many recent pics but will take some soon. In the meantime I'll leave you with a bad cell pic of my bi-colour blenny and a very tiny clown goby who are apparently pals.
