Hey, guys

StephLionfish · Feb 7, 2013

Hi everyone, my name is Steph, and I've been in the saltwater hobby for a few years now. My mom and older sister had always been in love with fish, but I never got the draw until one day.. I just did. It all started when I went to the lfs and saw a Lionfish (D. zebra) that was starved and didn't have any sign of getting better. I asked my mom to get rid of her clownfish in her 55g, and I brought the Lion home.

DSCN0027 by Tree_Roots, on Flickr

A month later of hard work, and he was eating frozen foods :smile:

DSCN0129 by Tree_Roots, on Flickr

Unfortunately, a year later I believe I got ich in from some liverock, and he died in QT.

Anyways, I've had a few fish since then, but I've settled on stomatopods (aka mantis shrimp). I have a 10g that I set up a month ago for my N. Wennerae, my macro, and my large polyp nps corals. (I'll make a build thread if anyone wants to follow

it's very basic, though)
I also have a 20g lps/softie reef and another 20g that my Wennerae is currently in, but that tank won't stay up.

So, that's my story, if anyone bothered reading through it

I'm also a photographer-

~~~ by Tree_Roots, on Flickr

IMG_5788 by Tree_Roots, on Flickr

Close-up of Monarch Butterfly. by Tree_Roots, on Flickr

..and a gardener.
Thanks for looking *wave*