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Hello, my name is Joseph Beardi I am 15 years old,and been keeping reef aquariums for 3 years I have been told by a number of, well seasoned hobbyists. That I will be successful, and I have I am keeping seahorses, I have also kept acropora. When I see other young hobbyists that have not been in it, and immediately are shown in the spotlight, it hurts. Besides that is not the point, I have never asked for anything in the reef aquarium hobby. And I’ve consistently been harassed and ignored by other hobbyists, because of jealousy. You may not listen to this but I just wanted to let you know.
My Background, as a very young hobbyist I was very impulsive throwing random things in my aquarium, not cycling my aquarium, and did not know much about doing water changes. As I learned over the 3 years of keeping corals the addiction set in, when my first 20 gallon reef aquarium was mildly successful, I used only try easy corals. When my tank was around 6 months old I tried my first montipora. That I hand picked from WWC, I eventually upgraded to a 49 gallon breeder, in the beginning of that tank, I had algae problems. Once the tank stabilized I tried more SPS, fairy easy SPS species, birdsnest, montipora, and poclipora. Finally when I saw growth I tryed my first acropora. I quickly had success! Plugs were being encrusted very fast, within two months. Unfortunately though we had to move. This is a moment I will never forget, we moved my fish an coral, from Florida to New York. On the way there we got in a car accident, I really thought all my fish, and coral would surly be dead, but remarkably when I opened the car door, they were buried With luggage and bags. I could not believe it they lived. Unfortunately though my two $800 lights were broke, I immediately rushed them to a new aquarium. With no light for a week before I got a new one, a lot of my SPS died. I eventually turned the reef into a seahorse aquarium, which I’m happy to say is successful. My mom felt bad, and in are new house we built a fish room for me. So I bought a new reef aquarium and am getting back into it. Finally that is where I am today, if you would like to promote my channel, I am small with only a following of 211 subscribers on YouTube.
,m I’ve learned over the years that I am the new generation for reefing, and when the time comes it’ll be my job to keep the hobby thriving. If you do not get a younger generation in it kids will never be educated on how the reef actually works, and what aquaculture is doing to help
My Background, as a very young hobbyist I was very impulsive throwing random things in my aquarium, not cycling my aquarium, and did not know much about doing water changes. As I learned over the 3 years of keeping corals the addiction set in, when my first 20 gallon reef aquarium was mildly successful, I used only try easy corals. When my tank was around 6 months old I tried my first montipora. That I hand picked from WWC, I eventually upgraded to a 49 gallon breeder, in the beginning of that tank, I had algae problems. Once the tank stabilized I tried more SPS, fairy easy SPS species, birdsnest, montipora, and poclipora. Finally when I saw growth I tryed my first acropora. I quickly had success! Plugs were being encrusted very fast, within two months. Unfortunately though we had to move. This is a moment I will never forget, we moved my fish an coral, from Florida to New York. On the way there we got in a car accident, I really thought all my fish, and coral would surly be dead, but remarkably when I opened the car door, they were buried With luggage and bags. I could not believe it they lived. Unfortunately though my two $800 lights were broke, I immediately rushed them to a new aquarium. With no light for a week before I got a new one, a lot of my SPS died. I eventually turned the reef into a seahorse aquarium, which I’m happy to say is successful. My mom felt bad, and in are new house we built a fish room for me. So I bought a new reef aquarium and am getting back into it. Finally that is where I am today, if you would like to promote my channel, I am small with only a following of 211 subscribers on YouTube.
,m I’ve learned over the years that I am the new generation for reefing, and when the time comes it’ll be my job to keep the hobby thriving. If you do not get a younger generation in it kids will never be educated on how the reef actually works, and what aquaculture is doing to help
