Excited to give this another shot after a year off!
What country are you located in?
North Carolina USA
What is one thing you always need more of?
Reef Crystals, frozen fish food (rods/lrs nano)
What do you like to do on the weekends?
Film festivals, D&D, horror conventions, hiking, general adventuring
What are your other hobbies/interests?
Horror, comedy, general nerdy events
How do you relax after a long day at work?
Honestly either staring at/fiddling with the tank, playing Crusader Kings III, and watching YouTube content/wrestling/netflix
Do you collect anything?
My girlfriend collects rocks, so if you have cool rocks that would be dope. I also collect weird kitschy collectibles from strange destinations. Some examples: a mothman Christmas ornament, a clay cast replica of Audrey II from little shop of horrors, etc!
What is your favorite color?
Purple!
What is one TV show or movie you can watch over and over again?
I really really like Shane and Ryan from Watcher/Buzzfeed unsolved. My favorite movie is Sleepaway Camp.
What type of music do you listen to?
Punk, hyperpop, hip-hop, bluegrass--honestly most things
Do you follow any sports teams?
Nope
What's your favorite fish?
That I have currently? My yellow watchman goby. Of all time? Puffers have my heart but too nibbly for my reef
Favorite coral?
I have a soft spot for rhodactis mushrooms and euphyllia. I also loveeeeee anemones and elegance
Favorite invert?
Skunk cleaner probably. I also love love love urchins.
Tell us about your tank(s)! What size are they? What do you keep in them? Do you have a build thread?
I have a 120 gallon with 35 gallon sump started August of 2018. Current stock is after an outage related crash a year ago sadface. Yellow watchman with tiger pistol, talbots damsel, tomini tang, clownfish pair (one black one standard), lawnmower blenny, and blue line flasher wrasse. For invers, skunk cleaner, fire shrimp, pincushion urchin, tiger conch, emerald crabs, various snails and hermits. For coral I'm just getting back in after recovering from crash. Yellow watchman and my massive 18" toadstool coral are the only original inhabitants. I also have a few rhodactis, zoas, a bubble tip anemone, and some discosoma.
Do you have any planned upgrades or hopeful future tweaks to your tank(s)?
I plan to add a few more fish and a LOT more coral! No new system though. Maybe an externally plumbed in fuge?
What's your favorite thing to watch in your tank?
I always find myself staring at my tomini tang or my talbots damsel. The talbots loves to back up like a bus into the rockwork mimicking its reef behavior. The tang is constantly algae hunting and swooping through rockwork.
Are there any parts of the reef hobby you get really excited over?
I geek out over commensalism/wild reef dwelling behavior. Seeing clownfish hosting or pistol shrimp with gobies or damsels backing into their "reef" makes my heart full.
What are some good gift ideas for you? (This isn't meant to be a wish list. Just some general thoughts or ideas for whoever draws your name.)
Anything horror, the fish I'm waiting to add (from a reputable vendor), aquarium supplies, d&d stuff, little things that have made your reefing experience easier, easy colorful mushroom coral or euphyllia/elegance, horror art and/or your favorite local artists' work, really cool rocks for my girlfriend, whatever you get from my vibes on this post
Would you be interested in receiving livestock? If yes, what would you be interested in? *disclaimer due to the busy holiday season we recommend not shipping livestock*
Yes, if you have experience with and are comfortable with the vendor and their quality. For fish, on the "to add" list are a pajama cardinal, a royal gramma, and a biota captive bred mandarin. For inverts, a halloween urchin or a tuxedo urchin. For coral I love mainly euphyllia, elegance, mushrooms. For nems I'd love maxi min carpets, rock flower nems, or crazy bubble tip color morphs.
Thanks and honestly whatever I get would be appreciated!