Meet The Salties...

[lljdma06]

I wanted to start this again, as I'm finally in a position where I can do some work on this section. Follow the formatting and let's meet the Salties!

Forum Name:
Real Name:
Location:
Years in Hobby:
Current Tanks:
Non Hobby-related Fact:
Pet Peeve in the Hobby:
Favorite fish:
Favorite invert:
Hobby goals:


Some pictures and/or videos of your systems and/or livestock. A picture of yourself is totally optional. Limit it to four, please. I know, hard, but try. I'll start!

Forum Name: lljdma06
Real Name: Lissette
Location: Miami, FL
Years in Hobby: 23 years, but most of this was Freshwater and planted.
Current Tanks: 3 SW systems. 36g Florida/Caribbean biotope, 8g Zoa/Yuma garden, 4g non-photosynthetic tank
Non Hobby-related Fact: I sing opera
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: When people don't research before they do
Favorite fish: Right now? I don't know...
Favorite invert: Porcelain crabs, though pompom crabs are a close second
Favorite coral: Tubastraea species (sun corals)
Hobby goals: To see if I can breed my jawfish, to maintain my systems for as long as I can. To enjoy the hobby.

Some pictures of my systems...

Sun coral

Eagle eye zoanthids and gsp under blue lights

Video of feeding jawfish


Video of Caribbean porcelain crab

 

[ALW]

Forum Name: ALW
Real Name: Andrew
Location: Leeds
Years in Hobby: SW about 2 1/2 year
Current Tanks: 60g (75g USA)
Non Hobby-related Fact: I work in a hospital (York)
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: Telling people to cycle a tank with Live Rock, Live Rock wont cycle its already cycled!
Favorite fish: Moorish Idol (if only)
Favorite invert: Elegance Coral
Hobby goals: To maintain a healthy stable ecosystem for as long as possible.

 

[MBOU]

Forum Name: MBOU
Real Name: Gemma
Location: Reading or High Wycombe, UK
Years in Hobby: 4 or 5 (started with my housemates fish before she got me a job)
Current Tanks: 94L Kent Marine Bio Reef (is a shop display but since moving in with my parents, i cant have tank at the moment)
Non Hobby-related Fact: I work in the Aquatics trade but I want to train in psychology
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: Customers!
Favorite fish:Too many to choose from! Anything with personality... this month it is Sailfin Blennies!
Favorite invert: Ooohh umm... Sun Corals, Elegance Corals, Gorgonias (though they scare me!), Pom Pom Crabs, Mantis Shrimps (probably my fave!)
Hobby goals: Ohh err... to get my own place and have my own tanks! Learn more about corals and their needs and light requirements.

Also want a 40L Licorice Gourami blackwater biotope set up (tropical)

 

[theoilartist]

Forum Name:Theoilartist
Real Nameuncan
Location:East London, South Africa
Years in Hobby:1 month
Current Tanks:35l South African east coast biotope
Non Hobby-related Fact:I'm a Latter-Day Saint (Mormon)
Pet Peeve in the Hobby:Being the pet peeve of others in this forum.
Favorite fish: braai fish.
Favorite invert: Shrimps, I have glass shrimps in my tank. I would love to get a Mantis shrimp, but my tank is to small.
Hobby goals:My next goal is to build a sump for my tank.

Sergeant Major.

Pink Anemone

Hydatina physis

 

[GrayScale]

Forum Name: GrayScale
Real Name: Ryan
Location: Virginia, USA
Years in Hobby: 2 years
Current Tanks: 10g fw planted. Construction pending on 55g sw.
Non Hobby-related Fact: I'm a metalhead
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: Ignorance. Especially from pet stores.
Favorite fish: Lionfish
Favorite invert: Pistol shrimp
Favorite coral: Frogspawn
Hobby goals: To learn and maintain a succesful system. A larger long term goal would be to be a succesful breeder of a species or two of sw fishies.

 

[Man of fish]

I'm saying the 125 gallon salt is mine because my friend and I do maintenance on it equally even though it's at his house
Forum name: Man of Fish
Real name: matt
Location: GA, USA
Years in hobby: 6 months
Current tanks: 29 gal planted tropical, 10 gallon fw fry, 5 gal fluval chi, 125 gal salt.
Non-hobby related fact: I love baseball.
Pet peeve: people who don't cycle and don't care.
Favorite fish: puffers any type
Favorite invert: nerite snails
Favorite coral: anenomes
Hobby goals: not kill all my fish maintain all my tanks keep my fishes happy

 

[-Nemo-]

Forum Name: Nemo
Real Name: Steph (Feel free to call me by it)
Location: New York State
Years in Hobby: 6 years
Current Tanks: 75g mixed reef, 10g frag tank, hoping to get a 8g seahorse/planted tank up soon
Non Hobby-related Fact: Currently working on my Master's Degree
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: People asking for advice and then ignoring it
Favorite fish: Barbonious Anthias is my favorite that I own, otherwise any fairy wrasse <3
Favorite invert: Harlequins are adorable
Hobby goals: To do things out of the norm and experiment to further the hobby

 

[lljdma06]

Nobody wants to upload pictures?

 

[clay]

Forum Name: Clay
Real Name: Clay
Location: southwest Oklahoma, USA
Years in hobby: 4 in freshwater and almost 1 in saltwater
Current tanks: 75 gallon reef in progress
Nonhobby related fact: i lost 45 pounds in three months
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: algae
Favorite fish:Orange Spot Goby

Favorite invert: Trumpet coral

(please excuse my pet peeve )
Hobby Goals: To have a well functioning reef.

 

[wildechild_01]

Forum Name: Wildechild_01

Real Name: Trevor

Location: Calgary, AB Canada

Years in Hobby: 3yrs with FW and just over 1 sw

Current Tanks: 10 and 30g planted FW, 30 ang 90g SW.

Non Hobby-related Fact: Elephants can't jump. oh wait your probably meant about me. I'm an Electrician

Pet Peeve in the Hobby: People who make the same mistake over and over and over.. we are all learning we are all going to do something wrong at some point, but there is no reason to do the same thing wrong repeatedly... I'll admit i've been guilty of this in the past but its something i am very conscious of now

Favorite fish: Very tough call.... Either Moorish Idol which I can't keep due to tank size or.... any Goby species living with a Shrimp.

Favorite invert: I really really like Blue Linkia star fish but after a couple failed attempts I wont be trying again anytime soon.

Hobby goals: For right now it is just to have beautiful tanks that capture the attention of me and anyone who comes into my home.. Down the road would definitely like to grow the hobby and protect the wild by being able to supply others with tank raised fish and corals.

Current FTS on the 90g reef, this is just after a total re-scape done Jan 14 2012

Pretty Zoa's

same Zoa's under blue LED's sorry the focus is off a bit

 

[kj23502]

Forum Name: kj23502
Real Name: not telling
Location: South Dakota, USA
Years in Hobby: 3
Current Tanks: 40 breeder and a 12g
Non Hobby-related Fact:
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: when you give advice and people write it off or type like that person doesn't have credibility.
Favorite fish: my Bonnie and Clyde
Favorite invert: Strawberry Crab...ps I hate crabs
Hobby goals: Breed Bonnie and Clyde

My nem wall on my 12g

Sparky!!

My sexy shrimp on my blue mini carpet

40 breeder
When it was first set up

My anemone

My anemone splitting

Then I had 2 anemones

Then this 1 moved on ot he coral rock and it was banned to someone else's tank!

And my Bonnie and Clyde

The clowns are fat because I had just fed them...lol

http/www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XQRHXcuQWb4

http/www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=s9zdt8-CBSI

awe Embedding wasn't working!

 

[dannywrc]

Forum Name: Dannywrc
Real Name: Danny
Location: North England
Years in Hobby: 2 years salty and 5 fresh
Current Tanks: Juwel Rio 125 with sump
Non Hobby-related Fact: i love spending time with the family and when theyr not there i fire up the xbox for some battlefield 3
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: People neglecting their tanks to the point where its inhabitants start to suffer.
Favorite fish: My spotted manderin
Favorite invert: Sexy Shrimp
Hobby goals: To keep the tank as healthy as possible

Feb 2012

 

[BigTuna]

Forum Name: BigTuna
Real Name: Cody
Location: Alberta, Canada
Years in Hobby: 0.5
Current Tanks: 2
Non Hobby-related Fact: I work way too much. Time to sell everything
Pet Peeve in the Hobby: People who think there way is the only way
Favorite fish: Achilles Tang
Favorite invert: Emerald Crab (Such hard workers)
Hobby goals: To some day house a healthy Achilles Tang and Emperor Angel



My favorite fish currently in my FOWLR - Auriga Butterfly

My first ever Saltwater fish. Kaudern Cardinal

Cycling my tank - April (I have changed the overflow and return since this was taken)

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Forum Name: Crazyforcordoras
Real Name: ( in my profile)
Location: Wilton, New Hampshire
Years in the hobby: 9
Current tanks: 4, 1 nano reef, 1 invert only, 1 betta planted, and a community that will eventually be a cichlid tank.
Non Hobby Related fact: I also keep Whites Tree Frogs.
Pet Peeve in the hobby: People who think anemones and tube worms are corals
Favorite Fish: Cherub Angelfish
Favorite Invert: Rock Anemone
Favorite Coral: Frogspawn!
Hobby Goals: to breed my Mocha Ocellaris pair i paid 60$ for.

 

[BigTuna]

Cherub Angels are amazing. They have also become a favorite of mine while 'window shopping' online