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Hello, my name is Thomas and I started with the aquarium hobby when I was 9 years old with a freshwater aquarium. I had those for over thirty years before I started my first saltwater tank about three years ago, when I converted my 29g FW to salt when buying and setting up a 65g freshwater tank. I enjoyed the 29g so much that I also converted my 65g to saltwater and have not looked back.

The 65g is a mixed reef (softies, LPS, and SPS), all beginner corals, and the other inhabitants are

2 clowns (breeding incessantly, but the fry always ends up as food)
1 Royal Gramma ( the biggest and shiest fish in the tank!)
1 Yellow Watchman Goby paired with a Tiger Pistol shrimp (redecorating my substrate all the time)
1 Yasha White Ray Goby paired with a Candy Cane shrimp (yes, I love those goby/pistol pairs!)
1 Blue Neon Goby
1 Starry Goby
1 Banggai Cardinal
3 Red striped Cardinals (I ordered yellow striped, but these came instead)
Hermit crabs
Strawberry Conch
Assortment of other snails (Cerith, Nassarius, Trochus, Astrea)

The 29g houses

2 Pajama Cardinals
1 Royal Gramma
1 Yellow Watchman Goby paired with a Tiger Pistol shrimp (again, love those guys)
Snails
Softies and some SPS fragments from my 65g

The fish are all captive-bred.

As I have no sumps all equipment is HOB or in-tank (Seachem Tidal filters, Tunze 9004DC, Bullet-1).

As most beginners I had to deal with various issues (bryopsis, diatoms, dinos), but now both tanks run well.

Looking forward to learning and connecting here!
 

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Welcome to the local hangout! Lots of awesome reefers in SoCal!

Make sure you post a tank shot in the Friday FTS thread so we can check out your work.
 

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Welcome, Thomas. There's a lot of friendly and knowledgeable reefers on here. But I have a feeling you have lots to contribute yourself.

Let's see those tanks!
 

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Hey there Thomas! Welcome to the party :)

Where abouts in South Orange County are you? I love to hear when we have members down this way. I'm located in San Clemente.
 
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Welcome Thomas, this community has a wealth of knowledge so you're in the right place. If you ever need help with reefing post it here and I'm sure the community will chime in to help.
 

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I finally managed to take some pics (29 g on top, 65 g at the bottom)

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Very cool. I like the cardinals in both tanks and the yasha gobies too! :love: Nice pics!!

Thanks for sharing.
 

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Reminds me of my old tank. Nice!
 

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Welcome! Nice tanks!


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Welcome Thomas,
There is a lot of Oc reefers here on this forum, I’m one of them.
 

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