"What kind of tank do you have at home?"
This was a question I would regularly get while installing and maintaining tanks. For just shy of a decade, I've largely worked in homes and businesses on the East Coast inside other people's aquariums. If you know any mechanics, they probably drive a beater. Likewise, the sandwich artists at Subway reach for anything but a sandwich for their own lunch. The last thing I wanted to do after cleaning fish tanks for hours at work was to come home and clean another. And so, I didn't have a tank that was mine for a very long time.
Filling Alexandria Renew's 7,000g Native Freshwater Display
While I put the hours in around DC, my foot was let into the door here, in Phoenix. My first industry job was at AquaTouch (if you ever read this Michael, thank you for giving me that shot.) Now returned, I briefly grappled with starting an aquarium service company of my own or joining one of the many existing teams in the valley. Instead, I accepted an opportunity at Neptune Systems to provide remote support. While the work suits me well, it has left me removed from the livestock. Long enough that having an aquarium (or aquariums?) of my own became an exciting idea again.
I'm using an old Mr Aqua 22L and stand. I'd like to have something easy to maintain so I'm aiming for a stocklist of soft corals and inverts. Armed with a handful of equipment put into storage a decade ago and a budget spinning out of control, I set the tank up opposite my desk. I'm currently using an A2 Apex, but an A3 ApexJr will be replacing it shortly.
22g SW Reef Office Nano
Current Equipment List: (Updated 4/27/23)
Current Livestock List: (Updated 4/27/23)
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Current FTS:
Current Apex Dash: (Updated 4/27/23)
This was a question I would regularly get while installing and maintaining tanks. For just shy of a decade, I've largely worked in homes and businesses on the East Coast inside other people's aquariums. If you know any mechanics, they probably drive a beater. Likewise, the sandwich artists at Subway reach for anything but a sandwich for their own lunch. The last thing I wanted to do after cleaning fish tanks for hours at work was to come home and clean another. And so, I didn't have a tank that was mine for a very long time.
Filling Alexandria Renew's 7,000g Native Freshwater Display
While I put the hours in around DC, my foot was let into the door here, in Phoenix. My first industry job was at AquaTouch (if you ever read this Michael, thank you for giving me that shot.) Now returned, I briefly grappled with starting an aquarium service company of my own or joining one of the many existing teams in the valley. Instead, I accepted an opportunity at Neptune Systems to provide remote support. While the work suits me well, it has left me removed from the livestock. Long enough that having an aquarium (or aquariums?) of my own became an exciting idea again.
I'm using an old Mr Aqua 22L and stand. I'd like to have something easy to maintain so I'm aiming for a stocklist of soft corals and inverts. Armed with a handful of equipment put into storage a decade ago and a budget spinning out of control, I set the tank up opposite my desk. I'm currently using an A2 Apex, but an A3 ApexJr will be replacing it shortly.
22g SW Reef Office Nano
Current Equipment List: (Updated 4/27/23)
- 22g 35.5x12x12 Low-Iron Glass Aquarium
- Caribsea Special Grade Substrate, Caribsea LifeRock Nano Arches
- Neptune A2 Apex w/ EB8, FMM, WXM, & VDM
- Ecotech Marine Vortech MP10ES w/ RF Module (x2)
- AquaIllumination AI Sol Blue w/ Serial Data Cable (x2)
Current Livestock List: (Updated 4/27/23)
- Zoanthids (Rasta, Bob Marley, LA Lakers)
- Banded Trochus Snails
Thread Links:
Current FTS:
Current Apex Dash: (Updated 4/27/23)
