Who am I?

[evolved]

A quick bio on myself, for anyone who doesn't yet know me:

Hunter Hammond, aka "evolved", is a marine hobbyist who currently keeps a 270g peninsula reef in his living room featuring numerous rare wrasses. He is a knowledgeable leader in the captive care of all reef-safe wrasses and has written numerous articles on the topic. Hunter was a speaker at MACNA 2017, RAP 2019, and a panelist at Mini-Macna 2021. In his local community, he has acted as the club president for AZ FRAG for several years. Additionally, on a national level, he is involved with the Rainbow Reefers. He has been in the marine hobby since 2009 and lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his husband and their Thai Ridgeback dog. Hunter’s professional career is in the aerospace propulsion engine industry as a structures engineer.

I also have my own website, where you can find my wrasse articles:

The Wrasse Guy

About Me: Hello, I am Hunter Hammond, aka "evolved", and I am a marine hobbyist who currently keeps a 270g peninsula reef in my living room featuring numerous rare wrasses. I am a knowledgeable leader in the captive care of all reef-safe wrasses and have written numerous articles on the topic. I

www.thewrasseguy.com

And, if you know me from R2R from the past, I have a statement about such also on my site:

The Wrasse Guy - Why aren't you on R2R anymore?

In the last few months of 2020 the owner of Reef2Reef, David Hammontree, elected to impose a rather anti-LGBTQ position in Reef2Reef's policies. Despite my (and other moderator's) clear objections, David stuck to his evangelical (Pentecostal) roots and made it clear this would be the way Reef2Reef

www.thewrasseguy.com

I hope everyone can feel at home here, and hope to build a solid local community!