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Originally Posted by trueblackpercula
This is not even fair to the rest of us.......LOL how on earth I will you set up the mitras? I have one over my tank and its super powerful i can't imagine three plus all the extra lighting you have. when you get a chance would be interested in your mitras lx6100hv graph and project. Here is mine running it right now at 56% and have been increasing 1% every seven days.
Michael
I am so following this thread as I see your vision and it looks like your system is going to be killer real fast.
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Micheal.. I felt a sense of enthusiasm in your post that began a chain reaction of memories and feelings in me...
So, anybody who wants to skip the 'chick flick' sentimentalism can skip over this part..
I kept my first fish in a mayonnaise jar shortly after we gave away my cat because I had developed allergies. I was 6. I've been keeping fish for over 4 years, now. Through elementary and high school and through university I kept freshwater fish... I finally started focusing on discus and tanganyika cichlids because I could see a sense of community or level of interaction which was more complex than regular community fish.
Shortly after I began university, and working in a pet store to fund school, I saw my first reef tank - probably in 1991. The manager of one of the franchise stores in which I worked was into reefs and I began helping him unpack coral orders. There was no going back. The reef tank embodied everything I wanted to do in an aquarium. It was the closest thing to a fully functioning ecosystem you could find in your living room.
The manager's name was Robin.. He's around here, on occasion.. Hopefully he'll drop by at some point.
Anyways! My first reef tank was in my In-law's house and it was a standard 50 gallon, my next tank, in my wife's and my first apartment we a custom 75. My next tank,in our next apartment was a standard 125. Next, in our first house, was a custom 210 with another 200g of sumps in the basement. We moved again and I got a standard 265, had kids, renovated and set up my glorious custom 300.. Until another major reno leading to my current set up. All of those installations were more exciting that the next and keeping each tank more rewarding than the last..
This past two years with this tank was not like that.. It was pretty much joyless work and frustration..
Last night, when I read your post, I had the first sensation of giddy excitement I used to feel when embarking on a new project.. This hobby can be so intensely rewarding and satisfying when things go well but when it fails, it can be like living in the gulag..(not that I know what that's like, but I can imagine.. Not fun)
so, Michael, I thank you for following me and for your excitement! It has reconnected me to the fun, art, science and creative expression of reef keeping..