Experience???

Nice tanks Matt. And for this thread I just thought it would be cool to know what were dealing with here on 3reef . Its because of threads like this one that you know when you (Matt), BirdlLady or some others say something you should listen cause of all the experience you guys have.

Marc. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

 

My brother owns a pet store for 20+ years now. I started working there at the age of 12 and worked there until I was 22. The store primarily deals in fresh water so I became somewhat of a freshwater expert. I always had a planted tank with discus. In fact my 90 gallon reef tank was once a heavily planted discus tank.
So I guess I have around 15 years of tank experience.

cool thread.

 

I started with FW in 1973 at age 12. By the time I was 17, I had a bedroom that looked like a LFS with 10-15 tanks. I was breeding about everything out there and selling to the area LFS. I also had my first SW tank, a FO for about six months. Pretty much lost all interest at that point. Sports and girls became my priorities.

Got back into it by accident about 3 years ago when I set up a small Betta tank for my wife. The bug bit again and within a couple years I was breeding African Cichlids. Had to move with the job to NE Ohio and started my first reef last Sep, a 30 long. I am now moving all of its occupants to a 55G and I will make the 30 a FW planted tank.

My reef learning curve has been steep, but I am really enjoying the process. Once I get this thing right I will post pics.

 

Ive had my own saltwater tanks for well over 7 years, FW about the same time....I got into reef after my dad took down his 180 and I had nothing to play with about 4 years ago....went full blown about 3 years ago on nano-reefs after i went diving off electric beach. Also 5+ years in fish and pet stores. I want to work at a distributor and eventually get into field work of the industry...hence the marine science courses.