Wife of Stercus Accidit

Hey Everyone!

My name is Melissa and my husband loved this forum! He (Stercus Accidit) passed away on Christmas Eve...right after he got our 20 gallon up and running. I know he has a build thread on here somewhere... Underneath the main 20 gallon, is a 20 gallon refugium. I've spent the last four and half months lurking through my husband so I could learn more about our tanks. Right now, I have a

feather duster,
black and white clown,
cleaner shrimp,
a tube anenome,
one coral banded shrimp...misc. snails, and a few blue legged hermits.
(oohh and a pretty cool hitch-hiker serpent starfish, i saw today)

I had a blue chromis that my husband bought, that literally disappeared, never found one piece of it... and I had a mated pair of coral banded, but one died My husband's brother has our Mandarin, I was afraid he wasn't getting enough to eat, but he is still thriving!!
I also have
a kenya tree
and a frog spawn

My husband installed two drivers...with white, blue, and violet LED's...I don't know any technical terms...:-[

Right now my goal is to keep everything alive (hopefully) and to get the other items my husband had on his list. I have had a ton of problems since my husband died from-- green bubble algae, brown hair algae, the sudden appearance of hundreds of pineapple sponges, a tank over-flow, and several other things-- I learned about all of them from this forum...so thanks guys!! I figured it was about time to join for myself. I will post pictures of what it looks like... when I figure out how...

 

Welcome to 3reef and my condolences on your loss. Your husband was a good member of our community.

Please feel free to ask questions at any time.

 

Welcome to 3 reef Melissa

my condolences on the passing away of your husband
not sure what else to say about this aspect, I do not want to cause any further upset

I think that it is wonderful that you want to keep the tank going and to fulfill your loved ones tank wish list
having that positive focus will be of great benefit to you

I am sure the members of this site, will give you as much help, advice, assistance as you may need
although I suspect, you already have a reasonable background knowledge as the tank is still in operation anyway

I look forward to the images
and I hope you enjoy your time and experience on this site

Steve

 

welcome Melissa! I am truley sorry for your loss, but I am very glad you finally joined up! Please be sure to update us with pictures etc of your tank!

 

Hi Melissa! I really was hoping it was some kind of mistake, but it was true. My deepest condolence to you and your family.

You got yourself a new online family, welcome!

 

Welcome to 3reef.

My condolences.

To post images I have found it easiest to get a free photobucket account. Transfer (upload) the image from your computer to photobucket, you then copy and paste the IMG code (photobucket image) into your post.

 

I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your husband. I really think its great that you are continuing on with something he obviously loved.Here is the link to his tank thread. Please accept my deepest condolences.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/show-off-your-fish-tanks/stercus-accidit-20g-build-126184.html

 

wow. im sorry, its never easy. But hopefully the hobby can occupy your mind, and im sure with the help you can, and will get around here, your tank will be something stercus would be very proud of.

Welcome to 3reef, wish it was on better terms, your here now that's all that matters.

 

Thanks for the welcome everyone! Also thanks for the info on the best way to post pics and for the link to my husband's build thread...I'll get some pictures up soon. Thanks again