How did you get involved in the saltwater hobby?

It's along story...I started out with a 1 gallon freshwater tank which I bought off cragslist, comes with 6 tigerbarbs with everything for 5 bucks. I was so happy that time... then I upgrade and upgrade, my biggest freshwater tank then was just a 12gal... I always keep looking at you tube, all about fish tanks and I came across this cool puffer fish (mirius puffer). It buries itself in the sand and just waits for prey. I want to buy it so bad but my husband said no because it cost $60. So I said can I get a saltwater tank as I have been seeing this nano tank. So I started out with a bio cube 14gal. I bought a 5 gal hex saltwater tank off craigslist again for $100 which includes live rock, yellow watchman goby, purple urchin and corl banded shrimp. So yes thats where everything started and now my husband regrets not buying me a puffer fish. LOL

Tell us about your tank

My tank is a 60 gal drilled acrylic long tank with a custom built hood and stand. I have a coralife fixture 2x150w mh 14k phoenix bulbs, 2x96w true blue actinic and 3 moonlights, pc fans built in the hood, a 25 gal sump with liverock rubble and chaetos, and an aqua c urchin pro with about 60lbs of liverock.

livestock:
an onyx clownfish hosting walls,rocks and powerheads
a false percula clownfish hosting a rose anemone
3 blue chromis
a leopard wrasse
a female mandarin goby
a yellow watchman goby
a blue hippo tang
a yellow tang
cleaner shrimp
peppermint shrimp
coral banded shrimp
banded serpent starfish
2 clams,a maxima and a crocea
Lots of ZOOS
Lots of LPS
Lots of RICS
couple of sps frags
pom pom and blue xenias
lots of snails, NO hermit crabs

I also have a bio cube 14gal..

20lbs of liverock zoos, neon green clove polyps,kenya tree,some shrooms and rics
1 tailspot blenny
black feather duster

How did you become involved with Reef Frontiers?

I found out about Reef Frontiers when I bought a used 24 gal aquapod with sunpod from a very nice couple who live so far away. I don't remember their faces but they are a member too. I would really love to meet them again and thank them because if it wasnt for them I'm would not know about this wonderful site.

What is your reef keeping philosophy?

Love your corals and fish as they will love you back...

What is your dream tank?

A shallow tank, like 200 gal? full of colorful colonies of zoos and eye popping colorful LPS.

Do you have any advice for others?

Every time you feed say grow
Every time you look at them tell how beautiful they are
Every time you knock corals say sorry
Every time you clean the tank and do water change tell them its good for them
Every time you frag them and sell, tell them youre doing it to buy them a new friend LOL
Talk to your corals, they will listen :)