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Alex A

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Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the site (don't know anyone) so I just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. Name is Alex, 28 yrs. old, live in Manhattan, Stuy. Town, work at Columbia University Medical Center as a Lab Manager.

So Hi everyone, hope you all have a good weekend.

Alex
 

Alex A

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lol!you're right about that!
so, what kind of tank you've got?

Well I'm only 9 months into the reef tank thing so nothing like what I've seen in most of the pictures here, BUT - I got a 50 gal. (high) custom show tank, w/ a 20 Gallon fuge, 1 X 250 wat. Current MH, 100 W current dual PC (actnic and 10,000k daylight), 65+ lbs live rock, 4-5" DSB, 1 cauliflower coral (pink), bunch of Zoo's (red, green, orange and brown) Goniopora Stokesi (sp.?) Green, I got her before I knew how hard they are to keep - (Research first purchase later as I have learned) However, I have kept her for over 7 months now, by target feeding cyclo & reef roids 3 x per week to each tenticle. She is now the size of a basket ball and doing great, dropping goniophytes every few months.) Brain Coral/Favites sp (neon green.) Fish: I have one false ocelaris, I yellow tang (I know another not so wise purchase for a smaller tank) would love to find a betetr home for her - any takers - she's still a baby? and just picked up a blue mandarin goby (female), nice and plump and eat's her heart out. Got her from Reef Encounter in South Hackensack - great store... mated pair of coral banded shrimp - female is always reering eggs, never tried to raise them, but they make a nice supplimental feeding to my tank, bunch of snails, and hermits. Pods are doing great, they're all over the place, but I'm going to NWA today to pick up a few more cultures. Just got a bunch from Adelaide at essentiallivefeeds.com - Great lady....I could go on and on, I guess I have been waiting 9 months to answer that question since my friends can't even keep a goldfish...:lol: I hope to have some pictures up over the weekend, but I wouldn't even know how to upload them here...LOL How bout you??:bablefish
 

Alex A

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Manhattan, NYC
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Welcome to MR

Thanks, your avatar (if that's even the right word for that thing on the left hand side) was me about 9 months back, much to my fiance's dismay (and still to this day.) She hates my time around the tank (i do spend more time & $ it it then her):eek:...anyway, that was my first book. Read it cover to cover...


Hey M'akoy - just noticed you & I live right near eachother, I live on 20th btwn. 1st and the FDR
 
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Alex A

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Manhattan, NYC
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WELCOME TO Mr SOUNDS LIKE UR ON THE RIGHT PATH ALREADY

Thanks very much - I haven't suffered a loss yet (well I have lost some Crabs to predation from one-another) Aside form that everything has been in for about 4 months now and #'s couldn't be better....I took it real slow the first 3-4 months though, and only started with LR, 1 Zoo and the Goni - as I said, stupid move back then:iamwithst, but she pulled through and is doing great...
 

jhale

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Alex welcome to Manhattan Reefs.

That's pretty amazing your goni is doing so well that it's reproducing, your definitely doing something right.
To load pics just go to the photo gallery link and hit upload, you'll have a page that lets you upload from your computer in front of you. it's pretty easy to figure out, out of all the info it asks the most important thing is to chose "members galleries" for where the photos are to go.
 

Alex A

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Promise, after my little night out on the high sea's that will be my first order of business tomorrow...my focus might be a little hazy after the night:givebeer:, but at least I have a few good shots on the computer...
 

Alex A

Experienced Reefer
Location
Manhattan, NYC
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Alex welcome to Manhattan Reefs.

That's pretty amazing your goni is doing so well that it's reproducing, your definitely doing something right.
To load pics just go to the photo gallery link and hit upload, you'll have a page that lets you upload from your computer in front of you. it's pretty easy to figure out, out of all the info it asks the most important thing is to chose "members galleries" for where the photos are to go.

Thanks for the help on this...I'll get them up tomorrow mid-PM, but I gotta say, I've seen some pretty amazing tanks on here while browsing, go easy on a guy..LOL...you's will be the first people who have seen my tank besides the the guppy-killers who swing by my apartment....
 

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