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  • Saltwater Nerd Checking In

    Hey HFB,

    My name is Brandon. I think I used to have an account on here years ago under a different screen name, but who knows what happened to that.

    A little about me...

    I'm a marine biology graduate from Texas A&M University in Galveston. I have worked for Moody Gardens and a now closed saltwater aquarium store that was located in Webster. I'm currently employed as a chemical analyst for one of the major oil companies and in my free time I write aquarium articles on my blog and a couple of other sites. These are of course geared toward the saltwater side of the hobby, but we're all fish nerds right . I'm also an amateur photographer of aquatic life, and I take tons of pictures of anything I find interesting.

    Many of you may recognize my name from the other aquarium community in Houston (MARSH), but I've decided to branch out into other communities. I'm a member of more than a dozen national aquarium forums, so what's one more right?

    Anyways, I am currently running two saltwater aquariums. One is an 80-gallon display/frag aquarium while the other is a rimless 90-gallon tank from AGE/Fish Gallery. I'm still in the process of assembling the 90-gallon, but it does have water in it at least.

    I had no idea HFB had a saltwater section, as I thought the entire site was dedicated to freshwater. I'm glad to see this obviously (hence I joined the club...again), and hope to contribute as much as possible. And who knows, the salty side might get a couple of converts out of it. Just kidding, but I do look forward to interacting with yet another club.

    I'll cut the rambling short there for now.

    Thanks,

    Brandon Klaus

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    Welcome to the box. We are slowly growing our saltwater section. Is this Camaroracer? Glad to have your experience on board.
    Resident fish bum
    330G FOWLR
    34G Reef
    330G Discus biotopish (no longer running)
    28G JBJ Reef (no longer running)
    Treasurer, GHAC

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    • #3
      Yeah, this is camaroracer. I'm slowly abandoning that name...I don't even own a Camaro anymore.

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      • #4
        welcome back to the box :)
        Mentally Challenged

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        • #5
          welcome back. I read your blog quite a bit, and it always has great info and perspective.
          75 planted (Being Renovated)
          Endlers
          gobies
          lots of nanos

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          • #6
            Where can someone read his blog?
            Mentally Challenged

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            • #7
              Welcome (back) to the box!
              Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
              Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
              Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
              Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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              • #8
                http://blog.aquanerd.com
                Resident fish bum
                330G FOWLR
                34G Reef
                330G Discus biotopish (no longer running)
                28G JBJ Reef (no longer running)
                Treasurer, GHAC

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Darbex View Post
                  cool thanks
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                  • #10
                    Welcome!
                    Fish are people too, they just have gills.

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                    • #11
                      By the way Brandon we like pics. So start a thread of your tank and snap a bunch of pics.
                      Resident fish bum
                      330G FOWLR
                      34G Reef
                      330G Discus biotopish (no longer running)
                      28G JBJ Reef (no longer running)
                      Treasurer, GHAC

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                      • #12
                        I have been reading the blog all day long makes me want to do a saltwater tank....
                        Mentally Challenged

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by sunkenmetal View Post
                          I have been reading the blog all day long makes me want to do a saltwater tank....
                          thanks for the kind words about the site. i've sunk an ungodly amount of time and effort into it and i'm glad people enjoy it.

                          as for doing a saltwater tank, it's really not all that hard. just different. i'd love to give you some tips and advice, just ask questions. that's how i started.

                          regarding the pictures, i do take thousands and thousands of photos and some videos. i'll start a photo thread and maybe toss in a few videos i've made.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by AquaNerd View Post
                            thanks for the kind words about the site. i've sunk an ungodly amount of time and effort into it and i'm glad people enjoy it.

                            as for doing a saltwater tank, it's really not all that hard. just different. i'd love to give you some tips and advice, just ask questions. that's how i started.

                            regarding the pictures, i do take thousands and thousands of photos and some videos. i'll start a photo thread and maybe toss in a few videos i've made.
                            lol starting a salt water tank has to get wife approval lol....
                            Mentally Challenged

                            My Flickr

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                            • #15
                              tried to put some images here using the img tag, but the pics are too big. y'all need an automatic photo resizer =(.

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