dlambs
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Hello guys and gals and all other ocean junkies! My name is Davis and I am a college student based out of savannah Georgia (for now). I was raised until I was 21 in Cherokee county and I live here in savannah with my parents till I graduate and enter the Cyber Security industry. My long term goals are to achieve a standing in the IT field working in a form of penetration testing, and to maintain a SPS dominated 4ftx4ft cube tank in a decently sized house (haha)
I gained an interest in reef keeping around the age of 13 and I used to mow lawns to be able to afford my tank at the time. after a few years I had to tear down and it wasnt until last year that I decided I could afford to maintain a tank and really invest time into it.
In October of 2020, I purchased a nuvo 14 and set it up. I let it cycle, had a single occeleris clownfish and decided that wasnt enough for me. four months later, I purchased a Nuvo 20 peninsula and started that as well. I thought after a month of it running, i was safe to transfer my livestock to the tank. It was lit by 4x24 t5, had about double the amount of live rock and sand and my parameters were stable. a month later I went out of town, everything was growing well including many sps frags that had fully encrusted. then while I was out of town, My lights had been stuck on for three days straight causing a temperature spike above 86, and the corals to all bleach from the shift in temperature and over exposure to new lighting. I lost almost everything. that tank has remained FOWLR. the 14 is holding strong with only a small pest flatworm problem now that is being resolved as you read this posting. the 20 is leaving shortly and being replaced with a 2ftx2ft cube that will be my new sps dominated display, and because of the loss due to malfunction, I have taken my decent electronic and programming skills and turned those into what is commonly known as a REEFPI. this controller is very similar to an Apex unit, but at a fraction of the cost and falls well within my college budget, so I am excited to see how well it helps me maintain my system.
Thank you for your time, and I hope to make plenty of connections and get to learn from all of you.
Davis.
I gained an interest in reef keeping around the age of 13 and I used to mow lawns to be able to afford my tank at the time. after a few years I had to tear down and it wasnt until last year that I decided I could afford to maintain a tank and really invest time into it.
In October of 2020, I purchased a nuvo 14 and set it up. I let it cycle, had a single occeleris clownfish and decided that wasnt enough for me. four months later, I purchased a Nuvo 20 peninsula and started that as well. I thought after a month of it running, i was safe to transfer my livestock to the tank. It was lit by 4x24 t5, had about double the amount of live rock and sand and my parameters were stable. a month later I went out of town, everything was growing well including many sps frags that had fully encrusted. then while I was out of town, My lights had been stuck on for three days straight causing a temperature spike above 86, and the corals to all bleach from the shift in temperature and over exposure to new lighting. I lost almost everything. that tank has remained FOWLR. the 14 is holding strong with only a small pest flatworm problem now that is being resolved as you read this posting. the 20 is leaving shortly and being replaced with a 2ftx2ft cube that will be my new sps dominated display, and because of the loss due to malfunction, I have taken my decent electronic and programming skills and turned those into what is commonly known as a REEFPI. this controller is very similar to an Apex unit, but at a fraction of the cost and falls well within my college budget, so I am excited to see how well it helps me maintain my system.
Thank you for your time, and I hope to make plenty of connections and get to learn from all of you.
Davis.
