Hello all, my name is Dequan Barthell and I just returned to the Atlanta area after being gone for 26yrs. I was born and raised in the local area before doing almost 24 years in the Air Force and finally retiring in 2020.
I’ve been in the hobby for a little over two years and also worked in a LFS in the Seattle area, part time for about 6 months. My first tank was a RedSea 425xl that I purchased used but it was an established tank with fish and LPS dominate corals. Ofcourse being new to the hobby, I dove head first into learning how to keep that ecosystem alive. There was a step learning curve but thankfully that tank was more success than failure even after switching over to an SPS dominate tank.
I currently don’t have a tank up and running but that’s mostly because the recent move. I’ve since sold the RedSea tank and all the corals, but have upgraded to a Cade 1800 s2 and a Reef Savvy 450g, that I got the lead on from reading on the ARC Facebook group (Thank you to that member for posting about it) and a RedSea 170 that will be a nem only tank. I still have a few fish that a friend in Seattle is keeping for me until I can get a tank setup and running.
I will end with thanking this forum/club. I was worried that moving from a very active community in Seattle that I wouldn’t find the same here. I also look forward to meeting many of you and also being very active in the reefing group, as you guys/gals are my type of people.
Cheers!
P.S. I’ve attached photos of my previous and current tanks along with some corals I had before moving back to Atlanta.
I’ve been in the hobby for a little over two years and also worked in a LFS in the Seattle area, part time for about 6 months. My first tank was a RedSea 425xl that I purchased used but it was an established tank with fish and LPS dominate corals. Ofcourse being new to the hobby, I dove head first into learning how to keep that ecosystem alive. There was a step learning curve but thankfully that tank was more success than failure even after switching over to an SPS dominate tank.
I currently don’t have a tank up and running but that’s mostly because the recent move. I’ve since sold the RedSea tank and all the corals, but have upgraded to a Cade 1800 s2 and a Reef Savvy 450g, that I got the lead on from reading on the ARC Facebook group (Thank you to that member for posting about it) and a RedSea 170 that will be a nem only tank. I still have a few fish that a friend in Seattle is keeping for me until I can get a tank setup and running.
I will end with thanking this forum/club. I was worried that moving from a very active community in Seattle that I wouldn’t find the same here. I also look forward to meeting many of you and also being very active in the reefing group, as you guys/gals are my type of people.
Cheers!
P.S. I’ve attached photos of my previous and current tanks along with some corals I had before moving back to Atlanta.
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