New to MAAST/Hobby!

[marshallorama]

Hello everybody,

My name is Marshall and I am fairly new to the hobby. My girlfriend has done a 100 gal. FOWLR tank in the past (along with other small tanks, but that was her favorite) and she got out of the hobby after somebody came over for a party a few years back and crashed her tank. She recently told me I could take over the 100 gal. tank, and she would help me along the way. The plan is to start off with another FOWLR tank, but I would love to turn it into a reef tank once I learn a lot more and won't make careless mistakes that can be avoided by doing proper research. I am really excited to get into this, and it's something fun for both of us to do together. She already makes fun of me (harmlessly, of course) for staring at the tank for hours when I all I have in there are a couple of mushroom rocks, live rock, two urchins, and some hermit crabs. I look forward to getting involved in the forums, learning, and hopefully getting to meet some of you.


A brief bit about me: I am a chemistry undergrad at UTSA. I work as a dog groomer. I love animals, sci-fi/fantasy, computer games, science, and typically all things nerdy.

-Marshall-

[Louis-210]

what’s up, welcome to MAAST, the best advice we can give is to take your time don’t rush into anything, and don’t be afraid to ask questions, this forum has help me so much and I have meet a lot of great people so far :) , Do you have any other pets ? also we would love to see some pics.

[marshallorama]

Thank you for the welcome. I will definitely be asking questions along the way. I haven't gotten to the point yet where I know exactly what questions to ask, but I am sure there will be plenty coming soon. I intend to document my progress as we get this tank to where we want it, so I will be more than happy to post pics as I get them. At the moment I only have one pic (post-Nitrogen cycle), but it is at home on my laptop so I can't post it atm.

Yes, we do have other pets. Right now we have two German Shepherds, two Bearded Dragons, a squirrel that we have been taking care of because its mother was killed before its eyes opened, and a Columbian Rainbow Boa.

-Marshall-

[Big_Pun]

welcome... we can trade frags for grooming!!!! lol

[allan]

welcome... we can trade frags for grooming!!!! lol

Hush, Chris! He grooms dogs, not people.

Welcome on board there, Marshall. My daughter's and me, our first tank was a 100 gallon tank non reef ready. We would stare at the one rock we had in there for hours because everytime something moved... Definitely good times ahead.

Look forward to pictures soon. Even if it's just a mushroom. :)

[Mike]

Welcome to MAAST. Good group of people on here, so don't be afraid to ask questions.

[txav8r]

Welcome!

[marshallorama]

welcome... we can trade frags for grooming!!!! lol

Haha. Well, I'm already trading grooms for car maintenance, so once I do some research on coral that sounds like a plan! Plus, I am always willing to help out the doggies!

-Marshall-

[Louis-210]

=Yes, we do have other pets. Right now we have two German Shepherds, two Bearded Dragons, a squirrel that we have been taking care of because its mother was killed before its eyes opened, and a Columbian Rainbow Boa.

-Marshall-[/QUOTE]

NIce i aso have a German shephard that is about 5 months now, and trying my best to traning her lol , will be taking her soon to get groom...

[reefreak]

Welcome

[Fishstix@JewelsOfTheSea]

Welcome, you are definitely joining the right crowd if you are staring for countless hours at your fish tank. lol We've all been there and still doing that! If you need any help or advice about anything, I'm available. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a near empty tank turn into a beautiful reef tank. Good luck and look forward to hearing more from ya!

[Ms_Big_Pun]

Hello everybody,

My name is Marshall and I am fairly new to the hobby. My girlfriend has done a 100 gal. FOWLR tank in the past (along with other small tanks, but that was her favorite) and she got out of the hobby after somebody came over for a party a few years back and crashed her tank. She recently told me I could take over the 100 gal. tank, and she would help me along the way. The plan is to start off with another FOWLR tank, but I would love to turn it into a reef tank once I learn a lot more and won't make careless mistakes that can be avoided by doing proper research. I am really excited to get into this, and it's something fun for both of us to do together. She already makes fun of me (harmlessly, of course) for staring at the tank for hours when I all I have in there are a couple of mushroom rocks, live rock, two urchins, and some hermit crabs. I look forward to getting involved in the forums, learning, and hopefully getting to meet some of you.


A brief bit about me: I am a chemistry undergrad at UTSA. I work as a dog groomer. I love animals, sci-fi/fantasy, computer games, science, and typically all things nerdy.

-Marshall-

Hey Marshall! Welcome....I too am at UTSA, but I'm a Bio major. I wouldn't be too surprised if we may have crossed paths at some point. I'm sure you live in the science building too;)

[marshallorama]

Hey Marshall! Welcome....I too am at UTSA, but I'm a Bio major. I wouldn't be too surprised if we may have crossed paths at some point. I'm sure you live in the science building too;)

Yeah, I'm sure we've crossed paths at one point or another. I am constantly bouncing back and forth between labs in the science building and lectures in the BSE. It would be cool to meet up some day before the semester ends and have coffee or something. My girlfriend was formerly a bio major before I persuaded to come to the dark side (chemistry), but she loves to talk bio/science with anybody and everybody. So, I'm sure she'd love to meet you too.

-Marshall-

[Ms_Big_Pun]

Yeah, I'm sure we've crossed paths at one point or another. I am constantly bouncing back and forth between labs in the science building and lectures in the BSE. It would be cool to meet up some day before the semester ends and have coffee or something. My girlfriend was formerly a bio major before I persuaded to come to the dark side (chemistry), but she loves to talk bio/science with anybody and everybody. So, I'm sure she'd love to meet you too.

-Marshall-

Blaaaaaa Chemistry. Although, I think I have to say that Genetics was worse than any other chem class I took. I've only got one lab this semester and it's Biochem...which is enough for me at this point. I'm around a lot MWF so we def. should all meet up... and I love super super close to campus if you ever need to tank talk or help.