Mentorship

[Dean]

New Hobbyists,
The following is a list of some of our most seasoned vets who would like to make their advice and assistance available to you. If you are experiencing a problem with your marine aquarium or have questions that you feel better speaking one on one about please feel free to contact anyone of these members. They have all been in the hobby for a long time and are extremely knowledgeable.

Please remember, there are no "dumb" questions. We are all here to help you be a successful aquarist!

Available mentors:
Troy Valentine
leliataylor - MAAST resident Seahorse and Pipefish expert
Alton
Paul28
mkengr45
Mr Cob
bstreep

[Mr Cob]

Add me to the list, i enjoy helping others... all they need do is PM their tele # and i will engage via text.

I think we all had the "dumb" questions when we started. MAAST support got me through a lot with my systems. All mentors listed have helped me at some point as well... and many others.

Thumbs up MAAST

[Dean]

Absolutely Rob. Thank you for volunteering for the program!

[Mr Cob]

For sure... seemed like something i could contribute to as long as texting me is cool.

[Bill S]

Sorry I missed your note Dean. You can add me to the list. Especially if someone wants to install an undergravel filter...

[Dean]

Sorry I missed your note Dean. You can add me to the list. Especially if someone wants to install an undergravel filter...

Thank you Bill!

[Mr Cob]

lol... under gravel filter. You crack me up Bill, those were the days when we bleached coral white and thought the tank was amazing

[BinaryReef]

Hi folks,

Is this mentorship program still active? Some quick background, I was heavily invested in the hobby 20 years ago, then kids came along, and you know how that goes! Ha. Now that my eldest is off to college and the younger is working on wrapping up HS, I decided to jump back in. Boy, how things have changed ion the last 20 years. I spent a few months reading and lurking on various forums and dived in about three weeks ago.

Tank: Biocube 14, 8 lbs Live Rock, 15 lbs Live Sand, NutriSea Water
Filtration: Swapped BC14 bioballs out for an InTank media basket with floss/purigen/chemipure.
Lights: Stock, but added a Moon LED to the open slot.
Automation: Tied an Apex Jr in to manage light cycles and heater. Also added an ATO tied into 5 gallon container of RO/DI from LFS.
Livestock: Two juvenile clowns. One Wrasse. Goby/Pistol pair. Emerald Crab. 4 hermits. 4 snails. All from LFS.
Coral: Mature Zoanthids (various) / Mushrooms (various) / Devils Hand Leather / GPS purchased on two "mystery garden" rocks from LFS. Pulsating Zennia - two heads. A couple other LPS frags.

Water cycled very quickly, due to live rock/sand and Nutrisea. In the three weeks since I started the tank, parameters have stayed very stable (Red Sea Test Kit), even as I added livestock. One 30% water change a week ago. Outside of the leather shedding for a few days (normal I have heard) everything is very active and healthy.

Very light feeding. 1/5th of a cube of Mysis every other day and 4-5 pellets of fish food daily.

My goal is to have this tank "mature" over the next 3 months and then pick up a Biocube 32 as an anemone/clown harem tank.

I am really hesitant to go large and prefer the idea of several smaller isolated tanks for two reasons. I can have multiple specialized environments and if something goes south in one tank I have other tanks to transfer livestock to temporarily while I fix that issue.

Anyway, if this program is still active and there are any mentors out their who focus on nano tanks, please PM me! I have a lot to catch up on and learn.

Thanks,
BinaryReef

[Zack]

I LOVE nano tanks and would be happy to discuss them with you. Here's my last nano-tank in the nano forum. I also have a 40 breeder and 8 gallon shallow within the first 5 pages of the sub-forum.

http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?...ems-amp-scape)

Theres also some excellent builds in that sub-forum!

[BinaryReef]

Thanks Zack. I will follow up with some pics and more details over PM! I have also been reading everything I can find on MAAST related to nano tanks and more generally chemistry and good husbandry.