{"id":169289,"date":"2025-04-03T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aquarium\/make-reefkeeping-fun-again\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:11:15","slug":"make-reefkeeping-fun-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=169289","title":{"rendered":"Make Reefkeeping Fun Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"pp-author-boxes-description multiple-authors-description author-description-0\"> Based out of Fort Worth, Texas, I&#8217;ve been a hobbyist for more than 13 years.  I enjoy helping others via my two websites melevsreef.com &amp; reefaddicts.com.  These feature articles, pictures, podcasts, interviews and product reviews, as well as documentation of personal experience maintaining tanks ranging from 3g to 400g.  I make a living selling RO\/DI systems and acrylic wares (sumps, frag tanks, overflows, photoboxes), which permits me to enjoy the hobby more.I&#8217;m a member of DFWMAS and have served on the board of directors for seven years, doing what I can to encourage growth while keeping it fun.  My articles have appeared in print &amp; online, and I&#8217;m happy to be blogging on Reefs.com as well.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"pp-author-boxes-meta multiple-authors-links\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/reefs.com\/author\/melev\/\" title=\"View all posts\"> <span>View all posts<\/span> <\/a> <\/span> <a class=\"ppma-author-user_url-profile-data ppma-author-field-meta ppma-author-field-type-url\" aria-label=\"Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.melevsreef.com\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"\/> <\/a><a class=\"ppma-author-user_email-profile-data ppma-author-field-meta ppma-author-field-type-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" href=\"http:\/\/reefs.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#345951585142744743565158581a5a5140\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"dashicons dashicons-email-alt\"\/> <\/a><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based out of Fort Worth, Texas, I&#8217;ve been a hobbyist for more than 13 years. 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