Cool! Just as I thought! I have had reef tanks for 10 years, right now I only have a 40 gal breeder which is "really" my wifes, just upgraded the lighting to T5 so we are ready to step it up from our softies only. We've got a pair of clarkii clowns and a coral banded shrimp, and our 2 year old loves tapping the glass and bugging the crap out of Harpo, Chico, and Jacque.
I work for an engineering firm now, but was lucky enough to work for two public aquariums between 2001 and 2007. Id imagine this is quite like going to work for a commercial brewery, after a while you wish it could just go back to being a hobby, work is always work! I would say at least 3-5 of my department of 10 were homebrewers, one had even worked for a commercial brewery.
My tanks in the past have included 240 gallons of reefs, a kiddie pool converted into a mangrove swamp (connected to may main system as a refugium/sump), hard and soft coral tanks, and I gave away my 10" derasa clam when I moved from CT.
Im proudest of the live sand in my wifes tank though, it was tranplanted from my old tank, previously had been in a good friend/co-workers tank and he had transplanted it there from the living reef exhibit at the smithsonian where it had lived for 30+ years. That sand has old soul.
I'll post some pictures tomorrow, as a follow up question, who here is on reefcentral? Im StrikeThree on there too, Ive not been very active for 3-5 years or so, but am slowly getting back into it.
Good to hear from you all, take care,
Brian