似乎就在几个月前，我在我的无情，金融部门的工作中舒适地闲逛，使用每一个备用的第二个备用销量，或者绘制我的水族馆，每周在所有的盐水上写我的每周咆哮，或者去讲话演出和会议。我作为兼职鱼怪的“第二职业”还不够。我不得不摇晃沉闷但必要的全职工作的生锈链。它正在吸引我的生活。
I was deep into the typical “caught-in-the-rat-race- of- life” career…Of course, when you’re a reefer, you have one thing that the masses don’t always have: PASSION!Unbridledpassion for all things aquatic. It permeates your existence, your every move, like wet hands, and your smelly fish towels. Like many of you, I longed to be playing with fishes full time- and I wanted to get有薪酬的也这样做！大胆？好吧，机会来了，我跑了大门，进入了一个全新的职业：全职专业的鱼极客！我的雇主实际上是为了整天考虑疯狂的重礁的想法，解决人们的鱼类问题，并传播我们心爱的爱好的精神错乱。
我朝着职业启蒙运动的个人旅程使我离开了我心爱的人，这是整个非洲大陆的一路，最终降落在康涅狄格州格林威治的Fins Fins，在那里我成为宇宙打算成为的鱼极客。是的，什么开关！我自己不敢相信。因此，在今年大部分时间里，我一直在帮助设计定制的水族馆，获取Uber稀有的牲畜，并帮助人们发现Reef Keep的喜悦和纯粹的疯狂。
It all started with passion.
The last thing I would ever do is pander to the hapless, uninitated and misinformed…Or would I? I mean, I’m in a great postion to share my love with a whole new set of people…people who may not have previously known the joys of the aquatic environment. And you should see the looks on someone’s face when they get their first aquarium, or when you geek- out a kid when you have the guys in the shop throw an extra few Neon Tetras into their bag!
I’ve had high-level creative meetings with all sorts of people who want the same experience- an awesome aquarium! Helping design, build and stock the aquariums of my dreams- er, my client’s dreams! It’s a scary symbiotic relationship, actually: I get geeked out, they share their dream, I share my dream, and we make it their own. They get a cool tank, I get the joy of designing it and overseeing its “birth” and development…all the joys and heartaches.但是我这样做！it’s not selling out. It’s sharing. And I work with some talented, amazing people. It’s虚幻。
If you have a passion for things aquatic, I encourage- no- IURGE-您要采取行动。在水生界总会有一个地方，充满激情的人与他人分享他们的爱。这是我去过的最惊人的旅程之一……甚至是什么more很酷的是，我可以从完全不同的角度体验鱼类世界，而不仅仅是我相当有偏见的业余爱好者观点。哦，我仍然have it- but I also have gained a great appreciation for the guys and girls on the other side of the counter! And I’ve developed new opionons, new ideas, and have experienced things that few hobbyists get the opportunity to do.
我已经看到鱼类在收藏家之外只有几个人（可能是杰克，因为他是如此拨打的）。我记得第一个Lennardi扭曲和少年Genicanthus Personatus我处理。当我想到打开那个婴儿的运输盒的感觉时，我仍然会遇到鸡皮颠簸！
Yeah- I’ve got alot还有更多要说的东西，还有很多要分享的。因此，如果您愿意的话，我希望您再次与我一起度过一点时间，因为我再次将我的两美分（或更多）扔给礁石保存国家。寻找更多通常的无奉献精神的评论……甚至是一些信息，有用改变的东西！所有这些都在世界上最伟大的水生网站上，礁石建造者！
是的，我去世的谣言被夸大了。我在这。我去过这里……我会在这里。
保持湿，
斯科特·费尔曼（Scott Fellman）
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