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Hey. Hows things. Good to see you posting on Canreef. Whats local, WFF ?
And yes thats all correct about me. I guess Mike forgot. :razz: .I here they are closing my ole place up. Spent two years reconditioning that shaft before going hoisting.

My supplies always came from Winnipeg also but I use to order a lot of dry goods online from the US, before many Canadian online stores came out.

Yes the WFF is what I consider my local forum. I got into fishkeeping when I was attending the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and became a part of the Aquarium Society of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Fish Forum.

You heard right, they are intending to close Birchtree mine down in the fall of next year.

I get most all of my livestock from Winnipeg, and almost all of my drygoods shipped from J&L and BulkReef Supply.

Its inconvenient ... but if you want a Reef in the North ... You gotta put up with it lol.

--Tyler

This won't do, honestly someone ban him.. Since when do we let Maple Leaf fans post on Canreef? Isn't that rule 1 or 2 on the forum rules.

I think you should consider going into wood working your stand blows any other DIY/Custom built stand that I have seen. IT really shows the time and effort you put it if that goes into your Reef you won't have a problem keeping SPS.

Good Luck!!! ;)

Ps. Serious about the Leafs comment.

lol I won't take it to heart ... Edmonton is the only team to do worse than use the last few years in a row haha.

And thanks for the compliments, non hockey ones haha

No problem.

Being from Northern MB myself (The Pas) I feel your pain in getting livestock up there either a long drive or an expensive multi plane ride. Can't wait to see everything fill in!

start a tank journal :)

What did you skin your stand in maple?

Beautiful woodworking on the stand. I look forward to seeing your progress.

Its actually Red Oak. Another curse of living in the north. The material would have cost me less than half of what it did, anywhere else in the world. But up here you pay a premium for everything, including plain jane very much overdone oak flat stock.

I would have used maple or cherry if I had the option.

And I do intend to start a journal with the entire build, but I'm currently on a run of 14 shifts straight at the mine ... so it doesn't leave a lot of time to sit down and put a build thread together in the evenings.

Look forward to build thread also.

My rubbermaid tubs and inverter made so many trips back and forth from Winnipeg I cant count that high..:lol: Its a pain but was always well worth it, IMO. So was our life in Thompson.