They set an account up specifically for this is what they told me. I trust J&L too.

oki. I will sendsome money today.

Just a thought, what if fellow canreefers of the area present a selection of frags that are offered for this project, to be bought by those of us who aren't in the lower mainland? Then it is canreefers supporting canreefers supporting Jasper and his family.

Anthony...I'd love to be able to donate some snails and hermits from our store, kenya trees, mushrooms.....but we're in Campbell River....:( let me know if anyone is coming up this way and I'll get them sent over.....if it helps at all?

It's a GO!!! Just talked to the mom and they are super excited about having a reef tank set up for Jasper in the new home.

So they will be out of town mid-June so I will be holding the POTLUCK BBQ/GET-TOGETHER on the Saturday, June 15th and head up to Powell River on the Sunday, June 16th. That will allow me to be there for Marie's days off and give the family 2 weeks to get their new place organized and to decide where to set up the Biocube 14.

So woohoo, it's a go.

I told the family which fish forums are involved in this bucket list project and invited them to join.

Anthony

Chauloupa, if you can somehow get them to Marie, I'm sure she can bring them over to the family and place them safely into the bucket list reef after the tank is set up.

What is the e-mail for EMT donation?
thx

I'll see what I can do!

PM sent.

I don't usually post on public forums my email address but it is ant_shieh@hotmail.com.

For those who are donating to the J&L fund, please pm or email to me how much so I can add it and your name to the Excel spreadsheet I am creating for this bucket list project to keep track of all donations. I would also appreciate your email address or contact info if you don't mind the family contacting you later on about your participation in this cause.

For those in the Fraser Valley, I will be meeting up with spit.fire at Oceanic on Friday around noonish to pick up the BioCube 14 he has so generously donated. I can meet up with others there or perhaps you can leave with Paul at Oceanic for me to pick up.

Again thank you everyone. The family wanted me to pass on how blown away they are by the generosity of total strangers.

Anthony

Paul is away on vacation but any donations can be left with either me or Albert at the store and we can pass them onto Anthony on Friday.

Pm'd.

I have a 12 gallon aquapod that is up and running (established for 6 years) with a stand.

It has LR in display, LR rubble in "sump" LS, Hydor deflector, theo 50 watt heater, MJ 900 pump and a Koralia 1.

If you'd like the whole shebang, or any of the components, let me know.

I just lost my dad at 67 to a very aggressive form of cancer over Christmas.

The little things can become very important to those who's big picture is bleak.

I dropped off a couple of mushroom colonies and some Halymenia macro algae (Dragons breath) last night at Anthony's. Also a container of Spectrum pellets. It was great meeting you!

Perhaps we should create a running live stock/equipment/supplies list in post #1 so we know what is needed?

I've created a spreadsheet with a list of donators & donations (nice meeting you and your gf last night btw), but only mods & admin can edit old posts.

I am picking up the tank & stand on Friday and by early next week I will have a better idea of exactly what else is needed. I will post on this thread the "running total" but it will have to be continuously posted since editing is not an option.

If anybody has an ATO available or for sale, please let me know. An enclosed Biocube should not lose too much water to evaporation but looking to minimize daily maintenance requirements for Jasper and his family.

Sincerely,

Anthony

Message from Jasper
 

Hello, I’m Jasper, the teen who this aquarium project is for.

I’m blown away that you guys would spend so much time and money helping someone who you’ve never met. It’s really amazing to see such generosity.

‘Seahorse_fanatic’ asked me to compile a list of some of our favorite fish so me and my parents had a fun time talking about it. My mom’s all-time-favorite-fish is the Mandarin Goby. She used to work at the Vancouver Aquarium and got attached to the goby there. All three of us agree it’s a beautiful fish, but we read they can be hard to keep in captivity. My dad is a clownfish fan; if he got one he would name it “Omen” (Nemo backwards). We saw both the Royal Gramma and the Yellow-tailed Damselfish mentioned on one of the threads as possibilities. They both looked really nice. Plus, I love the idea of having little hermit crabs in there as well.

Again, I can’t believe the amazing support from this community.

Thanks guys,

Jasper

P.S. If you would like updates on my journey through life you can follow me on twitter @solo7319 or on my blog; www.jasperupdates.tumblr.com

Great to hear from you Jasper. Awesome to see that you've joined the Canreef community. BTW, my friend Scott Tang wanted me to let you know that he's got a black clown which his mom also named Omen:lol: No joke.

BTW, there are a lot of other reefers & aquarists on BCAquaria who would also love to hear from you. I copied your Intro post from here onto that thread for now.

Keep up the fight Jasper.

Anthony

BTW, as per the Mandarin Goby fav. fish, I will try my best to find one that is already living in captivity and buy it from the person. I know a friend who very recently bought an established one and I'll ask her.

Otherwise, I can buy one from J&L and try to train it for you and maybe make a second trip to Powell River (yeah, another 10 hours and four ferries round trip) later in the summer to bring it up. Or even pass it onto you guys if you are ever passing through Greater Vancouver.

Either way, I will do my best to get you your favourite fish. Promise.

Anthony

Jasper, dude! Great to have you here kiddo!

We're thrilled to have you join one of our greatest pleasures. I hope it will be one of yours as well!

If you see anything that you're interested in, keep us posted and I'm sure we can help you out. And, since you're about to get a crash course in saltwater tanks, if you ever have questions about the tank or need help, we're all here to help each other and you.

By the way... I'm jealous you got to go hang gliding. That's pretty cool. Not as cool as a battle-badger though... :wink:

What your doing speaks worlds of all of you. I also have 2 small kids 4 and 5 and would love to donate the refractor as I could send it on greyhound or fed ex. Pls let me know. God bless.

Jasper,

My friend Claudia from BCA has very generously agreed to let me buy her little Mandarin goby that has been living in someone else's tank for many months before he shut down. So I'll be bringing up a Mandarin goby for you Jasper. Tell your MOM:biggrin:

(If anybody hears of another Mandarin for sale, let me know cause I promised to replace Claudia's goby):wink:

Cracken, you have pm.

Anthony

Welcome aboard Jasper

anyone knows what's going on with JL Aquatics? I have been trying to reach them through their 888 number but I always get a message forwarding to telus messaging service??? Can't reach them and I have tried a few times so that's weird??

They open at 11am BC time, which is probably 3 hours behind you? Ie., right now it's 10:45 Pacific so they would not be open yet for another 15 minutes.

Thanks for posting Jasper. It was great hearing from you and reading your blog!

I had tranfered my donation to Anthony direct via EMT so much easyer imo.

oh I see. That explain why each time I call I don't get through. We have 3 hours difference so they actually open at 2:00 pm my time.

Big thank you to Tyler, spit.fire, for the Biocube 14, stand & and other stuff. Also big shout out to Albert at Oceanic Corals for the donated frags.

Big thank you to Tyler, spit.fire, for the Biocube 14, stand & and other stuff. Also big shout out to Albert at Oceanic Corals for the donated frags. Just picked those items up yesterday from Aldergrove.

Anthony

An update has been requested.

So the update is that I have the Biocube14, stand & most of the equipment here. My LED friend is retrofitting a 4x10w dimmable LED system with timers and individual dimmer switches controlling the 454nm blues and the 10000k whites. I have the 15 lbs of live rock cured in my sump. I have several mushroom, 3 different photosynthetic gorgs, some palys and zoas, some pulsing xenia, waving hand anthelia, and Kenyan tree frags in my various tanks waiting for transport. Claudia has generously agreed to donate her Mandarin goby that has been in captivity for months already, since this is Jasper's family favourite fish all-time.

I have been offered a pair of Grade A Snowflake clowns from a Canreef member who breeds them and they will be Fedexed to me later this week. Jasper likes Snowflakes the best, so that's what's going into the tank. Someone has also offered to buy a refractometer and several people have either Email transferred or donated to the "Bucket List Jasper" account specially set up at J&L for purchase of other livestock, equipment or supplies. I have created an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of all the donators and donations to give to Jasper & his family. If you've donated money to the J&L fund, please pm me so I can add you to the spreadsheet. Before or just after I set up the tank, I will post on this thread & on the one on Canreef a copy of the spreadsheet.

Saturday, June 15th at lunch time (firing up bbq at 11am) I will be hosting a POTLUCK BBQ/Get-together for all the local people who are donating to the Bucket List project. Already have 20 lbs of chicken chopped, marinated and stored in my freezer. I will also be preparing some Rosemary/Thyme/Oregano with red wine & garlic lamb for the bbq. I will create a new thread so people can let me know who is coming, how many are coming and what they are bringing for the potluck. Remember to bring whatever you're planning to donate for this Bucket List Reef, whether its livestock, equipment, supplies or $$.

Sunday June 16th is Father's Day. I will pack tank, stand, equipment & other dry goods in my CRV.

Monday June 17th, I will pack everything all the live rock in my cooler with water, and all the livestock & jump on the ferry with Felicia for the 5 hours drive/2 ferry ride trip up to Powell River. Hoping to catch the 7:20am Horseshoe Bay to Langdale ferry which means getting up at 6am latest. Then the 10:25am Earls Cove to Saltery Bay ferry. That should put me in Powell River and at my friend Marie's place around noon. We'll load up 3 salt buckets with new pre-mixed saltwater and head over to Jasper's house. Hopefully be there by 12:30 and start setting up tank.

OK, I think that's about it for now.

Again, thank you everyone who has so generously contributed to this Bucket List Reef system for Jasper.

Sincerely,

Anthony

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=98198

Thread for the Potluck BBQ/Get-together.

Hi Jasper! It's great to see you on here. If you ever have any questions about your new tank, ask away!

Anythony,

Your PM box is full. I tried lastnight and again just now. I have to send the stuff tomorrow so it will arrive on Weds morning. Will that be ok? Any special delivery notes for the box?

Thanks!
Mindy

Sorry, I just noticed and cleared some space.

Just state, knock on door with the B on it. I will wake up early and leave the door slightly open and watch for the Fedex truck.

Thanks,

Anthony

Thank you Mindy and Colby (Bayside Corals) for your care package for Jasper. The clowns and corals are looking great an acclimating in one of my tanks right now. Fedex got here before 10am. Excellent service. Beautiful fish you breed there Mindy.

Thanks Anthony, and you're welcome! I'm glad they arrived in good order, I figured the note on the box might help them get there sooner. ;)

So everything needed to be bought has been bought. Will pack up equipment and supplies tonight. Have to wake up at 5:30 am to pack up all the livestock and live rock and then catch the 7:20 am ferry to Langdale. Yeah, minimal sleep for the 5th night in a row. Thanks everyone for your support. Much, much, much appreciated.

Big thank you to J&L, John (Deadbydawn) and Katie for donating a refractometer, a cleaner shrimp and a Hawaiian feather duster to Jasper's bucket list tank.

Also want to thank everyone who popped in to either drop off frags & stuff or stay for the bbq on Saturday. See you'all when I get back Wednesday.

Anthony

So up at 5:05 am and time to get packing. I am sooooo NOT a morning person but gotta go catch that first ferry.

Anthony

We're with ya buddy. You know, moral support and all :D

Say Hi to Jasper!

If it makes you feel any better I'm up at 5 am all week too. :p Don't forget to take pics!

So got to Powell River and to Jasper's house by 12:30 and had his tank finished by 1:45pm. He and his family spent the next 3+ hours until Felicia and I left watching the tank and trying to see the Mandarin goby or hermit or Royal Gramma. They love it and Jasper is very much into the reef so well worth all the time, money and effort.

And we made sure Jasper's mom took pics of the entire tank build. She says she'll log on and post the pics soon.

Talk to you all soon. After midnight and its been a long day/week. Will go back tomorrow and take more pics once the tank is fully cleared up.

Anthony

great to hear it Anthony! glad the setup went pretty smoothly! looking forward to the pictures