Victoria Reefers?
 

I've noticed a lot of new victoria people appearing lately. I think it would be a good time to set up some sort of meeting/ frag swap and get some of the new people out.

I'm thinking mid december or early january would be a good time.

Also, it looks like a few of us are in need of some reflector material (spectal alluminum). We had ordered a sheet before, but as I recall, we needed quite a few people to get rid of all of it. I'd say we could order another sheet and split it up at the meeting.

Any interest? email me, pm me, or just reply!

Who is going to bend it this time? Is the meeting at your house? Steve hasn't had people over yet, maybe we could do it there. And we could all play with his new saw :razz:

I'm going to victoria on sat, anyone have any frags to sell? :)

What are you looking for?

I am sure if we time it right I could sell you some of Brads :mrgreen:

I will be gone for 3 weeks so count me out of any meeting. going to be looking for frags in Sandeigo :mrgreen:

Steve

Steve, when is the 3 weeks? We can work around it for you.

Steve?

That's ok Brad, I don't mind sitting in for Steve :razz:
Count this mainlander in, if it's on a weekend :mrgreen:

well I leave monday and I will be back the second week of december. then I have to start getting ready for company :rolleyes: so might be nuts till the new year.

Steve

If you guys have a extra seat I'm trying to get some more contacts in Victoria. I have had a 90 salty set up for about 3 years. I'm looking at building up my reef. It would be great to build up some contacts.

TNT, glad to have you come by. Steve there isn't being too sociable, but the rest of us like getting together. :razz:

I'm free Mondays, Sundays and every evenings but Thursday. If you guys are getting together drop me a line
Cheers

I don't need any alluminum right now, but I always like looking at tanks.
Pretty much any time after !st week of dec. is good for me.

Kayleb, I'm surprised this is your first post! I thought you'd posted before? Oh well, good to see some Vic participation!

Adam, you keeping track of everyone to contact?

hmmm looks like maybe we will have to make a victoria club area if we keep going at this pace :mrgreen:

Steve

you're right. We might even let Colwood people post! Unless they refuse to host a meeting :rolleyes:

I don't ever recall that "sanich" person holding a meeting either :mrgreen:

Steve

That would be because you didn't show up. :razz:

Ooh, count me in too :mrgreen:

Christy, we always count you in. WOuldn't be the same without you!! :biggrin:

You do for sure. :rolleyes: Then I can come over to your Victoria forum, and bother you, whoopie :silly: :lilangel:

There goes that idea. We'll just use the Calgary forum, as usual!

Sure, we adopt anyone. We need more humour, and bad spelling.
:BIG: :crazyeye:

I'll get Steve working on that right away!! But not the humour part....

I don't want to be rude :lilangel: , but do you think Steve needs more work on that :question:

Naw, Steve's humour is progressing nicely!

You're pleasant sarcasm is probably starting to rub off on him!

I think a vic forum would be a good idea.. Brad. perhaps you can use your moderator powers to talk to Titus about adding it?

Keeping track of names. This could be a good one. I will give Mike a call about maybe touring the uvic facility this time.


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Adam, I'm not sure at this point we need one. Although many new people from Victoria have joined the board, they seem overly shy for the most part and I'm afraid a Victoria forum would have you, Steve and I talking about nothing. And we can do that inthe Calgary forum.

If I see some interest from the new people, I'll talk to the boss about a forum just for us (and Bob).

And you could invite that haha wondrous speller from Edmonton hehe to join us.
:silly: :smilecol: :silly:

Bad spelling
 

You you guys want bad spelling I'm you man :lol:

Bad spelling
 

See what I mean

Hi all,

I'm new to the area, new to the forum and new to the hobby (or is it obsession) so I don't think I'm quite ready for club meetings yet ;). I could use a little local advice though. This may not be the right thread but since this is the closest thread to a Victoria club forum here goes.

I am currently in the planning stages of my first reef tank and have been reading as much as I can (mostly internet a few books also). I have lots of questions but I will start with some simple ones.

Are there any local stores (LFS) that are worth dealing with or do most people deal with the stores on the mainland or mail order? Where is the best place to get a few good pieces of live rock (or is this just hit and miss)?

I was thinking of starting slow with just a few good pieces of live rock a few critters and maybe a fish or two. I am being given some equipment (never been used) but I am not sure yet what all is included other than a 45 gallon tank and accessories. Any helpful advice for a beginner would be appreciated. As I have specific questions I will post them.

Sorry for hijacking this thread, just seemed like a good place to introduce myself.

Alex

Alex, good to see you post. Did you get my email? I think you are right at the exact point to be attending meetings, as that is where you get to pick everyone's brain about all your questions.
2 stores in town, Safari Pets and Hillside Aquatics. Both have rock for about the same price and it comes from the same place (most of the time). Mail order from J&L is a popular method of buying stuff, but nothing beats browsing in the stores.
Let us know when you get the equipment ad we'll give you honest advice on what to use and what to sell (for rock money).

Brad,

I got your email (checked it after I got your reply in the thread ;), thanks for the prompting. I have browsed through both of the stores you mentioned, one of the guys I talked with at Safari seemed ok. I saw a few half dead fish at the other store so I haven't hurried back, maybe they were just having a bad day.

Alex

Alex, glad you decided to not just lurk. When picking a store to deal with, you can often tell by the way the talk to you and how knowledgable they are, and I always note the health of the fish. It sounds like you're finding your way around, but if you need help, let us know.

New pic
 

Hey everyone just finished posting a pic of our tank if you have a chance take a look. As you can see it still needs a lot of work any coments to help us in the right direction would be great. The tanks been up for over 3 years but we just decided to start going bigger on the reef side of it and got rid of all our non reef fish. :mrgreen:

they are more like social get togeathers sence we don;t have a formal club. we just get togeather look at a tank or two and then try see what we can convince the person hosting to frag for us :mrgreen:

the board here can be a valuable asset, befor you buy something ask for opinions or do a serch and see if there is any info about it in a previous thread, a little time here can save a lot of money in the long run, but if you like spending it just say so and I can show ya how.. I seam to be getting good at it :rolleyes: :mrgreen:

Steve

Tyler, looks like a good base to start with. You'll appreciate the depth of the tank for landscaping. Pic is a bit dark though.

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Ya I need to spend some time and get a good pic :lol: