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hey all, so after a lengthy hiatus...I think I might just be returning to reefing. I'm in New Jersey now...possibly full time...and the tattoo shop needs a tank. dun dun dun. Went through a bit of a personal period where I needed to get stuff figured out and cleared up, if I messed up with any of you I"m sorry...bad time for me it was. But I'm back.:mrgreen:

Holly CRAP!! She's alive, and in New Jersey???LOL


Glad to have ya back Randi

http://www.papermag.com/blogs/Snooki.jpg

Welcome back. You bring your sharks to NJ?

ha ha jersey effin shore....
no, I sold everything. Don't have a tank at all anymore actually. Was a real rough time. But that's all cleared up now. It's aaaaallll good. PS, Snooky is actually from NY, the locals here call those types "Bennys"....

BUUUUUUUUUUT prices down here are SO much cheaper...AND Saltwater in jugs...good bye mixing salt!

Glad to see you back Randi! I missed your wit. :biggrin:

Great to see you back Randi. Miss you comin by for chats. I'm sure you will teach New Jersy to appreciate Johnny Cash.
Good luck.

Kevin

Well I'd like to think my harassment was the final kick you needed to log back in. Welcome back!

i dont know you but welcome back as well. my wife is from ny and have driven thoiugh nj on a few occasions. i just suckered her to move here instead of me there for now till she gets tired of sask winters.

btw i creeped on your old threads awesome sharks and tanks look forward to seeing your new build

whats up Randi ?

Me and 24storm we chatting about ya, a bit back. nothing bad lol, just hashng up ol stories, glad to see ya back. :razz:

Polenta Battle is still on.hahaha.

bhahahahahahaha! I forgot about that battle! alright, when i come back to visit Calgary, we will have a cook off! Wont be any build for a while yet, but if/when it will only be something small. Biocube 8 or 12 small ha ha.

Thanks for the kind words guys, missed ya!

PS Brett...it was totally your facebook harassment ha ha

Welcome back Randi!!
Was wondering where you got off to... :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Oceanic-BioCube-...item5194793757

hmmmmmmm

You know you'll need to replace the skimmer, light, add powerheads and who knows what else =) I'd try and find a small cube setup for sale locally and you'll get way more for your money.

No room for the canadian tire pool?

Ha ha I was just going to remove the skimmer, light doesn't seem too bad for what I'd do with the tank. It's gotta be a type of setup that can maintain itself persay while I touch ground in Canada for the month legally required before coming back to Jersey until the green card hoopla goes through. And it's in a tattoo shop, so can't be anything too crazy.

Honestly, I'm thinking maybe some LPS, but primarily mushrooms, rics and zoas. With a damsel or something for movement. There's some cheap AIO setups at the LFS across the way, but for the mods I'd have to do it might end up being cheaper to just buy something like this. If I can talk the shop owner into a Red Sea Max we might go that route....BUT, I really like DIYing the eff outta stuff....so Maybe I just buy a tank and build it into an AIO....Either way, the tank can't have much (if any) of a sump because of room...so we'll see where this goes.

Def sounds like you're gonna need a good ATO if you'll be mia a while (and a jumbo reservoir!)

The other artist here used to keep fish, so he'd be down to do weekly water changes and basic maintenance....but the more I think about it, the more I think a 20 gallon long or a 30 gallon is going to be the way to go. Not uber tiny, not overly expensive and can be made into a decent mini reef with some careful thought etc.

Damn this curse! damnit I tells ya!!!

You'll be talking pool in the back of the shop before the day's out :lol:

I'm very familiar with size creep (head out of the gutter).

hahaha it's always there! (how could you have forgotten this?)

The old shop had a 100 gallon Piranha tank in it until the shop burnt down in January...and it hit the boss pretty hard. He had some of the fish in that tank for close to 15 years, so just the fact that he's considering letting me put a tank in the shop is a big deal. I've got to make a plan, layout, cost per month blah blah blah....even though I said I'd eat the cost for setup. damn Americans can be pushy.

HA! Randi I give you 6 months and you'll be looking at bigger & better. (We all have the itch, you can't control it.) You've already gone from an 8gal nano to a 30gal long and you haven't even started yet! :mrgreen:

20 Gallon Lance...20 ha ha
Besides, I can make a pretty spiffy looking 20 gallon for close to the same price as a fancy schwancy biocube.... :D

Not all of us are :redface:

LOL


I don't post much anymore...actually this may be the first time in months other than buying and selling but I still read everyday and its nice to see you back!

Oh I feel all warm and fuzzy. Randi's good enough to coax you out of the closet.

:hurt:

Good to see you back, all I remember is you going on some drunken holiday and then dispearing for years on end :lol:.

Almost makes me want to take a trip to Jersey for a meaningful tatty :surprise:, how you finding the prices down there compaired to us.
Levi

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Hi Randi. Good to see you back with us.

great to see you back randi.

What are you complaining about?

Our ridiculous MSN chats are not enough for you? There is just no pleasing you...I try so hard and its just never enough...:sad:

no marital disputes on my thread!!!

Prices in terms of reefing? WAAAAAAAAAAAAY cheaper. Tattooing? About par.
Thanks for all the kinds words guys!

Yeah we made up it's all good. Even though I'm still a little miffed and he hasn't admitted any fault yet we're going to be ok.

Glad they kissed and made up. :biggrin:

Welcome back! I think I disappeared around the same time you did. I have kinda been back lately too.

I miss reefing....really do. it's one of the things that was always in the back of my mind during this last while. now tht I'm back on my feet it's definately going to happen one way or another. Be it at the shop or once green card goes through at my apartment/house. Nothing big...seriously (quiet all of you! I don't need/definitely can't afford a big ass setup!) I've really been tossing around the idea of a 20 Gallon Long...nice dimensions and not uber tiny, so lots of room to mess around

it depends on what you find i got my 50g (the thread you read) for 50 bucks off used regina. given thereare a couple nicks and scratches but i can deal with itas long as its not too bad and my woodwork will cover the worst of it.
everything has been fairly in expensive so far lights not included ive spent(including tools for drilling and cutting glass skimmer)600 bucks. which was spent from june till now. i estimate by the time its all said and done total cost for this build will be 1100... by dec when water fills it. still not cheap but streetched out over time its do able.

search the local classifieds you never know what treasure awaits dont always have to go new tohave a thing of beauty with a side of stress:)

I have made an observation after looking at my nano viewing habits and others with larger tanks.

The people who own larger "long" tanks tend to sit back and admire the majesty of their reef, they like the movement of the fish and are particular about the aquascaping to make sure it is balanced and pleasing to the eye. The big tank reefer usually has his viewing chair a few feet back so he/she can see the whole "big" picture.

Now a nano reefer sits VERY close to his tank if not on top of it. With only 2-16 inches between their eyes and anything in the tank they enjoy eye-crawling every crevice of their rock and enjoy the "nano" side of owning a reef.

The point of my observations? None really, just perhaps anyone who sets up a nano for the first time, or vice-versa, will see a different side of this wonderful hobby of ours.