New to hobby. Where to buy hardware etc?

[Paverdude]

Can someone post the link for oceansaquatics, couldn,t find it with my search engine

Thanks

[dreef]

I don't know worked for me with google ??

https://www.oceanaquatics.com/

[albert_dao]

Necessary equipment for a reef tank:

Lights (as good of quality as you can afford)
Heater
Something to move the water (PH's sump pump, whatever)
Protein skimmer (don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Do you wash your car by hand with a sponge and bucket or do you take it to the car wash?)

That's it. No canisters, no trickle filters, no bio balls, bla bla bla, everything else is either an advance option (calcium reactors, zeovit, etc) or BS (canisters, crappy florescent lighting, nemo toys, etc).

Hope that helps.

[lastlight]

I was in buying some plumbing stuff at Big Als and lo and behold they had parrotfish with "i luv you" tattooed onto them. Being ****ed as I was, I asked the guy there (who has been there forever and must be a manager or something) how they do it.

His eyes lit up.

"Oh they're tattoed on! We get them like that!"

All I said was "That is NOT cool" and paid and got out. He was silent.

Maybe others don't share my feelings on this...but that is totally cruel and is clearly aimed at preying on the below avg hobbyist / impulse buyer. And this froma a store that appears to know quite a bit and caters in some part to the more advanced hobbyist.

That's the last time I shop there.

Brett

[digital-audiophile]

I may not like everything about Big Al's but there are some really great guys that work there and know the hobby inside and out, it's not fair to paint them all with the same brush.

[lastlight]

I'm not painting everyone a certain way =) But a decision was made to stock those fish and I'm personally not comfortable with it.

[Paverdude]

Thanks Dreef

[Paverdude]

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I was in buying some plumbing stuff at Big Als and lo and behold they had parrotfish with "i luv you" tattooed onto them. Being ****ed as I was, I asked the guy there (who has been there forever and must be a manager or something) how they do it.

His eyes lit up.

"Oh they're tattoed on! We get them like that!"

All I said was "That is NOT cool" and paid and got out. He was silent.

Maybe others don't share my feelings on this...but that is totally cruel and is clearly aimed at preying on the below avg hobbyist / impulse buyer. And this froma a store that appears to know quite a bit and caters in some part to the more advanced hobbyist.

That's the last time I shop there.

Unfortunatly some DF'S will buy them and al's will bet more in, supply & demand, but i'm totaly with you that's some sick s**t

[fishmanty]

This was at the Calgary BA?

I gotta see that.... thats sick. Im against dying fish... but tatoo'n? Come on!, how is that not illegal.

[Paverdude]

You would think the SPCA would be all over that