125 - Took Forever But Here It is!

[fishguy242]

@fishguy242 @F i s h y @907_Reefer @Stang67 @Goaway @ESABOE @JoJosReef @steveschuerger and whoever else I forgot (sorry)

So maybeeeee ….i mean with the way I drive I’m sure I’d get there sooner than the maps say…and it’s essentially a drive by snatch and grab for my first stop…..soooo

change the career,cross country move an all ,get a job here forget the snow...

Southern MO...

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Going the wrong direction to stop in and see a few of us on that list

Yes but going the right way to drag @tbrown to Vegas to win us some money lol

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I was slightly confused tbh.

Yes but going the right way to drag @tbrown to Vegas to win us some money lol

 

[heelanjeffrey85]

Your tank looks awesome man. I love the rock setup. So wicked

 

[tharbin]

Well I made it up to your finally getting a 3d printer. After about a page of posts I started to feel guilty as I have a few things that need to be printed. Oh well, time to go start drying some PETG. I may actually get caught up on here today, if my dryer cooperates. Then a quick detox and I'll be ready to read the current updates.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Well I made it up to your finally getting a 3d printer. After about a page of posts I started to feel guilty as I have a few things that need to be printed. Oh well, time to go start drying some PETG. I may actually get caught up on here today, if my dryer cooperates. Then a quick detox and I'll be ready to read the current updates.

You are dedicated! When are you going to start reading @fishguy242 thread?

Monster Build - my new baby... AKA The Café

Someone has too Not it I nominate @tbrown once he wins the RS tank..

www.reef2reef.com

 

[tbrown]

So i knew that if I read this thread long enough I'd get something useful , other than quite a few laughs, the name of an LFS that I haven't been to; Aquaholic Aquariums. Also I think I'll start popping into the Petcos when I see them. I know one of the ones in Chandler has a saltwater section. I got out of the hobby from 2007 until 2022 and very few of my favorite shops are still around. Both of my got-to shops from back then are gone. I don't remember the names now but one was at 32nd St. and Cactus and the other was on Price near Spectrapure and Aquatic Arts and had an acrylic tank builder in a separate building behind it.

I've explored just about every LFS I can find through internet searches, although I haven't been back to the Ocean Floor yet and I've only been to one of the Konas BUT my wife just mentioned how she'd like to go to the really big LFS near downtown. 'Oh you mean the one that used to be a roller rink or something that had all of the used tanks?', 'Sure we can go sometime soon'. Quick check bank balance...

Not a fan of Discount. Aquarium Arts is good prices. Ocean Floor raised their prices a lot over the last 2 or 3 years.

 

[tbrown]

I showed my wife Post 3844 and she said Berghia Nudibranch immediately; I'm a very lucky guy...

Dude messaged me back and said he found a few more. You're east side though, right?

 

[tbrown]

Going the wrong direction to stop in and see a few of us on that list

I was slightly confused tbh.

I feel like she's planning on kidnapping me and dropping me off at Frank's to chop logs and haul gravel potentially....

 

[Goaway]

I feel like she's planning on kidnapping me and dropping me off at Frank's to chop logs and haul gravel potentially....

You might get paid in coral... maybe...

 

[JoJosReef]

I feel like she's planning on kidnapping me and dropping me off at Frank's to chop logs and haul gravel potentially....

Your wife plan this perchance? The longer you're hauling gravel, the less you are winning...

 

[tbrown]

Your tank looks awesome man. I love the rock setup. So wicked

Thanks! I ended up making most of it. Tried for as much shelves and caves as I could but honestly there's a lot of just piled up rocks in there.

 

[tharbin]

You are dedicated! When are you going to start reading @fishguy242 thread?

Monster Build - my new baby... AKA The Café

Someone has too Not it I nominate @tbrown once he wins the RS tank..

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks, just what I needed. Isn't it enough that I got Tim's 70 gallon build to check now also? Oh and about a dozen others from here.

 

[tharbin]

Not a fan of Discount. Aquarium Arts is good prices. Ocean Floor raised their prices a lot over the last 2 or 3 years.

Discount goes up and down--a lot. Also a couple of times I got burned on their used gear. I was just at Aquarium Arts a couple weeks ago. It looked much better. 20 years ago most of the fish I got there were subpar. I haven't been to Ocean floor in a good 16-17 years, probably changed a little. They were very so-so on fish as well. I mainly go to AZ Reef Monster now even though they are not the cheapest and buy snails mainly from Kona. I liked Artistic Aquarium for fish until they spun off the retail operation to Just Fins. I've only been there twice and wasn't really impressed but not scared away either.

 

[tharbin]

Dude messaged me back and said he found a few more. You're east side though, right?

Worse than that, Casa Grande.

 

[tbrown]

Discount goes up and down--a lot. Also a couple of times I got burned on their used gear. I was just at Aquarium Arts a couple weeks ago. It looked much better. 20 years ago most of the fish I got there were subpar. I haven't been to Ocean floor in a good 16-17 years, probably changed a little. They were very so-so on fish as well. I mainly go to AZ Reef Monster now even though they are not the cheapest and buy snails mainly from Kona. I liked Artistic Aquarium for fish until they spun off the retail operation to Just Fins. I've only been there twice and wasn't really impressed but not scared away either.

Ocean Floor tried to sell a Foxface for $189. They had it for $69 in the ad but apparently they said that was wrong and wouldn't honor it. I went to Aquarium Arts and got my Fiji Foxface for $59. Got a Powder Brown for $39 from them as well. Kona out on the west side consistently has Aiptasia but their freshwater selection was always decent.

 

[tbrown]

Worse than that, Casa Grande.

Goodyear would be a hike for you!

 

[tbrown]

The people at Aquaholics are super friendly. Sometimes they have great prices, sometimes their prices are high. It's hit or miss but their tanks have always been clean and pest free when I've been in there. Rarely a skinny fish in the tanks.

 

[Nate Chalk]

What's up over here.

 

[tbrown]

What's up over here.

We're talking fish stuff... Not sure if you're interested.