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I made a quick trip up to Atlanta to pick up some stuff. I stopped by ace's work and met him. Sorry if you caught some flack about the name; as we were pulling into the parking lot, my girlfriend asked "Do you even know this guy's real name? How do you know he's not a serial killer?" and I realized I didn't know his first name and had to ask for "ace" lol. Anyways, he had a nice selection of frags for me in a cooler and he really went out of his way to bag them up and bring them in to work.
I then went down to Derek's house and after waiting 5min on this guy trying to get in the visitor entrance, we finally got through (after laying on the horn a minute, and worrying about being shot, lol) and got in to his place. The tank there is very nice, but it's weird, his 140 doesn't look as deep as my 75 from the front, though it's an extra 6". We chatted while my girlfriend was checking out the fish (she now wants me to get an anthias..:doh: ..thanks...).
Anyways, he took a few frags out of his tank and even fragged one while we were there. He also gave me a few bulbs to try out and he's sending me some Enkamat (was in a hurry and forgot to ask). I practically had to force this guy to take some money, and he only took it after I told him I couldn't take the bulbs for free.
Best thing of all, when we got back in the car, my girlfriend's first words were, "Wow! Both of those people were totally normal," lol, followed by, "His tank is bad a$$!" and "How long before yours looks like that?"
So, anyways, thanks again guys, I really appreciate yall helping me get my reef started and I hope I can return the favor to some other new member one day. I'll try and get some pics tomorrow if everything opens up nicely. I'm planning to re-aquascape sometime soon with a drill and some acrylic rod, so for now the frags are just placed in there where they won't bother each other, but soon they'll hopefully be in permanent homes. FWIW, as soon as the Frogspawn went in the tank the clowns were checking it out, so hopefully they host it. All in all, I probably picked up 10-12 good frags today, a nice variety at that, met some great guys, and probably most importantly, convinced my girlfriend that yall aren't weird and this is a real hobby, lol.
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I then went down to Derek's house and after waiting 5min on this guy trying to get in the visitor entrance, we finally got through (after laying on the horn a minute, and worrying about being shot, lol) and got in to his place. The tank there is very nice, but it's weird, his 140 doesn't look as deep as my 75 from the front, though it's an extra 6". We chatted while my girlfriend was checking out the fish (she now wants me to get an anthias..:doh: ..thanks...).
Anyways, he took a few frags out of his tank and even fragged one while we were there. He also gave me a few bulbs to try out and he's sending me some Enkamat (was in a hurry and forgot to ask). I practically had to force this guy to take some money, and he only took it after I told him I couldn't take the bulbs for free.
Best thing of all, when we got back in the car, my girlfriend's first words were, "Wow! Both of those people were totally normal," lol, followed by, "His tank is bad a$$!" and "How long before yours looks like that?"
So, anyways, thanks again guys, I really appreciate yall helping me get my reef started and I hope I can return the favor to some other new member one day. I'll try and get some pics tomorrow if everything opens up nicely. I'm planning to re-aquascape sometime soon with a drill and some acrylic rod, so for now the frags are just placed in there where they won't bother each other, but soon they'll hopefully be in permanent homes. FWIW, as soon as the Frogspawn went in the tank the clowns were checking it out, so hopefully they host it. All in all, I probably picked up 10-12 good frags today, a nice variety at that, met some great guys, and probably most importantly, convinced my girlfriend that yall aren't weird and this is a real hobby, lol.
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