Hello Tennessee

[schooleyosis]

Hey All,

I'm fairly new to TN, going on 3 years but new to this website. I was looking to join a local marine club and googled frag swap for Nashville and found the MTRC website which pretty much directed me here.

So here I am. I am living in Smyrna and have a 120 gallon display with a 50 gallon sump. The tank was started on Christmas of 2011 so is almost one year old.

Stocked with marco dry rock, 2 false perula clowns, 1 foxface, 1 sixline wrasse, 1 Pacific Blue Tang, duncan coral, crown leather coral, 3 monti caps (green, purple, orange/red). Still building slowly but surely.

Just thought I'd give a quick intro. Hope to be able to make one of the meetings soon. Unfortunately I cannot make the meeting this month though...

 

[LeoLionFish]

Welcome!! Great to have you here in the forum!!

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

hello and welcome. there are several of us in smyrna.

 

[ToXIc]

Welcome. You'll like it here.


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[schooleyosis]

I feel so welcome already. Can't wait to meet everyone and get to the meetings and such. I've never been to a meeting for a fish club so I am really excited to see what it is all about. Also great to have the wealth of knowledge at our finger tips on this website! Thank you everyone!!!

 

[schooleyosis]

Quick preview of my passion.

[video=youtube_share;LZnEpCnDhBk]http://youtu.be/LZnEpCnDhBk[/video]

 

[dwilliams87]

Welcome, there's some great people here. Look forwrd to meeting you at the meeting.

 

[schooleyosis]

Welcome, there's some great people here. Look forwrd to meeting you at the meeting.

Thank you Daniel. I hope to be able to make it to one of the meetings here soon. Unfortunately I know I can't make the one at the end of this month though...

 

[gmoney243]

Welcome good to see another local there's a ton of us smyrna/lavergne peeps

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[schooleyosis]

Welcome good to see another local there's a ton of us smyrna/lavergne peeps

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thank you. I'm glad I reached out. Starting to see I'm surrounded by a bunch of reef geeks as I call myself.

 

[ToXIc]

[video=youtube_share;LZnEpCnDhBk]http://youtu.be/LZnEpCnDhBk[/video]

Nice tank.


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[schooleyosis]

Nice tank.


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Thanks! Need more corals!!! The goal is to keep the bio load really low so my plan is to only add a pair of purple fire fish and a handful more corals. Would like some mushrooms, zoo's, toadstool, and maybe take a stab at Acropora...

 

[orthokardia]

Welcome!!
-bart

 

[schooleyosis]

Welcome!!
-bart

Thanks Bart! You have any good aquarium stores down your way? The only one I know of around Nashville is the Aquatic Critter and Fins in Franklin. I'd love to be able to venture out and find some others.

 

[bknapp]

Howdy! There is also Emerald Bay in the Old Hickory/Hermitage area. As a tip, you might want to start saving now for our annual frag swap!

 

[schooleyosis]

Hey Brandon. I've tried to find Emerald Bay before and was not successful. Did it just open recently? Like in the past year or two? I think I tried to find it but it wasn't open yet, or something like that.

I'll save as much as I can. My fiance and I are newly engaged so all the extra funds are going to the wedding. If it weren't for that ring I'd have a monster reef! LOL She is worth it! Plus being somewhat broke is keeping me patient with this build!

 

[saratj1]

I think fins of Franklin is out of buisinesss, stopped by there a couple weeks ago and they were closed with a sign saying sorry....or something.

 

[schooleyosis]

Doesn't surprise me about Fins... Didn't really have a good feeling about that place. People were nice but there stock didn't ever look that good.

 

[Dowtish]

Welcome to the MTRC forums. Congratz on getting married! Smyrna/LaVergne is taking over! The tank looks good man.

 

[bknapp]

Yeah, Emerald Bay is a tough find the first time, its a small building with small signage. But they seem to have cool stock. Was more impressed with my more recent visit than an earlier one. I am unsure of when their current location, if I remember hearing correctly they were in the Belleview area during the flood and moved to where they are now.