Kyl
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If you go through with picking them up, lemme know who it was with.
My Shallow Dream Build 60" × 30" × 17"
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FYI, I was showing off your build thread at my reef club meeting this weekend! Everyone was in just as much awe as I was!
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You will be the first to know, I'm still up in the air with it right now but I'll have to make a decision soon.
Oh wow, I'm flattered to say the least;Sorry I do hope as things progress I can live up to all the hype
It's good to hear reef club meetings are still going on with everything that's happened over the past year.
@JoshH have you considered 3 Orphek Atlantik compacts? They should be able to handle the 30" width no problem. Three of those should come out to around $2500US after tax. It wouldn't be a bad idea to consider just using the OR3 bars either. I'm debating going that route on my tank. 10 35" bars should cover your tank. At $170 each, that would be less than $2000 and you could always add more if you need more par or coverage. That would also produce the most "blanket" like spread. I spoke with a rep from Orphek and he said by the end of the year, they should be releasing the controller app for all Orphek bars.
Kyl
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The issue with Canada and Orphek is how they ship. FedEx will rake a personal $2500 USD order over the coals in terms of brokerage charges, not to mention the exchange rate, then tax on top of that. OR only makes sense up here for a very large group buy, or a pallet buy for a store. The US often doesn't realize how badly consumer shipping companies will hose Canadian people with brokerage charges.
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And our de minimis (duty free amount) is $20 CAD, or $40 CAD under the new Nafta if that ever got ratified. The US version of duty free is $800 USD, for instance.
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wow ,been pretty quiet lately ,hows it going "up" there
Not sure if they still do but The Coral Reef Shop in Burlington ON used to sell the entire Orphek line (I think).
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I just smiled and took a deep breath. Zen. Location?I've been dreading this day for months.....
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wow ,been pretty quiet lately ,hows it going "up" there
Oh it's going, been spending a lot of time working on the house and not really messing with the tank which has been a bit of a pain but everyone seems to be happy still so I'll count that as a win. Spent today working on the laundry room and Laying out the RODI System in its new home. Almost done!
Thanks! I might give them a call and see if they still do
JUST west of Banff, Alberta
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Hey those were quiet, riff-raff free days! Nothing much new going on on the reef. Clowns have found there home at the very far end of the tank which is odd. I've been eyeing up some new additions but I'm holding off for now
Well that means you just need to go get one ;Smuggrin And thank you!
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I don't see any reef decorations...whats up with that? ;Bored its not finished until its decoratedJust finished it today actually, just got to clean up when I get back home tomorrow
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I don't see any reef decorations...whats up with that? ;Bored its not finished until its decorated
I've been told no reef decorations ;Sorry
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"knock on wood" HA..i see snow on the ground out the window it's 60 here rt now ;Woot ;Woot ;Woot
but seriously nice work on nursery
it's 60 here rt now ;Woot ;Woot ;Woot but seriously nice work on nursery
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"knock on wood" HA..i see snow on the ground out the window
but seriously nice work on nursery
Just a little bit of snow, we don't get a whole lot with all the Chinooks we get. And thank you, it was wayyyy more work than I wanted to do but definitely worth it in the end
Mountain theme, I might do a mural on one of the walls but undecided still
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