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Nice to see you back Neil. That is some serious crap about the immigration status, but fear and ignorance seems to be the norm these days. Sorry to hear.
 
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Yeah. I'm an English speaking middle aged white dude. I reported to the immigration center and the guy up front gave me a visitors badge thinking I was a lawyer. Whole thing has left a very bitter taste in my mouth.

A snippet I left out- the DMV security guard literally unclasped his holster, put his hand on my shoulder and suggested I 'go sit over there' in response to me telling the DMv clerk that I was leaving and wasn't going to hang around for 2 hours for an ICE agent to arrive. Katie was traveling, I was 3 hours away from daycare pickup. Obviously I complied after that escalation, but it really got my heckles standing up.
 

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Hell of an update, mate.
Aww! My heart just went pitter patter!!!!!’
Look, at that Neil, our buddy stopped by!
Um...except that you have not done a drive by on my thread...I will try to not be grumbly over it...
A sock photo for olds times sake would probably be cool.
 

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Aww! My heart just went pitter patter!!!!!’
Look, at that Neil, our buddy stopped by!
Um...except that you have not done a drive by on my thread...I will try to not be grumbly over it...
A sock photo for olds times sake would probably be cool.
Your wish is my command :)
 
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Aww! My heart just went pitter patter!!!!!’
Look, at that Neil, our buddy stopped by!
Um...except that you have not done a drive by on my thread...I will try to not be grumbly over it...
A sock photo for olds times sake would probably be cool.
Hey Vic!! Get your own! Lol
 
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New acquisition. Been looking for a few weeks, little pricey comparatively, but the best specimen I've seen by far.

Flame fin tomini tang! 3.5". A little annnoyed at the store- said water was at 1.025 on phone, then 1.018 at store. Water in bag was 1.015!! So I had a little adjusting to do in the TTM1 tank

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New acquisition. Been looking for a few weeks, little pricey comparatively, but the best specimen I've seen by far.

Flame fin tomini tang! 3.5". A little annnoyed at the store- said water was at 1.025 on phone, then 1.018 at store. Water in bag was 1.015!! So I had a little adjusting to do in the TTM1 tank

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Nice! We've got one of these too! We named ours XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS.. Because of the flames and all. And the yellow eye shadow! Nice specimen ya got there.
 
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Nice! We've got one of these too! We named ours XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS.. Because of the flames and all. And the yellow eye shadow! Nice specimen ya got there.
Yeah- she's a beaut! 6th one I've driven specifIcally to go see, only one that I thought 'great looking fish'. Ironically- my local petco have an AMAZING specimen, but it's in their 'coral isolation' tank (a 50 lowboy I talked them into setting up 8 months ago) and its not for sale.

I first saw one swimming around Travis 'fish of hex' 300gallon on YouTube, with a bunch of other tangs. Great looking fish alongside purples and sailfins. I've been looking for a 5" desJ sailfin for weeks too but all the local specimens are 2-2.5" or $300 show fish.
 

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New acquisition. Been looking for a few weeks, little pricey comparatively, but the best specimen I've seen by far.

Flame fin tomini tang! 3.5". A little annnoyed at the store- said water was at 1.025 on phone, then 1.018 at store. Water in bag was 1.015!! So I had a little adjusting to do in the TTM1 tank

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She is very yellow all over. Very cool.
 
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She is very yellow all over. Very cool.
Stress colours. She was a very nice slate grey colour in the store, avdvher fins have gone a bit more yellow. Very vibrant Orange when I saw her this morning.

They also had a bunch of Midas blennies. I'm desperate to replace Goldie. But they were all 7-8" long, as fat as a bratwurst and cost $89.99. Nope.
 

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I've been looking for a 5" desJ sailfin for weeks too but all the local specimens are 2-2.5" or $300 show fish.
It's a shame that those fish are so expensive where you are! I only paid $120 canadian (which is like 90 usd) for a Desj tang, and it was about 3.5-4". But I had to take it back 2 days later because it was just waaay too big for my tank and the rest of the fish. We picked up a regular sailfin tang which I actually prefer the look of to be honest, even though they aren't as desirable. It's got beautiful coloration and a slight blue in between the 'zebra' lines. It sounds like we share a similar taste in tangs. I skipped the traditional yellow tang and went with a sailfin, flame-fin tomini, and a scopas tang! The tang trio! Don't tell the tang police. I added all 3 at once. They seem to be getting along so far.
 

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Had to return this fine specimen. Just too big for my setup / preference. Forgive my green hair algae! It's a work in progress.
 

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