New BC Canada reefer

CarsonH · Jan 21, 2019

What a big welcome! This community must be huge, or very welcoming :)

I like the pom pom crab the best haha.

I'll take some photos during the moving process, especially the 'gear' as I am unsure the quality and limitations of the accessories... yet.

I expect a low bioload, mainly tank cleaners and a stereotypical pair of clowns. I'm hoping to trade the current fish for credit at the LFS

Hemmdog · Jan 21, 2019

Welcome to reef2reef!

bbrooke · Feb 27, 2019

Hi CarsonH!

Did you update somewhere with pictures? How did the move go and the assembly? What did you pay for a set up like that?

Thanks!

vetteguy53081 · Feb 27, 2019

Best place to lurk. We Welcome you all the way from Canada. Do share your experiences in Canada as to pet stores, what they carry, pricing and how you obtain your supplies. Always interesting to see how availability is outside the US. WELCOME TO R2R

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CarsonH · Feb 28, 2019

I have not updated with photos... thanks for the reminder. I will try to start a post for monitoring my progression.

Overall the move went very well. I had a total of eight people help with the heavy lifting. I started draining the tank at 8am and turned the pumps back on in its new home at 2am. Long process, but well worth the effort so far! I paid 700CAD, and have put in another 400 so far in salt, plumbing upgrades, and additional live rock.

I actually visit the USA quite regularly, so I can see the prices and availability first hand... so far I have found that USA has more options; prices seem to be very similar, but I have found the salifert test kits to be cheaper in Canada by about 5 bucks.

GoldeneyeRet · Feb 28, 2019

Welcome to r2r!

Brad Miller · Mar 1, 2019

Hi Carson....
We love Lurkers here....they always turn out to be good contributors to R2R eventually :)

CarsonH · Mar 7, 2019

I started a thread in the members tank section https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/carsons-180.566895/

P-Dub · Mar 7, 2019

Welcome, Carson!
A week you say, eh? Technically, a week doesn't qualify for lurker status, more like just getting your feet wet. Happy to have you diving right in.
Share and like often!