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Long story short. Insurance was cancelled. Registration revoked. Statie got me on the pike. Car is impounded. Gettin it all sorted out tomorrow. Took the day off to deal with the mess. No corals. No rack, no doser. Blah.

But... things got a bit better when a friend showed up. Reorganized the scape in the living room so we could sit and watch the tank and fuge from 4 ft away.

Thanks @Raege ... today was only half bad thanks to u.
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Yikes! That's a rough day! Thankful for a good friend who was able to help out.
 
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Hey all... just landing home.

260 miles round trip. Got everything I wanted plus a couple extras ;)

Frags are floating.
Doser is acquired.
Zen frag rack home.

First stop was to see the legend himself, @Fudsey and my love sophie :) and of course the fabulous ms. Lori. As always, wish it could have been longer.
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2nd stop was for the doser/zoa trade.. and omg. I wasnt prepared.
Met some awesome people. And saw some amazing tanks.
Heres a 550g ish sps wrasse tank @Scurvy
Its easily 50k in sticks alone. His frag tank is opposite behind him and his younger brother. (Got the doser from him)
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He has frags that are 1 - 2", $450 a piece for some. Ultra high end everything. Insane fish basement. Has a torch cube, a softies nem cub, an LPS frag tank, and then the sps frag tank, which has a school of 5 yellow tangs I might add.. Its gotta be 100k room. Easily. Amazing trip.
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Calcium reactor.. doses acropower, tests dKh daily, that's it. 15%weekly water changes (hard plumbed) he literally did a 20g wc in front of me, in 38 seconds. 1 switch, 3 valves. Done. Crazy dream goals.

20+ wrasse. It was mind blowing.

Next stop was to see Kyle @backwoodsreef in Southern Nh on the way home. He is where I got some insane zoas, and the zen frag rack. I started talking and never got pictures. :(

But he has 5 tanks. 3 frag tanks, Lps, zoa, and shroom dominated. Easily a thousand corals. And just awesome guy. His display has a 10" vlamingi, 4 other tangs, and a couple other fish I've never even heard of. His house is a reefers dream.

I will share pics of the new additions tomorrow after work. Hopefully they're all open.

@Fudsey 's tracy's are a must ;)
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Hey all... just landing home.

260 miles round trip. Got everything I wanted plus a couple extras ;)

Frags are floating.
Doser is acquired.
Zen frag rack home.

First stop was to see the legend himself, @Fudsey and my love sophie :) and of course the fabulous ms. Lori. As always, wish it could have been longer.
20190930_164415.jpg


20190930_161534.jpg


2nd stop was for the doser/zoa trade.. and omg. I wasnt prepared.
Met some awesome people. And saw some amazing tanks.
Heres a 550g ish sps wrasse tank @Scurvy
Its easily 50k in sticks alone. His frag tank is opposite behind him and his younger brother. (Got the doser from him)
20190930_232419.jpg


20190930_175422.jpg


He has frags that are 1 - 2", $450 a piece for some. Ultra high end everything. Insane fish basement. Has a torch cube, a softies nem cub, an LPS frag tank, and then the sps frag tank, which has a school of 5 yellow tangs I might add.. Its gotta be 100k room. Easily. Amazing trip.
20190930_172834.jpg

Calcium reactor.. doses acropower, tests dKh daily, that's it. 15%weekly water changes (hard plumbed) he literally did a 20g wc in front of me, in 38 seconds. 1 switch, 3 valves. Done. Crazy dream goals.

20+ wrasse. It was mind blowing.

Next stop was to see Kyle @backwoodsreef in Southern Nh on the way home. He is where I got some insane zoas, and the zen frag rack. I started talking and never got pictures. :(

But he has 5 tanks. 3 frag tanks, Lps, zoa, and shroom dominated. Easily a thousand corals. And just awesome guy. His display has a 10" vlamingi, 4 other tangs, and a couple other fish I've never even heard of. His house is a reefers dream.

I will share pics of the new additions tomorrow after work. Hopefully they're all open.

@Fudsey 's tracy's are a must ;)
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So glad you had a better day today, brother!
 
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