Rags2Riches - The Learning Curve. 125g

Daniel@R2R · Sep 30, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
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.

Yikes! That's a rough day! Thankful for a good friend who was able to help out.

Katrina71 · Sep 30, 2019

Let's see your loot!

Raege · Sep 30, 2019

How’d delayed swap go? Know your dying to play with that doser

Crabby48 · Sep 30, 2019

Google maps satellite I was able to see him walking for gas. Twitter had him, never mind he forgot his wallet

Fudsey · Sep 30, 2019

Left here at 5 and had a couple stops to make, I doubt he's even home yet....

Raege · Sep 30, 2019

Geez ya think bring insured and registered he would hit the gas a little harder to get us pics!

Katrina71 · Sep 30, 2019

Plus he got distracted by girls somewhere. Lol

NY_Caveman · Sep 30, 2019

Maybe he drives with his knees like Crabby!
(Just kidding, buddy, I do the same thing)

Katrina71 · Sep 30, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
Maybe he drives with his knees like Crabby!
(Just kidding, buddy, I do the same thing)

But can y'all put on mascara while doing it?

Crabby48 · Sep 30, 2019

NY_Caveman · Sep 30, 2019

NY_Caveman · Sep 30, 2019

Katrina71 said:
But can y'all put on mascara while doing it?

“It puts the lotion on the skin”

Scurvy · Sep 30, 2019

My record is Cape Cod to Home with only my knee. The entire highway portion anyway. Hour 40ish...

RichtheReefer21 · Sep 30, 2019

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.

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)

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.

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

NY_Caveman · Sep 30, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
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.

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)

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.

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

So glad you had a better day today, brother!