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#101
12/30/2005, 12:12 AM
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I have a buddy who was collecting stamps. Years ago we were screwing around going to his ranch and we stopped at a gas station. I noticed some strange plexiglass things in the door pocket of his car and examined them. They were stamps sandwiched between to sheets of acrylic.
Turns out they were worth tens of thousands of dollars each. One stamp was over $50K, so maybe stamp collecting would have been more expensive than reef keeping!
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#102
12/30/2005, 12:18 AM
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Lol I used that quote because when i first started planning this tank my friends would always tease me about the time I was spending on it. They used to joke " just collect stamps, then you wont spend so much time on your fish tank"
 I agree some stamps are expensive, but there are thousands out there for less than 37 cents. Try finding anything for your tank for 37 cents.  I thought it was funny  
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#103
12/30/2005, 12:19 AM
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Is it 2 x 2 tubing. I'm asking because I'm having my welder at work build my stand next month (gotta love perks
) so I want to give him all the info I can. Are the corners butt welded or were they cut at 45°?
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#104
12/30/2005, 12:19 AM
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yup they were cut 45° angles welded and then the exterior welds were grinded flat... here you, go just for you.... from the inside...  hey i wish i had that kind of a perk
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#105
12/30/2005, 12:37 PM
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Nice. Really nice. Now I have to go downstairs and look at my fugly wood stand!
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#106
12/31/2005, 02:44 AM
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I still can't believe you are curing LR in your tub, ROFL...
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#107
12/31/2005, 12:53 PM
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Shawn, I know couples that do that but it does seem a bit strange to me. Do you each have a set savings system as well? If one of you is saving for the future and the other is blowing his money on a reef, what happens later on?
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#108
12/31/2005, 07:03 PM
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#110
12/31/2005, 07:11 PM
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 If I could have found a way, my 600gal would have been a 1200gal ROFL...
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#112
12/31/2005, 09:27 PM
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Man is everyone MARRIED?
 Is the single man a dying breed now a days? By the way the smell was too much from the live rock so on wed i moved it outside into a kiddie pool. That was too ghetto even for me... Update... I broke 2 hayward bulkheads.. using too much liquid Teflon tape i guess, had to order new ones... that will put be back a week or so waiting for UPS.. I also bought a couple of blue hippo tangs the size of postage stamps.. they are doing well in the tank even though they look lost in there... And finally the Stand and canopy are on there way in from Vegas as we speak i should get the freight on Mon or Tues. Will post pics later Happy New Year All
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#114
12/31/2005, 10:05 PM
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Live rock is curing in a kiddie tub as we speak. The hippo tangs
 are in the tank. I will take out the hippo tangs when i put the cured rock in so that they will not go through the cycle. I woulnt want to hurt them.... Thanks, i can hardly wait for the stand myself...
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#116
12/31/2005, 10:16 PM
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Look back on page one for what the canopy and stand look like.
And yes! most of us are married I've been fighting for two years for a new tank (and still am) and finlay won!
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#117
12/31/2005, 10:36 PM
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#118
12/31/2005, 10:37 PM
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LOL well I am glad i got this out of the way so that when i do get married the only thing i have to ask for is a new car....
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NexDog good luck on the rock transfer... keep up posted on what happens i am worried about causing a major cycle as well
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#119
12/31/2005, 10:42 PM
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My Dad always told me to make sure and buy all the guns and stereo components I will want before I get married. What he failed to do is warn me about marriage itself!
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#120
12/31/2005, 10:52 PM
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PS. How did you break 2 Hayward bulkheads??? I wonder if they weren't up to snuff? It seems unlikely that you could do that so easily.
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#121
12/31/2005, 11:04 PM
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#122
12/31/2005, 11:08 PM
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LOL it nice being single but i would like to have someone to share this tank with.. all in due time i am in no rush
i dont know i broke 2 haywards... they are supposed to be "the best" made Sch 80 and all i think i put to much liquid teflon tape and it expanded causing the bulkheads to break... i was PO believe me 
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#123
12/31/2005, 11:12 PM
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They have a thick Teflon seal and are Sch 80. James at Envision told me about them they are the only ones he recommends they sell them at Aquatic eco from what i have heard and what Steve at SoCal said when he saw them they are more than tough.. wont leak http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/.../6862/cid/1869
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12/31/2005, 11:23 PM
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12/31/2005, 11:25 PM
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