New reefkeeper in North County! How do I join the club?

[Whiskey]

Hello all!!!

My name is Whiskey, about 8 years ago I was heavily into my 180G SPS tank. I lived in Phoenix AZ, and was a member of the Prop and Frag clubs. My job dried up, and didn't think there was allot of future in that line of work, so I came out here for some education and some opportunities in another career.

Now, 8 years later I'm still going to school, but life is once again stable so I started up a 75G reef tank. It will be primarily SPS and Clams with a few LPS for a little motion on the bottom. The system is simple, Apex controller, 29G sump, bubble mag skimmer, 75G display with a Tek T5 retro using new ATI bulbs and Tunze for flow.

The clubs in AZ were so much fun, and I was hoping that that I would find something like them out here! Do you guys meet up and do coral auctions and such? How do I join in? I'm going to need lots of frags :)

Great to meet you all!
Whiskey

[jkennedy1007]

This will blow AZ out of the water, wait they dont have any lol
jk
I have a buddy that reefs out there ;]

Welcome glad to have you

[SmilinAvnger]

Psh... we barely have any water out here. Not counting salt...

Welcome! We do have meetings and they are a ton of fun! Keep watch on the site and I am sure they will announce the next one soon.

Louis up at Reefers Garage in San Marcos was talking about doing a North County group. Not sure if that got any traction.

[DaveMorris]

Welcome! San Diego is a good spot for reefing. Don't be a stranger and definitely keep an eye out on the site for announcements regarding meetings and get togethers. We have a lot that we are working on for the near and distant future. Last year we had Mark Levinson and Mark Callahan come out and speak to the club and we do events at the local fish stores as well. Thanks for stopping in and like I said, don't be a stranger.

[Dizzle21]

Awesome! Stoked to have an SPS guy in Escondido. I live up in valley center, but work in Escondido. I'm always down to trade some frags or whatever.


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[LotsaFishies]

Nice to have a fellow Escondido'an. Welcome to the site!

[momrocks999]

I second That, Nice to have a few people here in Escondido! Welcome

[nanoreef1]

Welcone! I'm also in Escondido! :)))))

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[Whiskey]

Thank you all for such a warm welcome! It's great to see so many people here from Escondido!!!!

Frag trading! I would LOVE to do some frag trading :) For now it will have to wait though,.. for now my tank is a little bare. :( (Those numbers are par readings)
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8736/17110223309_c7c2de16ae_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s4Ynha)PAR (https://flic.kr/p/s4Ynha) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

I do have some hermits in there though:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7656/16976194297_558359df1d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rS8r88)crab (https://flic.kr/p/rS8r88) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

And a couple corals in Quarantine:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7623/17128479531_0e47b51311_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s6zWdB)IMG_4483 (https://flic.kr/p/s6zWdB) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7633/17103151946_733be7aa69_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s4m8d7)IMG_4476 (https://flic.kr/p/s4m8d7) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7670/17094194628_f7f7108e58_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s3ydvA)IMG_4710 (https://flic.kr/p/s3ydvA) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8711/17094194358_7a65cb7547_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s3ydqW)IMG_4712 (https://flic.kr/p/s3ydqW) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7671/17255994716_b7667a7551_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/shRu3h)IMG_4714 - Copy (https://flic.kr/p/shRu3h) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7666/17074528967_85b1c74fa6_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s1PqAt)IMG_4715 (https://flic.kr/p/s1PqAt) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

Colors need some work,.. but they will color up fine once they are in the display tank.

Whiskey

[Kris]

Glad you asked about joining.
Send $155,000 to my Cayman's Account and I will sign you up as a premium Reefer's Club Sustaining member. When the cash clears you will receive membership and 10 free frags of the most assume corals you have never seen!

Welcome to "The Club!"
I've sent you a pm with all the account number & other vital information,,....:beer:

[Whiskey]

I didn't get the PM :(

BUT! I've already forwarded this message to 10 people and at least 4 of them are going to sign up as well! Hope your bank account is big enough for all our money! Lol

Whiskey

[Dizzle21]

Tank looks good so far! Have any pics of your old 180g by any chance?


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[chireef]

155,000 for frags and a label lol that's nuts 😁


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[Whiskey]

Tank looks good so far! Have any pics of your old 180g by any chance?


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I thought for a bit that might be asking allot,.. but I was able to find one!!! This is not the best picture ever, but you'll get the idea. About a year after this I ended up loosing all the SPS in a one day power outage in the middle of summer while I was on vacation. Someone hit the transformer for our apartment complex and they took a while to get it replaced.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7702/16691662024_26b9fc8153_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqZ8Ah)180FTS (https://flic.kr/p/rqZ8Ah) by Wiskey2727 (https://www.flickr.com/people/94982813@N04/), on Flickr

Whiskey

[Dizzle21]

Wow what a shame... That is one pristine tank. I can't imagine coming home to a crashed tank. Thanks for the pic though, tank was stunning.


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[swplimited]

Hello, I am also in Valley center if you ever wanna swap frags of whatever, welcome to Cali and that's a bada$$ tank you had...

[Whiskey]

Wow what a shame... That is one pristine tank. I can't imagine coming home to a crashed tank. Thanks for the pic though, tank was stunning.


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Thanks Dizzle!!! Yeah, it was pretty depressing, I set it up again after that but it didn't last long enough to mature again because I moved out here.
The goal with the 75 I have now is to outdo that one!!!! Hopefully in about 3 years I'll be able to buy a house and move the 75 into a 200+ with a fish room.

Whiskey

[Whiskey]

Hello, I am also in Valley center if you ever wanna swap frags of whatever, welcome to Cali and that's a bada$$ tank you had...

Thank you!!! As soon as I have some frags to trade I'll be all about that!! :) I look forward to meeting some reefers out here! My wife is getting a little tired hearing about the tank, it will be really nice to have a conversation with someone who cares about this stuff lol

Whiskey

[diegoluv]

"Seats Taken" - Forest Gump

Welcome =)