detroit, huge tank wanted

tony detroit

tony detroit

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The 180 is going to be strictly reef. I'm going to redo it once I get my 300 going in the basement. I did a lot of impulse buying when I first started out and have a 2 foot banded cat shark in there and a stingray. They're going in the 300 with a coral catshark which I own but is at the lfs with a deposit on it, and possibly an eel and another stingray. Maybe a Harlequin Tusk and some lookdowns as well. I just hooked up an RO/DI about a month ago and want to make my reef upstairs very professional, I am fighting a ridiculous aiptasia problem right now, every time I try peppermint shrimp my shark eats them along with everything else. I have about 200 dollars invested in his stomach.
I'm also planning on doing a seahorse tank at the end of the hallway to the bedrooms, possibly a 65 bowfront, but I'm still doing a lot of reading/research on them. I see you do engineering. I studied at Michigan Tech for two years but decided to call it quits. I tried getting into UM Ann Arbor, but I partied a little bit too much in high school instead of studying like I should have and didn't get in. I just went to Day One today and they have the cheapest prices on livestock I have ever seen. They're in trenton if you are ever in the downriver area.
 
leigh

leigh

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Hey--yeah, peppermint shrimp are terrific lil aptaisia munchers. Once you get to move the shark I'm sure they'll fix up the problem quite well. Seahorse tank would be sweet. I wanted to do a lil office nano for them but found feeding the dwarfs to be too daunting. I wish I could do a big tank for larger seahorses that'll eat frozen foods--they're so unbelievable graceful looking!
Michigan Tech is a great school. I did a job interview where about half the other people in the group the company flew down (it was an oil company in texas) were all from Michigan Tech--the techies seemed often times to be the smartest ones in the room... That's funny bout U of M--after all, once you do get in they care most about how well you are able to party on football saturdays :D Day One eh? Never heard of it...where in trenton are the? Maybe I'll swing bye there next time I drive out to romulus.
 
tony detroit

tony detroit

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South side of West Road, just before you get to Fort Street, when heading East on West Road. (that must be confusing you, they just had to name a street "west rd." in trenton)
Anyway they're very cheap, I'm mean 30 dollar powder blue tangs, 50 dollar Harlequin Tusks, 8 dollar banded shrimp, 10 dollar anemones, 11 dollar seahorses, 120 dollar leopard sharks, 20 dollar Huma Huma's, 15dollar mandarins, etc. Not the greatest store in the world, but their livestock prices are very cheap compared to anywhere else I've been, and I have been to a lot of fish stores.
The Fish Tank on Ford Rd. is another great store. I buy everything from them now, except for the occasional plumbing stuff from Home Depot which is right around the corner. Their store isn't huge, but they can order almost anything for you, and the owner and his gf are very nice, and will give you good advice. And it is by far the cleanest store I've ever been to. Spotless.
Outta curiosity was the oil company Marathon/Ashland???
 
leigh

leigh

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Cool--thanks for the tips. Nah...I was actually interviewing with Schlumberger--very interesting company--awesome people--sometimes regret not going to work for them--if I'd have taken any job then it would've been with them but I chose to come here for grad school instead :)
And a clean fish store? Isn't that contradictory? I'm trying to envision a clean fishstore. Nope, can't do it...how puzzling. I'll have to drive out there just to see that. :D
What do you do in 'environmental services'? Protest oil companies like Marathon and/or Schlumberger? :D
 
tony detroit

tony detroit

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No protesting here, actually do contracting/ various jobs/ sales/ supply/ transport for oil companies and other waste generators. I had a buddy that went to work for Marathon/Ashland from his last job. He's in Kentucky now.
The Fish Tank is always the cleanest store hands down. Pretty small, but always nice looking stuff and will custom order anything for you. Pretty reasonable prices as well. The owner Scott is pretty good guy. He's tall mid 30's usually there on the weekends. He has two jobs right now and doesn't have enough time to work the store so usually isn't there all the time.
 
rookie

rookie

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Hey tony
I heard that Jan's Tropical Fish has good prices on tanks in Dearborn, MI. Might want to check them out for a price on a 300g, I called them and a 180 with top is $427.00. Also could you post some pictures of your tanks in the aggressive message borad. Sounds like you have some great tanks.
Thanks,
Nick
 
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