taking a new direction

gemmy

gemmy

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Originally Posted by Eric B 125 http:///t/389056/taking-a-new-direction/220#post_3448234
You can definitely notice a difference in the flow.
I actually got a package today from Pacific Coast Imports. I was so pumped when I opened the mailbox! Steve was nice enough to send a few extra's too! So I go to re-connect the plumbing to the pump, and the fittings are the WRONG SIZE!!! 6 months of phone calls, e-mails, stress, etc., only to get the wrong (*&%$(** parts. I'm livid right now. So I called PCI, and of course we are back to getting no answers. Let's give e-mail a try. Honestly, if I don't get a hold of them by Monday and have this remedied then I'm sure I can get an answer when I call the BBB.
That bites. I can't believe what crap they are putting you through.
 
btldreef

btldreef

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Originally Posted by Eric B 125 http:///t/389056/taking-a-new-direction/220#post_3448234
You can definitely notice a difference in the flow.
I actually got a package today from Pacific Coast Imports. I was so pumped when I opened the mailbox! Steve was nice enough to send a few extra's too! So I go to re-connect the plumbing to the pump, and the fittings are the WRONG SIZE!!! 6 months of phone calls, e-mails, stress, etc., only to get the wrong (*&%$(** parts. I'm livid right now. So I called PCI, and of course we are back to getting no answers. Let's give e-mail a try. Honestly, if I don't get a hold of them by Monday and have this remedied then I'm sure I can get an answer when I call the BBB.
Good luck!
I've heard that their customer service is great until you have an issue and then they suck!
 
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eric b 125

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^right after I posted that I checked by phone and saw I had an e-mail from Steve saying not to worry about sending the parts back, that he would send new parts out today! Maybe things will take a turn for the better!
 
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eric b 125

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I will be so pumped to have this reactor running. I'm trying hard not to get my hopes up though
 
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eric b 125

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Apparently they sent me someone else's replacement parts, which just so happened to be the same part as mine, but a different size. Goes to show the integrity of that part, eh? Either way, I was told that they would send it today so we shall see by the end of the week.
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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I hate they are jerking you around. I'm still not ordering anything from them. I hope it will all be resolved by the end of the week.
 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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Originally Posted by Eric B 125 http:///t/389056/taking-a-new-direction/200#post_3447054
Definitely. I think it would be great to meet some SWF'ers in person. I'm going to pre-order some things, I just haven't found the time to really look through fragswapper thoroughly. Still have almost 4 weeks and more stuff gets added every day. Hiker4twenty has some nice things that I've noticed. I've seen people with frag availability in the negatives... what's up with that? I've never pre-ordered frags, let alone used fragswapper, but I'm for sure going to reserve some pieces. There's one dude that was there last year that has a "5th frag is always free" thing going. I'm so pumped for this swap b/c it will be the first year that I'm pre-ordering and the first year that I'll be concentrating on SPS. All other swaps I've been to I just got whatever looked good to me, but now I have a purposeful aquascape, I should have the Ca reactor up and running, and I know what direction I want to take my tank.
Do you guys have any interest in any softies? I have two sinularia, a green and a purple, and a big old toadstool leather. Also some GSP, two different zoa colonies, and a favia. If you go through my pics you'll see what I'm talking about: they are all the softies in my tank, except for my devils finger which I can't let go of quite yet.
On a side note: do I have to upload videos to youtube in order to post them here? If so, that's pretty whack. I'm not going to create an account through you tube to post videos but I'd like to give a video tour of my tank...

I think the guy your referring to goes by the name KnockOut....has some pretty nice stuff....RigelAutomotive has some super nice stuff....If you haven't checked his tank out over at RC you should......
Any pics of the purple sinularia.....
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Originally Posted by Eric B 125 http:///t/389056/taking-a-new-direction/200#post_3447070
Here are some pics of Petland in Lancaster. The guy that owns this Petland is the dude that started Aquarium Adventures, Petland's sister store that specializes in aquatics. I'm not a huge supporter of their stores. There's one within a 10 minute walk from me and I buy fish food there when I have to, and why we checked out this store I can't remember, but it's pretty sick for what it is.
Check out this aquascape. The rock work on the left is suspended, stretching almost 3' over the tank. Pretty interesting for a big box chain store...

Heres a close up of the left hand side of the tank:
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Here is their coral display. Pretty impressive for a Petland, eh?

They also have a really cool freshwater ray tank, but nothing like That Fish Place's lagoon.
Krista and Shawn, have you guys been to the NCPARS swap before?
How far is PetLand from TFP....I've been going there for years and haven't really ventured around town......I've been involved with NCPARS for about 5-6 years and go to most of the swaps either here in Lancaster or wherever there held.....Actually a very good time......
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Originally Posted by Eric B 125 http:///t/389056/taking-a-new-direction/200#post_3447332
You need to learn to schedule your vacations around these things brother! When are you leaving for the Dominican? If you're not leaving on the 28th, and if you're not already on vacation on the 28th, you have no suitable excuse
. Thanks for the props on my work, btw. I wish I had the funds and space to do something like that at my spot.
It will be nice to meet some folks from here in person. Isthatright came to a few club meets, but I haven't seen her at the last few, and I haven't really seen her on the forums lately, either. I didn't talk to her much when I met her. The one or two times I saw her at the meets I was being rushed by Janice to get home.
Shawn, you're definitely in, right? I'm definitely in. What about you Christa?
I'm definitely in......I have about $300 so far requested and reserved.....Have to get busy here setting up my quarantine tank......
Side note, couldn't track it down, but curious what part are you waiting on.....
 
gemmy

gemmy

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If you want, I can take some of the softies that you want out. I can trade you some SPS. I have a pink poci, blue tort, purple tabling acro, and a supposed purple danae.
 
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eric b 125

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In hindsight, that Petland could be the one in Columbus, OH that I went to during the CORA frag swap.
If you look through the pictures you can see all the softies I have. The only one I want to keep is the devils finger. Even the zoas, gsp, and ricordia in the sand bed have got to go. I was going to hold onto them until I set up the 30B, but I don't see myself starting that project anytime soon.
In other news: I just checked the tracking order sent to me by PCI and apparently the replacement parts on out for delivery so I should be getting them today! Hoping they will be here by 1 pm, when I get back from a meeting I have to go to.
 
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eric b 125

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Shawn, the part I've been patiently waiting for is a male/male union that goes b/w the pump and plumbing of the reactor. Each side has a different diameter and while one side has machined-style threads, the other has the other kind of threads. Here's an image of the wrong-sized replacement parts so you can get a better idea...
 
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eric b 125

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389056/taking-a-new-direction/240#post_3449581
I've never seen those... even in wrong parts. lol
Nobody I've asked in the past few months has seen a concoction like that. The good news is, I have two appropriately sized concoctions sitting on my dining room table right now. I have some errands to run, but when I get home I want to empty out the reactor of all its contents, reconnect all the plumbing and do a leak test to make sure it wont flood my stand. Next thing to do is find out how to operate it
 
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