to all college students...

[bluelagoon]

i noticed there were several of us in here earlier today, so i was just wondering where everyone is from and where you are going to school at??? me, i'm from indiana, and i just started at Tri-State University in Angola, IN. i just started my first tank yesterday, it's 5 gal. i have some lr, a pink button brittle star, and a big hermit crab so far.

 

[tuningvis]

YAY for being broke in the most exspensive hobby
i'm in seattle and go to Seattle Central CC
transfering to UW in the spring
i'm running a 10 that has been up for almost 2 years
and a 75 just waiting for me to make some money

 

[ithorian_r]

im from oklahoma and go to the university of oklahoma in norman. ive had a 29g for almost three years although i took it down at the beginning of the summer and started it up five weeks ago. upgraded some equipment! and my credit card is starting to give off smoke whenever it gets swiped!!

 

[jer4916]

I'm from Miami, but im going to school in South Dakota. I'm running a 125 gallon reef in my house.
It's totally a cool thing to have in your living room
~chris

 

[brotox]

I am from Brookings, South Datoka. I just started a 20. Don't have anything in it yet(broke). But I'm slowly getting it going. Where do you go to school Jer4916?

 

[bronco300]

Indiana as well, Anderson University with a 10 gallon, waiting for a 75 gallon to be setup once i get out of this place,lol

 

[jer4916]

Originally Posted by Brotox
I am from Brookings, South Datoka. I just started a 20. Don't have anything in it yet(broke). But I'm slowly getting it going. Where do you go to school Jer4916?
I'm Currently going to usdsu...which is kinda cool...just a relaxing period...but on a side note if you ever want to swap corals...trade things let me know i have tons of goodies!...Plus for things i dont have that you want i have a private guy that blows mini-critters and safari out of the water! ( Our local pet stores)
~chris
also i went to sdsu for a semester....got stuck in hanson...(im not even a hick)...i was a computer student!....horrible...horrible!
also where did you go to high school?

 

[sandlot13]

Hey guys..... I got to Saint Martins University in Lacey, WA........ (its about 1 hour south of seattle). Right now i have a 37 gal at my house in boise, but Im in the process of building a nano/pico for my dorm room! good to hear from you all, great idea on the thread!

 

[newbercube]

Heya,
I am a Junior at Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX) and am about to start my first reef tank pretty soon. Will either be a 10 gallon or I'll save up and get a jbj 24 gallon...either way it sucks being a broke college kid.

 

[sandlot13]

ya, i hear you on about how much it sucks having this hobby and being a broke college kid.......... but oh wells, it keeps us busy though!

 

[brotox]

Originally Posted by Jer4916
I'm Currently going to usdsu...which is kinda cool...just a relaxing period...but on a side note if you ever want to swap corals...trade things let me know i have tons of goodies!...Plus for things i dont have that you want i have a private guy that blows mini-critters and safari out of the water! ( Our local pet stores)
~chris
also i went to sdsu for a semester....got stuck in hanson...(im not even a hick)...i was a computer student!....horrible...horrible!
also where did you go to high school?
I went to high school in Groton. Its a small town near Aberdeen, SD. Then I went SDSU for a few years, but dropped out a few years back. I build storm doors for Larson now. My girlfreind just had a baby a while back, which is why I'm always broke. I would love to trade stuff, when I finally get some stuff to trade. I haven't even cycled my tank yet, cuz I can't afford the LR right now. Not familiar w/ Safari, is that in SF? Also I would love to talk to your hook-up about buying stuff. I know they have marine tanks at a LFS in Watertown, but haven't been up there to check it out yet.

 

[jer4916]

email me
chrisreistroffer@gmail.com

 

[reefwreak]

I'm a Freshman up in FSU in Tallahassee from the WPB, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami area. I just bought my first saltwater aquarium,a nano JBJ 24, from a guy just west of here, so I'll have it in this weekend. Man, the dorms here (at least mine, Salley Hall) are in the low 70s to high 60s, so i'll definatly have to invest in a good heater for my cube. I can't wait! I'll post more often once I get the tank settled in and figure stuff out with the help of my LFS.

 

[jer4916]

i went to FIU in miami.
great place to live,...i cant wait to move home

 

[annanymous]

hey im from Brooklyn, NY and go to CUNY brooklyn college. i've got a 20g thats been up 1 1/2 years and a 90g thats just cycled 2 weeks ago.
tell me about being broke...huh

 

[bluelagoon]

Originally Posted by Bronco300
Indiana as well, Anderson University with a 10 gallon, waiting for a 75 gallon to be setup once i get out of this place,lol
i considered anderson, but chose TSU when i switched majors. there is at least one guy i went to high school w/ who is at anderson. Korey Flinn.
and i've lucked out so far. my mom has 3 tanks at home, so she gave me some water right out of her reef tank, live rock straight from the reef and fowlr, and a hermit crab. she bought me a pink button brittle star and some food at the lfs here in angola. and the tank, she bought me that. i'll i've bought is a thermometer so far. and when i'm ready for a fish, she will be giving me her false percula (or if the lfs gets a black false percula not mated, i'll buy one of those). can't wait for a fish! and i don't know of anyone else on campus who has a saltwater tank, i think there may be some guys w/ freshwater, saw them in the aquarium aisle at wal mart sunday night. hopefully there is. we did see a lady that works in our athletic dept. at the lfs, but all their fish keep dying, my mom was trying to give them advice. :happyfish

 

[radiolotek]

I am currently a radiology student at TMCC in Reno ,NV. I have 1-30g freshwater, 2-10g freshwater, 1-12 nano, 1-29 fo salt and my parents just donated a 80g hex plexi to me that I am currently just setting up to be a reef tank in my front room. at this rate I'm gonna be sleepin ON the fish. lol

Oh yeah it sucks to be broke. It costs more to feed my fish than it does me (j/k). I am addicted though.

 

[sandlot13]

hey, for all you guys in the dorms........ what do you do when it comes to having to transport the tanks during breaks (aka, like during christmas break, summer break, spring break, etc etc). Any good ideas, or would it just be better to sell the fish back to the lfs and buy new ones

 

[jer4916]

trick - have a big enough tank and the proper filtration that takes care of itself
that = no problems
fish ...might want to take to the store..and ask them to hold it or something for you.
~chris

 

[bluelagoon]

Originally Posted by sandlot13
hey, for all you guys in the dorms........ what do you do when it comes to having to transport the tanks during breaks (aka, like during christmas break, summer break, spring break, etc etc). Any good ideas, or would it just be better to sell the fish back to the lfs and buy new ones
i will be buying an auto feeder and light timer when the time comes. hopefully they will be okay, i'll test it for a couple weeks though while i'm still here. :happyfish