ToxicPoison Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 So obviously, I am new here. I have been involved in the hobby for quite some time now. My first tank was set up about 3 years ago, but had to be taken down in a hurry, as the owners of the house we were renting were in bad shape, and we essentially had to move on on a very limited time-scale. Tried to transfer everything over in a matter of days and naturally...that didn't go over too well and I lost everything but my live rock. So I took a break for a while, and now have a spiffy 100 gallon tank in the house that I own, which makes for a much nicer setup (Yay for being able to drill holes in the walls!). I spent some time on RC, but got bored of the middle school clique mindset that seems to be running rampant over there. (No offense to anyone who is still an RC fan...just not my thing.) I was recently trying to find a decent, local dry goods store, which is how I found out about PNWMAS (Oh how I wish I found you sooner). I'm still looking for a good LFS though...I'm located in SE Portland, so what do you guys suggest? (Is it ok that I'm asking about this? I know theres been a lot of issues with vendors lately...I apologize if I'm breaking some rules) And as a pre-emptive strike to the impending "Whats up with your username?" question...basically, waaay back in the pre-internet days, any computer geek with a modem (like me) wanted to be a hacker and sound "leet". I figured ToxicPoison was a good way to go, and so it stuck. I tried making board-specific usernames once I got past my script-kiddie phase but always seemed to forget em. So I guess that's about it. Tank specs are in my signature for the most part, though I feel I'm forgetting some things. I'm at work right now and don't have access to pictures, but I'll try and get some up soon. Theres not much to show anyways, I currently only have 1 acro, and a clean-up crew... Any questions, feel free to ask. Hopefully that wasn't too long-winded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralCrazy Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Welcome! You are smack dab in the middle of some GREAT shops. From the south headed north ( please chime in as I know I will forget some) Garretts Premium Aquarium,Upscales,Rose City,Seahorse,Fantaseas,Davy Jones locker,West Side, Oceans in a box and a few others that are not sponsors here on the forum. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 WELCOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Welcome and glad you found us! I am in S.E area as well. LFS central for all things salt/reef. Spend just a little time in each all have a lot to offer. TMC is another shop in sellwood area. Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 "TMC"? Did you mean The Coral Maffia? I forgot Isaac....sorry Isaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Welcome to the forum toxic! LOL! I was wondering what your screen name was about thanks for the preemptive strike. I too am in SE Portland. Nearby we have Isaac The Coral Mafia. Nice corals and great guy store hours are by appointment only. Nick at Rosecity is just down the road too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 "TMC"? Did you mean The Coral Maffia? I forgot Isaac....sorry Isaac Doesn't everyone know about TMC??? Jon you need to get up here more...(laugh) Welcome to the forums. And yes I realize it's TCM... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Welcome new "Toad" You can find most anything here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 OH but if you were really cool you spelled your name Tox1kPo1z0n and you were then L33T. Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Welcome. Glad you found the board. Don't forget that everyone on here is a potential trade, buy or sell for you. You are not limited to just shops. Depends on where in SE you are, but I would try to find Nano reef on Stark west of I205, and Saltwater Fantaseas on Sandy to the east of I205. Rose City on Powell somewhere in the 30th or 40th block is also not a shop to miss. Also The Coral Mafia is a great place, Isaac has some awesome corals at good prices. If you are into high end corals, don't miss Ocean in a Box in Vancouver. Perry has some great ebay auctions about every other week, and now he just opened up his store to the public. Those are all sponsors, but there are some that are not sponsors as well. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanktop74 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Welcome to the forum! Hope you dont find us too Middle school like!! LOL As you have seen we seem to have our fair share of drama! Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxicPoison Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 Holy Crow! This was a much more enthusiastic welcome than I was expecting. Awesome! I live in Brooklyn by the Ross Island bridge, so it's nice to know I have some neighbors! Reefit: Actually, this name was originally for a BBS system so we were limited to 11 characters, and only letters so..originally it was TxcPoison, I couldn't be that l33t if I tried...(Yay! I'm a nerd!) Ok, time to poke around here a bit more! Talk to you all soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Holy Crow! This was a much more enthusiastic welcome than I was expecting. Awesome! I live in Brooklyn by the Ross Island bridge, so it's nice to know I have some neighbors! Reefit: Actually, this name was originally for a BBS system so we were limited to 11 characters, and only letters so..originally it was TxcPoison, I couldn't be that l33t if I tried...(Yay! I'm a nerd!) Ok, time to poke around here a bit more! Talk to you all soon LOL, yah been there done that. BBS systems were so cool. i remember upgrading my 2400 baud external modem to a 9600 thinking holy crap this is gonna scream. And only the rich kids had compression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Welcome! Rep for joining as a paid member right away! We are on the same page as to RC. We show a lot more respect around here. We can bicker on occasion but I think it means a lot more when you can visit other tanks in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I can't believe you all aren't hounding him for pics! Let's see some pics! Even if it is an empty tank, the masses here will not be satisfied without pictures! No excuses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Welcome on board and.... PICS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxicPoison Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 I can't believe you all aren't hounding him for pics! Let's see some pics! Even if it is an empty tank, the masses here will not be satisfied without pictures! No excuses! Yeh, I was pretty shocked no one was hounding me for pics either. I thought maybe I could sneak my tank thread in before anyone asked but guess you guys are too quick! My tank thread is here: http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20671 Hope its OK to link to another post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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