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10-20-2006, 09:40 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vacaville Age: 24
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|  Making it a buisness......FINALLY!!!!!!
Well ive been doing maintenance on friends and clients tanks for over 2 years now, Ive been wanting to do it for sometime now and I finally have. I just bought a 1992 pac bell work van with all the bells and whistles (generator, aircomprsessor, water pump, 150' remote hose to pump/vac water and air. Ive decided on Aquarium solutions, made my buis. cards and flyers. I wont go into sever detail but just wanted to show off my new van and show that the hobby can generate income......eventually. Heres some shots of the van (still pretty dirty but in great shape for a work van)....amazingly everything is in great working order (even the cool warning light...lol.I dont have photos of it but i just got a 150 gal water container that is plumbed to my dolphin pump and then to the hosing which is fed from the 150' hose out of the "wet" outlet in the pic. Theres a small work bench and fold out chair, a MH flood lamp in the rear, and alot of other little storage places. Graphics are on the way and ill post some pics once i get em....sorry for the long post, Im really excited to finally have a good work vehicle. _________ Yes, tiny has an 11" legspan......  | 
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10-21-2006, 07:14 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rio Vista California
Posts: 7
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There is nothing better in live then earning a living doing something you love. I made the change 5 years ago into Safety and it was the best thing I could have done. Good luck and send me your bussniess card I notice your in my area.
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10-21-2006, 07:48 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Cool! I am thinking about doing something like that part-time, why not put my knowledge to work and have fun doing it!
Good luck!
Can you come up to Connecticut and do a water change on my tank while I go to the local pet shop and pick up some awesome Purple Montipora Digitata to add to my reef????!!!!!! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
"IF THE PHONE DOESN'T RING...IT'S ME"  jb  | |
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10-21-2006, 11:31 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone |
good luck with the business!! _________  | |
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10-21-2006, 11:38 AM
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| | Tassled File Fish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: St. Louis
Posts: 1,954
 
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Congrats!!!
As your business grows, you might want to consider setting up your company with Limited Liability so that if someone sues you, they cannot attach any of your personal assets. The details are here. Starting a Business _________ Curt  | |
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10-21-2006, 12:38 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 441
Karma: 68
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Good Luck and best wishes for sucess! | |
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10-21-2006, 04:02 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Naperville IL Age: 29
Posts: 621
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Nice work.
Congrats
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180 Gal Reef, AquaC EV-400, 3 MH Aquamedic Oceanlight HQI's 250w 20k. Neptune AquaController III, AquaLogic Trimline Cyclone 1/3hp skimmer, 2 x hydor #4's, 2 x hydor #3's, 2 x mj1200's modded, 40 gal fuge. | |
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10-21-2006, 05:00 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kalispell, MT
Posts: 533
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Congrats. Good luck! _________ Senior Noob Setting my 75 back up soon Main SW Tank:
55gal, 70LBS of Tonga/LFSDIY, 50lbs LS, 1x250watt MH(20k), AquaC Remora Skimmer Live stock: Velvet Damsel, (12)Blue legged crab, lawnmower blenny, (1)cleaner shrimp, Yellow Tang, Featherduster CoralsRandom Zoo's(like 10), more zoo's,red mushrooms and hairy mushrooms, Sinularia | |
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11-04-2006, 04:21 AM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vacaville Age: 24
Posts: 718
Karma: 105
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I appreciate it guys!!!! Im still awaiting my graphics.....but my flyers and cards are in full production....I had no clue that color copies were $1.10 ea!!!! I went to kinkos with an old card i had some money on (like $20) and told the girl at the counter that I needed 1500 color copies, after a few awkard bouts of "no, just copies.....i have paper....." I realized that it was actually going to cost around $1100!!!!!! So i gave them to my friend @ kaiser and he made most of them for me....  I may be moving out to Sac soon to work @ Capital Aquarium, as Ive been talking to carolyn for sometime now about it. Anywho, I may become the one and only LFS ninja again....but now I am armed with more tank skills and an incredibly stealthy van!!!!!!!!  | |
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11-19-2006, 11:05 PM
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| | Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vacaville Age: 24
Posts: 718
Karma: 105
| Breaking NEWS!
Well, I landed the job and am in day 2 of the SW section @the aquarium. Now I need to get my bonding and lic. taken care of once i make the move, and build a new customer base. The staff @ the store are very friendly, and not snobby "not it alls" who actually dont, a rareity in my exp. The store is huge, and there are MANY people setting up tanks everyday as opposed to the smaller places Ive worked. Im very excited and cant wait to relocate, as much as i hate to move my reef.....which is in transfer as is. I have reassumed the inner LFS NINJA.....29th & T will never be thae same......dun dun dahhhhhhn.  | |
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