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02-22-2008, 03:18 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 418
Karma: 175
 |  How about a good experience?
So since I've seen a few comments on people's bad experiences with buying from stores, I figured I'd balance it out with my good experience.  Recently I ordered a cleaning crew from Sea Life, Inc.
Ordered , Received
15 blue leg hermits , 18
10 astrea snails , 12
1 common serpent star , 1 (beautiful) common serpent star
10 nerite snails , 11 nerite snails
1 oddball ricordea , 2 purple/green ricordeas 
They all went into my 55 gallon reef tank and everyone's doing great (of course the starfish had to crawl under a rock and won't come out, but I expected that). The cleaner shrimp is happy, guess he figures more for him to clean. 
I'll try to upload some photos later. Just wanted to share a good experience, I always believe in telling about a place if they've done their job well and flagging them if not.
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55gal,216 watt Tek T5, 45#LR, 45#LS, 3 maxi-jet 900's on a natural wavemaker timer,phosban reactor, 5 gal fuge (built out of standard 10 gallon tank) with chaeto and feather caulerpa, sealife systems protein skimmer, wet/dry, 3 blue/green chromi, 1 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 coral beauty,1 scopas tang, 2 false percs, 5 mexican turbo snails, assorted dwarf blue leg hermits, astrea snails, and nerite snails | 
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02-22-2008, 03:21 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Quebec City
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Cant wait to see some pics, Good score with all thoes extas too _________ http://www.3reef.com/forums/image.ph...ine=1200113573
55gl skimmerless, 80lbs live rock, DIY wavemaker running 3x MJ1200 with hydor deflector.
2 DIY fluidized reactors Carbon & ROWAphos
LIghts- 2x 50/50 atinics T10's , 2x life gro T10's ,
1x20,000K T12, 1x6,000K T10.
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02-22-2008, 03:22 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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wow, big crew. Its good to hear some positive feedback once in a while. Keep us posted and pics. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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02-22-2008, 04:55 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento, California
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Thanks. I'll have to add them to my Favorites. _________ Linda 29g Nano 2 FSL 8000k 36w & 2 AquaLux 36w Blue Pump: 1200 LPH; Maxi-Jet 600 Powerhead 100w Visi Stealth submersible heater 15 lbs. live rock 20 lbs. live sand LIVESTOCK: 1 cleaner shrimp; Asst. snails, 1 emerald crab, Pierre the Cleaner Shrimp and acrobat extraordinnaire, 1 button polyp, 1 green star polyp, 1 red mushroom, 1 Xenia, 1 octopus coral, 1 torch, 1 frogspawn, 1 tree coral, 1 stag coral. Established: 6/20/07 | |
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02-22-2008, 05:32 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Great pack of cleaning critters.
Will definitely keep your tank spic and span.
Good job! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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02-22-2008, 05:34 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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I have to say that I've never had a bad experience at a fish store but I've always gone to the store well educated. All of my local fish stores are pretty darned good at figuring out what's good for whom but maybe I'm lucky? | |
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02-22-2008, 06:54 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
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OK, I think I've fooled around with photo editor enough to get this. Warning: I'm not the world's best picture taker when it comes to SW. For some reason the reef tank and I don't always see eye to eye when the camera comes out. Maybe it's camera shy? 
My bigger ricordea 
some of the astrea snails and blue legs 
even though it's not from this order I had to show my first coral: 
my CB, with the chromi at the top 
and of course, the guardian of th 10 gallon FW 
Hope these came out okay. My first time resizing anything. (Ahhh, trial and error with photo editor, gotta love it)
Sorry, the starfish wasn't feeling like being a celebrity. It preferred to camp out under a rock so no photos of it. | |
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02-22-2008, 06:57 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Great pics Good luck with your cleaning crew. | |
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02-22-2008, 07:00 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Love the last picture (SURPRISE). I hope you're enjoying your tank as much as we enjoy seeing your pictures!! | |
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02-22-2008, 07:05 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 418
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thanks guys. Yeah, amcarrig, that last photo was kinda for you. I figured you could appreciate it. | |
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