looking for forum member to help out with basic tank set up, etc

[bluebarry]

looking for a fellow forum member with picking up a tank ( might need a pick up truck) experience of setting up a tank ,helping me seed some media (fo tank or fowlr, still haven't fully decided, and also couple steady hardy fish ,so I can basically have my new tank ready to go once it arrives. will have to be probably a week day thing and at the beginning of July. The fact of why it sounds rush is because I'm not in town that long and will be only here to set up and the tank is a surprise gift for the old man.

of course a nice meal and payment for your time will be in order plus whatever expenses needed , unless you prefer the more suitable friendly hand shake :wink:

pm for details

cheers

[bluebarry]

no one wants to help a poor soul out? :cry:

[Myka]

Sorry, I'm not in your neck if the woods. ;)

[bluebarry]

Sorry, I'm not in your neck if the woods. ;)

lol thanks for the offer though.

[gregzz4]

Honest answer ...
You need to make some connections with us members before you can start asking for this kind of help. Your best bet right now would be to employ Raf and his team to help you out. Raf is a CanReef member (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/member.php?u=1746). Get in touch with him if you're in a hurry.

I've met some great peeps here over the years, and I'd do anything for them, within reason.
If you were one of them, my truck and I would be there for you anytime.

Of the over 200 people I've met on CanReef, I can think of a few who could call me anytime day/night for help and I'd be there no questions asked.
Then there's probably a couple dozen people I'd help the next day if they needed me.
And all the rest I've met, I'd do my best to answer their questions, steer them in the right direction, and maybe even give them a home visit to help if it worked out for me.

Good luck with your plans for your Old Man, and make some CanReef friends.

[bluebarry]

Honest answer ...
You need to make some connections with us members before you can start asking for this kind of help. Your best bet right now would be to employ Raf and his team to help you out. Raf is a CanReef member (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/member.php?u=1746). Get in touch with him if you're in a hurry.

I've met some great peeps here over the years, and I'd do anything for them, within reason.
If you were one of them, my truck and I would be there for you anytime.

Of the over 200 people I've met on CanReef, I can think of a few who could call me anytime day/night for help and I'd be there no questions asked.
Then there's probably a couple dozen people I'd help the next day if they needed me.
And all the rest I've met, I'd do my best to answer their questions, steer them in the right direction, and maybe even give them a home visit to help if it worked out for me.

Good luck with your plans for your Old Man, and make some CanReef friends.

i appreciate your honest reply, which why im offering payment for time and resources and i'm not just talking about a meal a McDonalds and 20 bucks for your time lol.

adding to that, i just need some help with seeded media and assembly. no need for pick up

[Reef_Newb]

i appreciate your honest reply, which why im offering payment for time and resources and i'm not just talking about a meal a McDonalds and 20 bucks for your time lol.

adding to that, i just need some help with seeded media and assembly. no need for pick up

I think your best bet is just be patient and poor a bunch of "Stability" and "Seed" and get the bacteria going rather than ask someone to help give you media to help the cycle , you don't want to take a rock that has potential bubble algae or aptasia and start your tank right away with pests

Get some dry Marco Rock from JL and dump bacteria in and wait a few weeks for the cycle to complete then you know you have a clean tank inside

[Coral Hoarder]

Text me 6048037902 i do charge for my time but belive it is quite reasonable

Cheers, Scott

[bluebarry]

I think your best bet is just be patient and poor a bunch of "Stability" and "Seed" and get the bacteria going rather than ask someone to help give you media to help the cycle , you don't want to take a rock that has potential bubble algae or aptasia and start your tank right away with pests

Get some dry Marco Rock from JL and dump bacteria in and wait a few weeks for the cycle to complete then you know you have a clean tank inside

yeah i do feel that would be more safe. But time is kind of limiting me from it haha.

[bluebarry]

Text me 6048037902 i do charge for my time but belive it is quite reasonable

Cheers, Scott

thank you i appreciate your help friend :biggrin:

[bluebarry]

still looking , got a brand new free jebao ow-25 with your name on it if you can help out, will only need probably a hour or 2 of your help. :wink:

[dino]

im in Chilliwack and have 2 jobs and 2 kids plus everything else but I would be more than happy to walk you step by step if you want to message me ill give you my number for text

[bluebarry]

im in Chilliwack and have 2 jobs and 2 kids plus everything else but I would be more than happy to walk you step by step if you want to message me ill give you my number for text

lol take a day trip out here. i got 2 ow-25s left , we can work something out :wink:, i do appreicate you helping me out thru text tho , pmed you

[corallivore]

So how big is this tank?

Drilled with sump?

What exactly would someone be getting into here?

[bluebarry]

tank is from concept , about a 90 gallon tank, I'm not too sure how I'll be getting it from Dave, if all the pipes are already glued on etc, if not then I'll need a helping hand with that. should be just a easy plug and play type deal. no extra tools needed but some glue I assume. would need some guidness help setting up the skimmer as I never used one. apparently there's some break in period and a sweet spot where it skims the best ?

then last but not least some of your tank water / seeded media which of course needs to be pest free to super blast this bad boy. i know its not the best way to cycle but my time is limited.

all together I assume it won't take more than an hour or 2 .

[corallivore]

this sounds less and less like a 1 day job...

[WarDog]

Rushing a cycle is a recipe for disaster. Just saying.

[DKoKoMan]

:juggle:

[corallivore]

I wouldn't glue any PVC and run water through the same day either...

[gmann]

with the amount of nails concept uses (not a diss here), its gonna take more than an hour to unbox, then you gotta move tank stand sump to location cut pipin etc.

might need more than 1 other person to move the tank.

and +1 to rushing cycle = no good.

[DKoKoMan]

with the amount of nails concept uses (not a diss here), its gonna take more than an hour to unbox, then you gotta move tank stand sump to location cut pipin etc.

might need more than 1 other person to move the tank.

and +1 to rushing cycle = no good.

I can confirm that the crate my ATO tank came in was well protected and well secured with staples / nails.

[Reef_Newb]

Agreed my tank and sump took me like 2 hours to unbox … Would rather it extra protected then less but holy crap someone loves a screw gun and staple gun !

[bluebarry]

thanks for the replies guys, i'll have everything opened and unboxed myself. i'll just need an expert to help me set up, as for the glue part i'm not sure if it will be needed or not? so of course if there is a glue situation then i wouldn't be putting in water all that quick.

[Millepora_Maniac]

I'll help you.

Send me a PM, lets discuss what you plan on doing. This can be a scary hobby to enter, i can help you take some of that fear away.

A bit of detritus added to your aquarium would help seed it.

There's lots of misleading info out there. I've made a lot of the newbie mistakes. I'd be happy to help you avoid them.

Cheers-MM

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