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03-12-2008, 12:16 AM
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senior member
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Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Wow! 8 years...
Hard to believe that we've been posting here 8 years now... 
It doesn't seem that long since the systems were all NO fluorescent bulbs and daylight from a picture window for growth...
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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03-12-2008, 12:36 AM
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Reef Nut
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Tom, be careful, you're showing your age!
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03-12-2008, 01:52 AM
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My Kitty Cleans My Glass!
Join Date: Sep 2005
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I looked a thought that me being a member for almost 3 years now was pretty crazy.
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03-12-2008, 06:52 AM
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Admin/ Super mod
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Location: New Castle, Delaware
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congrats tom!
things have changed a lot since then...
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03-12-2008, 06:56 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Congrads !Any pic of you back in school in the one room school houses?
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03-12-2008, 07:07 AM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loverotties
Congrads !Any pic of you back in school in the one room school houses?
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 Congrats, Tom. What a ride it's been here on TRT.
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03-12-2008, 07:16 AM
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BIG SMELLY MOD
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Livingston Parish, Denham Springs, Louisiana
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Congrats Tom!!!
I remember the NO bulbs, cramming as many as you could get on top off the tank.
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03-12-2008, 07:54 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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And only undergravel filters ,and before saltwater,slate bottom tanks(saw one at a garage sale).
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03-12-2008, 08:51 AM
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Stinky Slimey FEESH
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I haven't been a member of TRT that long, but I have been keeping saltwater fish for eons. AND you're right, used to be the standard was undergravel filters, no RO/DO, flourescent bulbs, heaters (no chillers), airstones, no test kits, no refractometers, etc. It's a wonder we were able to keep anything alive at all! Plus, remember we had "dead" corals, nothing living, just the white bleached rocks - - ew!
Amazing how far this hobby has come in a few years!!! YIPPEE
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03-12-2008, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Jan 1999
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Yes its been quite a ride over the years
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03-12-2008, 09:32 AM
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Shark
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8 years is a long time...Hope you plan on at least another 8, if not longer! Congrats! |
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03-12-2008, 09:54 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
Join Date: Jan 1999
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Ahhh...the stories we could tell.....LOL 
Tom, I will always be greatful that you came over from the old AOL board to "help me out with a question or two." Glad you liked the place; we all found a home and these 8+ years have been great
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Only Dead Fish Go With The Flow... 
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03-12-2008, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Well, you KNOW, Alice, You were the only reason I came over initially, I was speaking with Eric about this very subject a few months ago, that and something about "How many Naugas does it take..." 
Somewhere I have a photograph circa 1993 of a wooden hood with 8 NO 72" fluorescent bulbs in it and a pair of 36" long flat glass mirrors behind it to act as a reflector... ...and my first MH set up that looked like a science experiment with all the wires coming out of the metal project box...
Julian Sprung with hair and the color of the week...
Larry Jackson with his big skimmer and the plans and the original Purple Monster.
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Tom <"))))>(
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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03-12-2008, 10:16 AM
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Birthday tracker
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Spartanburg, SC USA
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Oh, the history. The history!
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03-12-2008, 10:32 AM
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Look deeply into my eyes
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Location: NW Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tdwyatt
It doesn't seem that long since the systems were all NO fluorescent bulbs and daylight from a picture window for growth...
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LOL. don't forget U/G filtration (even b4 powerheads) Tom.
Been here a lil less than 8 yrs(sometimes feels longer lol) but it's been pretty much a great ride. 
Congrats to everyone here making my time and job here worth every minute. 
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