Alaskan Reefer

Just wanted to introduce myself to the site here. I've been in to reef tanks/saltwater for a couple decades now, but have been out of it several years. Looking at getting back into it, and might be picking up a 120 gallon setup over the weekend.

As you have probably heard from other Alaskans, the choices are limited up here. Going to check out a couple places out today, to see what they have for fish and coral selection. Mail order works well for dry goods, but I'm having a hard time with some companies that don't understand that you CAN ship UPS ground to Alaska. They want to charge an arm and a leg. Fedex is the better option, but not many seem to use that.

Anyway, maybe I'll start a thread on shipping options, and if there are any other Alaskans around, they can chime in on their past experiences.;D Looking forward to checking out the whole site.

 

Welcome(back) to the reef!

 

Hello and Welcome to 3reef!

Alaska is one place I have never been to but I know I would love it.

 

Thanks for the welcome.

"Alaska is one place I have never been to but I know I would love it."

Might not love it so much right now, although I do. Fort Yukon got to -54 below overnight/Fairbanks -50 below. I'm south of those places, sitting at a comfy -20 below.;D

 

I am cold weather girl from the mountains. I thought about possibly taking a nursing job up there so I researched the entire state. Also worked with marine mammals and know a couple of people in Stewart at the Marine Mammal Center there. The University in Anchorage looked very nice. The only real thing that put me off was that pesky no light thing.

 

Welcome to 3reef and back into the hobby.

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef

 

Welcome to 3 reef Mad Dog
never experienced anything much under 0 degrees myself ( - 5 or 6 in UK many years ago)

I dont envy you that weather at all

Steve

 

Thanks for the welcomes, and since I'm new, can some one fill me in on these skin and karma things?;D

 

Skins = means the options you have on the screen colours

go into USER CP
Scroll down to edit options and click on that
scroll down that page and you will find Skins option
you can choose between classic, dark, Mint and mobile

toggle between them and pick one you like


Karma
Karma is given by clicking on the scales down at the base of a poster profile - if someone helps you, or you enjoyed a post, click on the scales and give them some karma


Steve