Jason Rhoads

Right now I am an analyst with Wells Fargo, but I will soon be doing trade investigations with the Department of Commerce. We are actually going to be driving up this weekend to (hopefully) lock in an apartment for a year. Right now we are looking at the Springfield area. The metro blue line would take me right to where I need to be in D.C. After we get a feel for the area I really want to buy a house as upgrading to a much bigger tank isn't a realistic possibility in an apartment.

10 inches is OK, but how thick is it... I am talking about the sand bed people.

Hahah, that would be a great slogan! .. or would that be warning?

I love the Wilmington area, good place to collect peppermint shrimp if you ever get back there. Duke is a pretty good school, however they recently got a basketball lesson from my alma mater (NC State) --Had to throw in the shout out

Good to see a fellow Tarawa Terror on here I was with 2nd Rad Bn (Signals Intelligence). We actually had two or three (can’t remember exactly) LAVs of our own. Our crews would attach with you LAR boys to go bust heads. You may have seen them, from what they tell me our LAVs would never "float" when doing MEUSOC workups.

Yep, from 2000-2005 I lived on good ole MCB Camp Lejeune.

That looks like a manjo or a ball anemone to me.

+1 on this. CuC really depend on the nutrient load of the tank (amount you feed). Remember that you need to feed the CuC if they are not getting enough through "normal" cannels. There was a great article in Coral Magazine about hermits a few years ago. It mentioned that if your hermits are active by day they are likely starving. Wild hermits do not move around during the day unless absolutely necessary as their defense strategy is actually to blend in with rubble and unoccupied shells. HTH

Hello all! I am extremely excited to finally be able to join the forum. I have been looking to move to the D.C. area for some time now. I will get my wish this February as long as the budget cuts don't affect the job I just accepted A bit about myself: Currently I live in Charlotte NC and have been in NC (Jacksonville, Greensboro, and Raleigh) for the last 12 years –wow it doesn’t feel like that long… Before NC I was from PA, and am looking forward to getting back “up north” where winter is a possibility. I have been in the hobby for about 3 years now. I am an avid DIYer and prefer to build anything that I can feasibly construct. I have experience in tank building (acrylic), light fixture builds (LED and Halide), tank plumbing, canopy construction, “pendant” style light construction, arduino (very very limited) experience, and I have “built” my own live rock. The project I want to tackle after the move will be to create a wave maker using a piston pump. I keep two tanks, one mixed reef and one freshwater African Dwarf Frog tank. Currently the reef is 90g +20g sump +5g refugium; and the ADF tank is a 20g long. Through the process of the move I will be upgrading to a 100g +30g sump for the mixed reef. I plan on posting pics of the tank build and move process as we go so stay tuned for that. I look forward to contributing to and learning from this community. So far it looks like a great resource!

While I don't have one of his systems, from what I have seen the build quality on these units is awesome. The guy that makes these is a hobbyist from where I currently live (Charlotte NC). Here is the thread with the DIY build that sparked the company http://www.carolinafishtalk.com/forum/diy-section/34859-aio-20l-diy-build.html I am not affiliated with the company in any way. I realize this is my first post, but I just joined the forum and will be moving to the D.C. area in February