wild SPS corals, Marshall Islands - Page 2

Cgreene · 05/10/2011, 01:04 AM

I couldn't imagine waking up to that every day!

markie mark · 05/10/2011, 09:30 AM

please keep posting pics..please...

justinkarl · 05/10/2011, 02:14 PM

man o man i am moving there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fijiblue · 05/10/2011, 02:45 PM

I bet there are going to be a rash of applicants applying for those jobs in the next few weeks.

r-balljunkie · 05/11/2011, 01:25 AM

im NOT afflilated with the tourism board

You shouldnt move here for free corals, you move here for the lifestyles and opportunities you are afforded. its not for everyone. my personal decision was due to the rat race feeling i was getting, hamster on a wheel stuck in rush hour traffic in houston. i now wake up and have a cup of coffee and watch the sun come up with the coconut trees swaying before i go to work, put on the birkenstocks, hop on my bike and cruise into work. after the weekend: diving, snorkeling, deep sea fishing, drinking past my normal limit

, im dead tired and look forward to going to work to get some rest. kinda like a weekly mini vacation.

M007 · 05/11/2011, 05:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r-balljunkie

im NOT afflilated with the tourism board

You shouldnt move here for free corals, you move here for the lifestyles and opportunities you are afforded. its not for everyone. my personal decision was due to the rat race feeling i was getting, hamster on a wheel stuck in rush hour traffic in houston. i now wake up and have a cup of coffee and watch the sun come up with the coconut trees swaying before i go to work, put on the birkenstocks, hop on my bike and cruise into work. after the weekend: diving, snorkeling, deep sea fishing, drinking past my normal limit

, im dead tired and look forward to going to work to get some rest. kinda like a weekly mini vacation.

I could live with that! Congrats and thanks for the pics from coral paradise

reeflover7826 · 05/11/2011, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r-balljunkie

im NOT afflilated with the tourism board

You shouldnt move here for free corals, you move here for the lifestyles and opportunities you are afforded. its not for everyone. my personal decision was due to the rat race feeling i was getting, hamster on a wheel stuck in rush hour traffic in houston. i now wake up and have a cup of coffee and watch the sun come up with the coconut trees swaying before i go to work, put on the birkenstocks, hop on my bike and cruise into work. after the weekend: diving, snorkeling, deep sea fishing, drinking past my normal limit

, im dead tired and look forward to going to work to get some rest. kinda like a weekly mini vacation.

Sir, I envy you.

One day, one day...

Spun1_2 · 05/12/2011, 09:36 PM

I live far far from the sea so I appreciate your pictures. Seeing the animals in nature must be great!! Im hoping you continue posting your pictures.

How did you remove the acros?

Lamball1 · 05/13/2011, 05:54 AM

More Pics!!!!

Islander84 · 05/13/2011, 06:10 AM

Wow!! impressed! I will have to vacation there sometime soon

Whats the tourist rate over there?

r-balljunkie · 05/14/2011, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Islander84

Wow!! impressed! I will have to vacation there sometime soon

Whats the tourist rate over there?

zero. this is a restricted atoll. we can have visitors (my mother in law left a couple months ago), but its a bit of a process to have folks come and visit, i.e. paperwork and clearance. the US govt leases the atoll from the Marshallese government. you could travel to the capitol, Majuro or somewhere else, but not here. if you had the finances, other options like Kosrae, Fiji or Pohnpei.

Asides, i like the fact we dont have tourists here, locals only brah!
lol

somethingphishy · 05/14/2011, 03:24 PM

great pics...so u work for the us goverment?

r-balljunkie · 05/14/2011, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by somethingphishy

great pics...so u work for the us goverment?

no, not directly.

we have both here
i am a contractor who's company works for the government. im a step removed from being a federal employee which is fine by me, whereas i have tax free status, and a true gov't employee has to pay taxes

. its like a regular job, 7-4 same as in the states, except im wearing shorts, hawaiin shirts, and sandals vs. slacks and a starchy shirt when i go to work. still have meetings to sit in, emails to write, problems to fix...just at a reduced pace, and not to the same rigors of working a corporate job.

Arkayology · 05/14/2011, 06:04 PM

Just wow... finding clams like that in the wild would blow my mind

agcneves · 05/14/2011, 06:08 PM

More pictures please!

Congratulations for the courage of to leave a life in the city and move for more close to the nature. You has to have courage, because nor everything is flowers. We aren't noticing, but the life in the big city leaves us addicts with frenzied day by day.

Best Regards!

markie mark · 05/23/2011, 09:04 PM

ive been searching thru pages trying to find this thread...new pics?

cato · 05/24/2011, 12:23 PM

Man! How awesome would it be...? Even just for a year or so...

r-balljunkie · 05/24/2011, 05:53 PM

Grrr managed to nuke my tank. Plugged in the ATO solenoid in the wrong outlet and dumped 15 gallons of kalk into my tank. 90% corals gone, all fish ok. If this happened in tje states , I would be devastated. Not to downplay the loss of corals, but I don't have the same "financial" stresses associated with this kind of loss. End if the day, this is my fault, operator error. I'm going to do a large NSW change today and start over this weekend...get my scuba gear on. Probably 4 dives and be a bit selective on the new corals.

markie mark · 05/24/2011, 08:16 PM

sorry to hear that but just make sure you take your camera with you....lol

markie mark · 05/24/2011, 08:20 PM

isnt bikini atoll in the marshall islands? just wondering cause i watched a show on nat geo the other nite called nuclear paradise about looking for radiation and also a nurse shark with only one dorsal fin...they think it could be caused by the radiation,but probably just evolution in my opinion...anywho they showed alot of under water pics and the reefs and they are truly beautiful....

Cgreene · 05/24/2011, 10:28 PM

Sorry for your loss. Make sure to take progress pics of the new stuff!

LifeAquatic · 05/25/2011, 04:10 PM

Wow that is so cool! You must be in reef heaven out there. Im surprised none of the RC tards here gave you crap for taking those from the ocean yourself! I just saw another thread where an RC member got beat up for taking a sand sifting star fish. Keep up the good work on your tank! Can we have more pictures?

CUZ · 05/25/2011, 04:41 PM

this is the first tank crash I've ever read about where I don't really feel bad for you!!!

just a little jealous

Alex T. · 05/25/2011, 07:34 PM

^ My sentiments exactly. Why even have a tank? You could simply find your own portion of a lagoon, aquascape, add corals you want and check on it every few days when you need a fix. You would never have to worry about stability or any of the crap the rest of us sweat over.

That could be one heck of a Tank of the Month. They'd have to stop giving out the award after that. Who could compete?

robs.mark · 05/27/2011, 06:03 PM

Beautiful! love seeing clams in the wild..

05/10/2011, 01:04 AM	#26
Cgreene Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jonesboro, AR Posts: 81	I couldn't imagine waking up to that every day! __________________ Current Tank- 120 gal Starphire Glass Display, 90 gal Sump/frag tank, 140 lbs LR, 4 A350W Kessil LED's, Closed loop system with Reeflo Barracuda pump, Octopus Super Reef XP3000 Skimmer

05/11/2011, 01:25 AM	#30
r-balljunkie Registered Reefer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Doha, Qatar Posts: 2,059	im NOT afflilated with the tourism board You shouldnt move here for free corals, you move here for the lifestyles and opportunities you are afforded. its not for everyone. my personal decision was due to the rat race feeling i was getting, hamster on a wheel stuck in rush hour traffic in houston. i now wake up and have a cup of coffee and watch the sun come up with the coconut trees swaying before i go to work, put on the birkenstocks, hop on my bike and cruise into work. after the weekend: diving, snorkeling, deep sea fishing, drinking past my normal limit , im dead tired and look forward to going to work to get some rest. kinda like a weekly mini vacation. Last edited by r-balljunkie; 05/11/2011 at 01:52 AM.

05/13/2011, 06:10 AM	#35
Islander84 Reefer Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Clarksville Posts: 457	Wow!! impressed! I will have to vacation there sometime soon Whats the tourist rate over there? __________________ Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing. - Oscar Wilde

05/14/2011, 03:24 PM	#37
somethingphishy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fleetwood, pa Posts: 852	great pics...so u work for the us goverment? __________________ "Set the gearshift for the high gear Of your soul, you've got to run like An antelope out of control!" Current Tank Info: 50g/20l sump

05/14/2011, 06:04 PM	#39
Arkayology Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,597	Just wow... finding clams like that in the wild would blow my mind __________________ -Matt in between tanks

05/10/2011, 09:30 AM	#27
markie mark Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: trussville,al Posts: 184	please keep posting pics..please...

05/10/2011, 02:14 PM	#28
justinkarl Moved On Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 65	man o man i am moving there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

05/10/2011, 02:45 PM	#29
fijiblue Moved On Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: unfortunately here Posts: 1,895	I bet there are going to be a rash of applicants applying for those jobs in the next few weeks.

05/12/2011, 09:36 PM	#33
Spun1_2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Montgomery, Illinois Posts: 23	I live far far from the sea so I appreciate your pictures. Seeing the animals in nature must be great!! Im hoping you continue posting your pictures. How did you remove the acros?

05/13/2011, 05:54 AM	#34
Lamball1 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 203	More Pics!!!!

05/14/2011, 06:08 PM	#40
agcneves Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 249	More pictures please! Congratulations for the courage of to leave a life in the city and move for more close to the nature. You has to have courage, because nor everything is flowers. We aren't noticing, but the life in the big city leaves us addicts with frenzied day by day. Best Regards! __________________ ZEOVIT Dream Tank of the Quarter of 2011. DTQM Current Tank Info: 1700 liters (445 G), Tunze and Reef Octupus Skimmers, 6 MP40 Vortech, Zeovit Reactor, light 8 T5 and 4 MH, Balling powered

05/23/2011, 09:04 PM	#41
markie mark Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: trussville,al Posts: 184	ive been searching thru pages trying to find this thread...new pics?

05/24/2011, 12:23 PM	#42
cato New England Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,450	Man! How awesome would it be...? Even just for a year or so... __________________ -Cato I swear it's an illness... Current Tank Info: On Hiatus

05/24/2011, 05:53 PM	#43
r-balljunkie Registered Reefer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Doha, Qatar Posts: 2,059	Grrr managed to nuke my tank. Plugged in the ATO solenoid in the wrong outlet and dumped 15 gallons of kalk into my tank. 90% corals gone, all fish ok. If this happened in tje states , I would be devastated. Not to downplay the loss of corals, but I don't have the same "financial" stresses associated with this kind of loss. End if the day, this is my fault, operator error. I'm going to do a large NSW change today and start over this weekend...get my scuba gear on. Probably 4 dives and be a bit selective on the new corals.

05/24/2011, 08:16 PM	#44
markie mark Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: trussville,al Posts: 184	sorry to hear that but just make sure you take your camera with you....lol

05/24/2011, 08:20 PM	#45
markie mark Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: trussville,al Posts: 184	isnt bikini atoll in the marshall islands? just wondering cause i watched a show on nat geo the other nite called nuclear paradise about looking for radiation and also a nurse shark with only one dorsal fin...they think it could be caused by the radiation,but probably just evolution in my opinion...anywho they showed alot of under water pics and the reefs and they are truly beautiful....

05/24/2011, 10:28 PM	#46
Cgreene Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jonesboro, AR Posts: 81	Sorry for your loss. Make sure to take progress pics of the new stuff! __________________ Current Tank- 120 gal Starphire Glass Display, 90 gal Sump/frag tank, 140 lbs LR, 4 A350W Kessil LED's, Closed loop system with Reeflo Barracuda pump, Octopus Super Reef XP3000 Skimmer

05/25/2011, 04:10 PM	#47
LifeAquatic Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 922	Wow that is so cool! You must be in reef heaven out there. Im surprised none of the RC tards here gave you crap for taking those from the ocean yourself! I just saw another thread where an RC member got beat up for taking a sand sifting star fish. Keep up the good work on your tank! Can we have more pictures?

05/25/2011, 04:41 PM	#48
CUZ Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lethbridge Posts: 400	this is the first tank crash I've ever read about where I don't really feel bad for you!!! just a little jealous

05/25/2011, 07:34 PM	#49
Alex T. Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,803	^ My sentiments exactly. Why even have a tank? You could simply find your own portion of a lagoon, aquascape, add corals you want and check on it every few days when you need a fix. You would never have to worry about stability or any of the crap the rest of us sweat over. That could be one heck of a Tank of the Month. They'd have to stop giving out the award after that. Who could compete?

05/27/2011, 06:03 PM	#50
robs.mark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 1,461	Beautiful! love seeing clams in the wild.. __________________ knowledge is power! Current Tank Info: Lagoon

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