PhillipHols Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Hey everyone, my name is Phil and I live wayyyy to far away from Aquarium CO-OP. good thing Cory ships items quickly! I’ve been in the hobby for about a year and a half and I’m still learning all the time. Ive survived some newbie mistakes and I’ve made some good calls along the way as well. I look forward to contributing to the forums and learning from the vets as well of course. This hobby can be frustrating for newbies like myself and I believe there is a niche that could be filled in the education department. For example, I had a nitrate issue becuase I was testing wrong, I didn’t know for my first 16 months in the hobby that the #2 nitrate bottle needed to be bullied in order to be accurate. I feel this type of factoid should have been an in your face, well advertised type of fact but it wasn’t. I had to dig to finally figure this out. I want to spare the next newbie the pain! I enjoy trouble shooting and triumphing over issues that pop up and I would love to help fellow fish keepers and maybe save some fish lives along the way. Btw Cory, I’ll help run your east coast branch when you decide to open one up and also, what’s out your way that my girlfriend would enjoy for a vaca? I need an excuse to fly across the country to see the shop! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Hiya and welcome to the forum! Where about in upstate NY? I'm right on the lake Ontario shore, just east of Sodus Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipHols Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 I’m in Kingston but I head up to your neck of the woods for salmon fishing from time to time. We stay in Mexico, NY usually when we go up to Lake Ontario. Beautiful area 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 I used to have go down toward Kingston quite often too. I worked for a liquor distributor that had a distribution center in Coxsackie. Nice area down there too! Oh and one of my favorite bands; Coheed and Cambria is from Kingston. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 How afr are you guys @Rikostanand @PhillipHolsfrom Oswego, NY? I used to go up there a few times a year to the speedway to race. Always enjoyed the area there, would like to get back up that way for an actual vacation one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikostan Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Not to far at all for me. Philip is quite a bit further away. We actually go up that way to do shopping once in awhile and visit the comic book shop. College towns are always fun to visit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipHols Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 Oswego is a solid 3+ hour drive from me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelleN Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Nitrate 2 needs to bullied, I hear you! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeTraveler Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Welcome I used to frequent the Vestal Binghamton area upstate NY is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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