OT: Go Unc!!!
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Jeremy0322
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Sure, Ill root for my soon to be home team :bouncer:
Jeremy0322
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on the game or my soon to be home team?
Jeremy0322
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haha, I dont know about the game, but I did make the first deposit for UNCW so its official now. 
Sounds like you may need to move to Western NC! I'm WAY up in the Blue Ridge Mountains (aka God's Country).
mps9506
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Man, that is a booming area. I think Charlotte is well on it's way to becoming the next Atlanta with the growth of all the cities around Charlotte. I live in the Ballentyne area of Charlotte just off the loop. Charlotte seems like one big city strechinng from Ft. Mill SC to Concord. Before you know it, it will stretch from Rockingham County to Shelby.
Next time you're up this far let me know. Cherokee is a lovely place indeed. I have close friends from there.
mps9506
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Not much in Mecklinburg County either. NC has some of the best reef keeping groups in the country imo however.... Pretty easy to find people to trade with and used equipment to buy.
mps9506
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For an enthusiast there isn't much. If you are driving from Fl, I would stop by Fins. He is in Irmo, SC just outside of Columbia and has solid looking livestock and gets better quality stuff than most folks in the state that have a retail location (lots of people running stuff outta their garage or basement in NC/SC it seems.)
In Raleigh you have Reef Science and a few respectable LFS's. Nothing that will blow you away. I know there are a few other interent guys in the area other than Reef Science. Roe's is in Charlotte, Aquarium Specialty has a warehouse in Charlotte, but is based outta Columbia.
Can't think of anyone else at the moment...
Fintastic used to be worth the drive from Wilmington just to check it out, but when they moved they went way up on price (I know their rent must be insane where they are located now), I'm not crazy on their staff anymore either.
Salty's and Scales and Tails (I think that is the name) in the Huntersville area were OK. Had very nice owners, but not great selection.
In Raleigh you have Reef Science and a few respectable LFS's. Nothing that will blow you away. I know there are a few other interent guys in the area other than Reef Science. Roe's is in Charlotte, Aquarium Specialty has a warehouse in Charlotte, but is based outta Columbia.
Can't think of anyone else at the moment...
Fintastic used to be worth the drive from Wilmington just to check it out, but when they moved they went way up on price (I know their rent must be insane where they are located now), I'm not crazy on their staff anymore either.
Salty's and Scales and Tails (I think that is the name) in the Huntersville area were OK. Had very nice owners, but not great selection.
jgking21
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Thanks Mike! I go back and forth from FL to NC alot, I'll definetly check out Fins. Salty's was the one I was thinking of in Huntersville, never saw Scales and Tails.
Al, I'll be heading your way in April for a camping trip with my father!
Thanks for chatting guys, I'll get a chronicle going when I start to set up the new tank!
Al, I'll be heading your way in April for a camping trip with my father!
Thanks for chatting guys, I'll get a chronicle going when I start to set up the new tank!