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T5 is a size. There are cf t5. Which is what Red Sea tanks use to use. Not sure if they still do.

Cool pics. I like one with the two little snails riding the big one.

And to own many of these franchises you must have worked for one for x amount of years.

well, i've been on here for a while and never wrote on this job thing...figured it's time

for those of you who are grammer crazies i'm sorry ahead of time

a little background

i've been in construction for most of my life...started framing houses with my dad when i was 15, i naturally moved into being an electrician in my early 20's after finding i had a talent in it and did that for a little over 5 years and was about to take my electrician's test when the economy went a little haywire here ( and everywhere else)...the company that i was working with was starting to slow down a little as jobs around here started to dry up, as a result of this i got a part time job as a delivery driver for Dominos pizza. i worked part time for about a year and a half ( maybe a little more) and noticed my "supplemental' hourly average income ( my average hourly tips + my hourly wages) was pretty dang near what i was/could be making as an electrician...i know...sounds crazy but you have to understand...here in bryan the pay scale is a ton less than it is in a big town or city like Austin or Houston ($18-$20/hr for someone whos been at the company for 15 years was good pay). It was about this time when the company i worked for started laying people off because of lack of work, i've never been one to collect unemployment or whatever (no offense to those who have needed to though to pay their bills) so i decided to make this part time gig into a full time gig. you might laugh but i was making a TON of $ as a delivery driver...i was one of there top drivers, i was very efficient and could handle anything "problem like" that came my way with minimal time loss...this made it so that i was talking a lot of deliveries on a shift and i was scheduled premium hours because of it. About a year ago i was approached by my general manager who wanted to see if i was interested in taking on the role of a shift leader and learning how to run shifts and possibly move up higher in the ranks if i was interested...i begrudgingly took on this new role with a huge pay cut due to me not making my tips anymore...we starved for a while but i quickly moved up in rank and pay...in the 6 months it took me to move up to a position it had taken others a year. i finally made it to level 3 Assistant Manager (the highest my franchise currently offers..and comes with full benefits). fast forward to the present...thursday i went in for an interview for my own store...monday they called me and wanted me to take it...i took it. I am the new General Manager of the Dominos Pizza in Waller Tx (on 290)....in the time it took me to be a full time driver to General Manager was 8 months - a year...most of this is up to the individual and how "into" it they are but on average it takes at least 2 years to "make" a GM...i think i did good lol

monday is going to be my first day and i'm nervous as heck...i've got a lot ahead of me...this is a tough store i hear

if any arc members ever wanna come up or are passing through...i'll give a good discount ( don't know if thats ok with arc rules mike so i'm sorry if i overstepped) just lemme know before you make the trip

anywho thats my story...times may be alittle off so dont hold them under a microscope and add everything up...i was just guesstimating from memory not the calender lol

My friend worked for Taco Bell in high school and was the employee that did what he was suppose to do. Became a shift manager then manager. All before he graduated high school. He was a manger for a year making $70,000 a year. Then frito lay (when they were still part of Taco Bell) called him to go work at frito lay as the warehouse manager. Making a little more money but was 9-5. Fast forward to now and he's the vp of production for North America. Those fast good places can really pay off.

Binswanger will drill it. Usually for free. I just ask to talk to the glass guys in the back. I go to the back and tell them what I need. Drill, smoother edges. Anything I've asked. I've even seen them cut an entire section out to accommodate a beanimal over flow.

But I did also put air tubing in as well.

On my over flow, this sound occurs from too much flow. I don't have a Maggie thingy but when I dialed back my mag 7 the noises stopped. Might help.

I've never seen one with a center brace. It's so easy and rewarding to build your own. It's not cheaper though. Actually double or triple the cost of new. But still fun. Acrylic or glass. Both fun. Once material is cut (by a professional) all you do is glue together. It's just about that simple. Your measurements aren't that far off from a 40 breeder. The larger measurement that is.

You had a lot of them. It could have been eating dead flesh or slime. Who knows.

Can you post a pic. I would love to see the tank.

Financing with free interest is good though. You get what you want and someone pays the interest. That's the extent of my financing. 0% on cars is awesome.

I've never seen them before but I'm sure they could exist. Hopefully just one.

Mono and scats would be very cool. Let us know of your experience.

I have a long fin Dalmatian, the short fin all black (like Patrick) and the orange kind like Patrick has. Both black Molly's have mated with the orange one. The baby's look orange/yellow with black spots. But the baby's get eaten very quickly. Even in my sump.

I've always done 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours. I tried to wait 4 hours but after testing salinity there was no point to continue. Although I'm not sure if it is "cruel", my daughter didn't know I had to drip acclimate and dumped the Molly straight into SW. The Molly didn't even seem phased and even ate a few minutes after being put in full saltwater. My friend in Clute tx has a water way in his yard that is fw then brackish then full SW. The Molly's by his dock stay there and never move. They are going from fw to SW daily. Pretty cool fish.

I never thought I would say it but I think Molly's are the best SW fish I have ever owned. They are great at everything. I'm very impressed with this fish and highly recommend them. I have 3 different kinds and like all three the same. They have been breeding but the baby's must taste really good. They constantly clean the sand and pick at nuisance algae. And keep macro healthy and growing.

What is that macro? It's nice. Patrick is a great guy.

It's not controllable. I tore my tank down just to remove it. It will kill all your coral eventually. Too bad. Cause it's really cool.

Here's my Xenia tank.

Happy birthday!! I didn't even know you guys were twins.

Glad to see your doing something with your waste water. I don't consider any water a waste. I was trying to figure a way to water my grass with mine. Still thinking on it.

Looks good. So you will fill buckets from the cans?

I did get the red macro. It is doing well with little die off.

Well done sir. It's amazing how you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. And your tank looks great for what you wanted to pay.

What he saying is that whatever you cut the door with, the size of the cutting device determines the material loss. So if you use a cutting wheel on say a 4 1/2" grinder, you lose about an 1/8" inch. Giving you a gap. I'm not familiar with the angle cut you speak of but maybe it yields less material loss.