japes Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Hey guys, Was a great day out, thanks to Russ from Redlands Pet Centre for organizing it and everyone involved, including all the forum members and their partners/friends that attended, as well as the staff from Bayfish, Aquatopia, API, AquaOne, AquarWorld, etc. I don't have names of the people talking at the moment, so here are a bunch of the photos taken by wonna and myself today in some sort of order. I might do a bit more of an official write up for some other forums to try and get some more attention over the next few days. Nick. Bus trip to Bayfish, featuring Russ. Nick getting smacked in the head. Arriving at Bayfish. Nick and Brian after bus exit. Bayfish Owner/CE Nathan Patrick and Russ addressing us as we arrived. Nathan pointing at stuff. Rough idea of how big one of the two buildings are at the Bayfish centre. Aquatopia/Eheim Rep/Salesman Jason Dean introducing us to some Eheim products, including the Pickup, Classics, Pro 3E, and of course, Jager heaters. Run down on the Pro 3E. Using the force to sell Jager heaters. Packing station where fish are bagged and sorted. Peter inspecting the oxygen and bagging setup. Peter further inspecting. Lots of polystyrene boxes. Inspector reeco. Full lunch provided by Bayfish. Bit of the second building, Bayfish's warehouse. Expensive Arcadia pallets mm. Filtration room. People checking out the toga in one of the sumps. Big towers with rotating spray bars that appeared to be wet/drys. Goldfish/Koi/Comet/etc. room The real fish room, Cichlids and catties. Americans. They could be EBJD's! Nathan giving us a quick run down on the fish setups. Quarantine, off limits! Big tub of water from the system that they used for filling buckets to select and pack fish. Some very nice Frontosa's L104's Neet's, not an overly common American cichlid. Mystus vittatus pileup. Really nicely coloured little Apistogramma cacatuoides (Red). Nick getting smacked in the head, again. Back at the shop with everything set up, awesome job by Russ and his stuff. Patrick Durkin, Asia-Pacific Manager of API Aquarium Pharmaceuticals (Now known as Mars FishCare) introducing us to and explaining the API range of products from their test kits to stress coats and conditioners. Some of the incredible pieces of driftwood on offer, so large. Russ organising us for the giveaways! Ironmonkey stealing (winning) the Phillips Home Theatre/DVD setup, grats J Jonoz taking away the 2400Lph AquaOne canister, he was stealthy and this is the best shot we got. Reeco (Ree-Ko) warming our hearts with his happiness when he took away the nice 1300lph AquarWorld canister. Bad shot with the Aquarworld rep Our loot on the way home north, couple of FX5's, Eheim Classic and a bunch of other stuff. Frontosa_mad being a dork. Nick getting smacked in the head... again. Cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtr73 Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Excellent photos mate, now I'm really heartbroken I couldn't make the trip! :urgh: Looks to be a well organised and fantastic day. And first time I've seen photos of Redland Pet Centre - nice shop! Well done to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Also, if there is a photo up that includes you and you don't want it online, just shoot me a PM and let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonna Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Also, if there is a photo up that includes you and you don't want it online, just shoot me a PM and let me know. nick not included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristleman Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 kerion u theif stop stealing stuff lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmxican Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Ahh the memories... These ones made me laugh this ones pretty self explanatory.. HAHAHA!!! some shady lookin fish keepers this fronny had 6 bars on the other side?? looks like the boys have done a smash and grab. you guys must have been saving for months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 The parking signs in the background of the last photo certainly say it all for these obsessed young whipper-snapper fish keepers!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 The parking signs in the background of the last photo certainly say it all for these obsessed young whipper-snapper fish keepers!!!! The ones with the limp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 The parking signs in the background of the last photo certainly say it all for these obsessed young whipper-snapper fish keepers!!!! Good thing you cant see my plates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
