#(#* Im in trouble!
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Topic: #(#* Im in trouble!
Posted By: Spbeyond
Subject: #(#* Im in trouble!
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 11:47pm
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Awwww crap! I knew this could happen, but I just got a notice from my landlord company that they are going to inspect my apartment on friday. No big deal right? Yeah... I am not supposed to have either one of my tanks... :( crap! Now I get to do the emergency smuggling of my tanks out of my apartment. LOL I am very nervous something will be damaged in the move. Or someone will see them on the way out and nark on me. Anyone got any tips for smoothly moving a nano? ------------- 90 Gallon Reef w/4 bulb 54W t5 I buy, sell and restore pinball machines. Got one in the basement? ;) |
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Posted By: dmcrete
Date Posted: March 16 2009 at 11:50pm
just put a card board face on the tanks, and black marker in a television picture tube???
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Posted By: cl2ysta1
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:16am
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put blankets over it and tell them its your porn collection :) ------------- I <3 Boxers Achilles tang lover |
Posted By: Sculpin
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:36am
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Man I sure don't miss living in an apartment. I had to do this a few years ago but with a cat I have. That was easy, I would just cram him into my back pack but the meows would give me away. It sucks you have to move it but you should be fine it's if on Friday. You've got time. Do you have a friend or family who will watch it for you? Sculpin
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Posted By: Eventine
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:40am
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Put a big cardboard box over the entire thing and label it books, then put other boxes around it so it just looks like clutter.
------------- CrimsRayne's offical water mule West Jordan |
Posted By: Hobby
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:41am
I doubt they would look under a blanket or in a box.  ------------- 210 gal Arowana tank 150 gal Gibberosa Moba tank 120 gal New World tank 90 gal Geo, Severum, Loach, Gar tank 90 gal Reef tank 65 gal Reef tank 95 gal Frag tank and too many more |
Posted By: CrimsRayne
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:44am
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Where is it and what is it on?
If you took a pic maybe we can find something to fit over or around it.
Maybe get one of those HUGE stuffed animals and hollow it out to fit the nano.  ------------- "What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer "The Puffer Girl" Zoo freak :) West Jordan |
Posted By: chk4tix
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:48am
Just tell them it was there when you moved in.... 
------------- Original Crappy Reef Club Member #2 |
Posted By: Spbeyond
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 1:12am
 HEHE ------------- 90 Gallon Reef w/4 bulb 54W t5 I buy, sell and restore pinball machines. Got one in the basement? ;) |
Posted By: Ryan Thompson
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 1:32am
| Hell throw some boxes around it and they will never know with that mess! HAHAHA |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 8:22am
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Instead of using a blanket use something like a bed sheet. That way the light will still come out a little bit. Then tell them that is your pot growing area.
Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Spbeyond
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 9:03am
Hehe yeah it is a little messy ATM. ------------- 90 Gallon Reef w/4 bulb 54W t5 I buy, sell and restore pinball machines. Got one in the basement? ;) |
Ryan Thompson wrote:Posted By: dduts
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 10:03am
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Wow.....to me, it sounds a bit excessive for them to be worried about a nano. I could see the concern over a bigger tank, but there's not much damage 24 gallons could do. Luckily you're not trying to smuggle out a 180g. That could be bad ------------- 90g mixed reef GOT CRABS? Sometimes I wonder "why is that frisbee getting bigger?"....and then it hits me |
Posted By: Rioreefer
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:39pm
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Im with the box idea, move the light for the day and put a big box over it, even a washer/dryer box and label it "crap for yard sale"
and we will all be there for the yard sale ------------- I dont mean to brag but, yeah it's 6ft long. |
Posted By: Rioreefer
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:41pm
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PS turn the pumps off at the last MIn too ------------- I dont mean to brag but, yeah it's 6ft long. |
Posted By: Turbostud653
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 12:46pm
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------------- Here is what a customer said while on hold Oh my gosh! Did you open the door? I told you not to open the door. Dre is in here completely naked and he's got freak'n Macaroni and Cheese in his hands. |
I think your should put a box over it and label it Top Secret Science experiment. Posted By: Rioreefer
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 1:51pm
Then they will look for sure, That big a porn collection is going to get some looks ha ha ha ------------- I dont mean to brag but, yeah it's 6ft long. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 3:55pm
| Tell them its the new HD TV that just came out and your playing one of them aquarium DVD's on it. |
Posted By: thefu
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 4:27pm
| The best box would be a "wardrobe" box from U-haul. When they knock, just say "Just a minute", turn off the pumps and throw the box over the top. Piece of cake. |
Posted By: CrimsRayne
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 5:47pm
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It would totally work.
Go get one of these. http://store.uhaul.com/product_detail.aspx?id=6560 - http://store.uhaul.com/product_detail.aspx?id=6560
Since it is a closet box in a closet.... there won't be anything suspicious. Maybe even put a stack of clothes on top of the box.
Remember to take down the light and unplug and hide the cords. It would be hard to explain why your clothes have a timer.
------------- "What we know from this hobby is too hard to share with the people who just want to look and not get wet." -Rioreefer "The Puffer Girl" Zoo freak :) West Jordan |
Posted By: Spbeyond
Date Posted: March 17 2009 at 6:06pm
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Oh man that may work! Only thing I gotta work out is that the dresser it is sitting on is theres. So if the whole thing was in a box it woudn't work... hmmm... I could cut it down. :) HEHEHEHEHEHE
------------- 90 Gallon Reef w/4 bulb 54W t5 I buy, sell and restore pinball machines. Got one in the basement? ;) |
Posted By: Turbostud653
Date Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:12am
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Good luck with your inspection. Let me know how it goes. ------------- Here is what a customer said while on hold Oh my gosh! Did you open the door? I told you not to open the door. Dre is in here completely naked and he's got freak'n Macaroni and Cheese in his hands. |