Please join me in welcoming CarmieJo and wwest to the TR staff.
Carmie and Wes will be helping out as the contest moderators. they will be in charge of setting up and managing the Talkingreef Contests.

They will be announcing contests, doing prelim judging, and managing the day-to-day details of the contest activities

The will also be your first point of contact for any questions or comments regarding the Talkingreef Contests..

Thanks to everyone who volunteered there assistance, dont worry, there will be many more jobs coming up..

i really want to make this place THE BEST reef forum.
no, not the best... better than the best...

remember Talkingreef is here for you, so please post any other suggestions you have, and we will get to work on it

Congrats you two. Now where do I send that bribe money?

No bribes accepted. :) Now, lets talk about what I "need" for my tank... :D

Congrats to Carmie and Wes!

thanks everyone :)

Congrats guys...

Congratulations Wes & Carmie

thanks everyone.. :) and i dont except bribes either, they are called friends gifts :)

hey!!!
i accept bribes.. send me the money!!! :D

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Congrats Wes & Carmie

Cool, Congrats you two.

Thanks`guys :)

Congratulations to both of you.

Congratulations!! This is the way to grow the forum and I really hope that it will keep the really friendly atmosphere!

Show Rob The Money :D Congrats on the new staff peoples.

Show Rob The Money :D Congrats on the new staff peoples.
Yeah!! i second that.... ;)

Better late than never:

Congradulations Carmie and Wes!

BTW - they are not called bribes - they are "kick backs" - bribes sounds so crude. So what exactly did you need for your tank, Carmie?

:D:cool::mrgreen::rotfl::agree:

I think that says it all.

Thanks Carmie and Wes for volunteering your time, energy and talents to the best reef forum in the world! We're glad to have you on board! :)

thanks alot everyone. i feel really welcome and at home here. ( my girlfriend hates it lol ) reefbaby it's scary you know my talent, not alot of people know i can "insert funny comment here"

i cant think of anything lol.. this window has been open for 3 hours. i must have joke block lol.

All I can say is keep those entries coming!

Hey Carmie and Wes - you both aren't by any chance impartial to pictures with firefish in them, are you? just wondering if I should photoshop my images first?

Congrats Wes and Carmie!;)

Wes,

My girlfriend does not hate the idea of Talkingreef. She hates hearing the opening music to the podcasts(lol). Every time she hears it, she has this here we go again attitiude. :p Especially when she hears it 5 times in a day. I have been kind of addicted lately.

im ok with picture of firefish. i just dont want any money signs strategicly placed within the picture :)

yea my girlfriend doesnt mind me being on TR just when im on here for around 6 hours after i get home lol.. i walk out of the computer room and she says. oh wow i forgot you lived here lol :)

Firefish, what firefish?

Wesley -

Does your girlfriend share your interest in reef keeping? The best thing I ever did was get my wife interested. Now she even has her own tank (that I take care of, of course). It's the least I can do with how much time and $ I spend on this hobby!

yeah, the other trick is to make them feel super useful. my husband thinks that I can't do the tanks on my own, because he's my technical support....I let him believe it! :)

Oh dear - are you saying that I'm the mouse in the maze, and it's actually my wife who's conducting the experiment?

i tried to get her interested but she wasnt interested, however its a blessing really. if she even knew how much i spend a week on equitment, food and corals.......i would be looking for a new girlfriend lol :) but she does love my clown, anemones, and scooter blenny. so i guess thats a start :)

My girlfriend loves our clowns and anenomes and everything actually. It always comes down to the amount of time spent away from her, so when she hears Rob on the computer, she just has to say something. I am trying to get her to participate more. I have even convinced her that she does water tests better than I as she is a chemist. Anything I can do to make her part of the process. She has been very supportive and has flipped the bill on some things here and there.

Gee, didn't you guys have hobbies before reefing? :D

not really. i did alot more work around the farm thats about it lol

For me it was live music, electronics(mostly sound equipment), and photography. Animals have always been my hobby. Name just about any regularly seen pet and I have had one.

Carmie -

Before reefing? When was that?!?