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Help needed from the reefing comunity *DIRKS*

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Jamie, Oct 16, 2013.

  1. Jamie

    Jamie Well-Known ReefKeeper Vendor

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    I received this letter from Dirks many of you know him and his mobile reef store from swaps and trade shows across the U.S. I believe he has also sponsord the GIRS site in the past. As one of my vendors I thought I would post this here and help him out, please feel free to post this across message boards that you frequent to help get the word out.







    Some of you have, some of you have not heard...my truck was stolen in Columbus, Oh last Sunday morning. It was before a swap set up so there was a lot of stuff-stuffed in it.

    A LOT of this is very unique to me and to the industry. I am throwing out a hail mary pass that if enough know about it, can tell a few people, list it on your boards, check your local Craigs list, Ebay, Amazon, STORES, maintanance firms large or small....someone might see something.

    I have a few photo's to show some of the items

    To me things that will stick out

    -The coral/glow sticks...NO one has them in quantities. They are 18" up to 72" long and in green, orange and red.

    -The cubes I store things in are from Target called Itso cubes. They are white and have 2 bolted together. They are 14 1/2", all the way around, obviously 2 of them will be 29" long/high. They stack pretty nice and hold a LOT of stuff. Hydor, Mag, Maxi-jet and other pumps and power heads. There are prices on the upper side of many of the cubes.

    -The drawers that also stack nicely are from Iris, they have not been made in 5-7 years. I checked because I wanted more of them, the company just giggled and said I was a bit late. They are filled with Elos, Radium, Ushio, XM MH se bulbs, test kits, cleaning magnets and lots of parts

    -5' silver truck box

    -2-black Contico boxes approx 34x24x24"[​IMG]

    -Tongs 12" angled with red coated tips, 24" tongs no coating

    -Skimmers from Coralife, Hydor, Aquatic life

    -UV's from Coralife and Tetra and replacement bulbs

    -2/3/4' T5 bulbs, 13/18/24/28/55/66/96w PC bulbs

    -Salifert and SeaChem test kits

    -Leds 6 to 48" long from Marineland, Aquatic Life

    -4' Coralife 4 bulb T5

    -Black plastic tool box filled with Ushio, Phoenix, AB de MH bulbs

    This could go on for pages, do what you can to get the word and photos out. Most of this is going to stick out, with who ever might get some or all. I will offer a reward of up to $1000 depending on what is recovered.

    thanks, Dirk

    651 388 7319

    reefgrip@hotmail.com
     
  2. jazzybio13 MBI Breeder

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    I'll keep my eye's and ears out! Sorry this happened!
     
  3. blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

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    Damn, that's not good at all. He was always loaded with stuff too.

    As far as I know he was signed up to be at our upcoming fest in November. I hope this doesn't mean his traveling warehouse is down and out.
     
  4. psulion

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    Bummer . Dirks a great guy. Will keep a lookout.
     
  5. Chris C. Experienced Reefkeeper GIRS Member

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    Heard about this the day after it happened! Sad to hear.

    Haven't hear any updates on any leads though.
     
  6. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

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    Oh man that sucks! Bad luck is going around! I just talked to a coral vendor that always shows and his corals are all dead after his girlfriend dumped bleach in his tanks. WTF is going on?!?!!
     
  7. Sponge Expert Reefkeeper Vendor

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    Not good /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/sad.gif I don't know what's going on either Bud. Whatever it is, I hope it leaves as fast as it came!! Will keep my eyes open and hopefully Dirk's truck and "goodies" are quickly recovered!! Thanks for posting this Jamie :0)
     
  8. blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

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    I read about that on his facebook last night. He was another one that is signed up for this event.



     
  9. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

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    Yeah, Eye Candy Corals was the one, guess it's public knowledge now. Sucks. He had the booth behind me at MACNA and I had made him some awesome frag racks, I was hoping he would have them there.
     
  10. blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

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    I talked to Dirk this afternoon and he is still going to be making it to our Fall Fest. He said he won't have nearly the same amount of stuff as usual, but he will be there.

    Bill from Eye candy coral says he will be making it as well. Good to see these tragedies didn't knock these guys down for very long.
     
  11. klmule Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Never met Dirks before but nothing p***** me off more then a thief. I will for sure watching and searching around the midwest for this stuff. Would love to see the jerks caught who did this. This will be my first frag fest as well and it sucks he won't be there in his entirety.
     
  12. Railcar79

    Railcar79 Inactive User

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    I heard that they recovered the vehicle in Colombus, but it was empty.
     

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