Reef Empire EBay Auctions

[aquawolf]

This was my first experience with buying corals from anyone on EBay and I must admit that I was a little skeptical at first. I decided to give it a shot and am very happy that I did.

For those that are thinking about participating in one of their auctions, I recommend it and am sure I will be doing so again as well.

The following is a sequence of how the corals arrived so everyone can see for themselves how things went for me.

[aquawolf]

They shipped on Wednesday and the box arrived on Thursday, as expected.


The box was opened, they use a special type of environmentally friendly insulating bag instead of styrofoam:


The contents removed, one big bag with smaller bags inside:


Acclimation instructions were included:


Smaller bags were removed from the large bag:


The bags are actually sealed with a staple instead of rubber bands. This is my wife's hand by the way:

[aquawolf]

This is a purple montipora frag:


This is a red rocks montipora frag:


This is a peppermint montipora, it is white with red polyps:


This is a pink chalice:


These are the zoanthids that were not opened at photo time:

[aquawolf]

Here are pictures I took of the corals today.
This is the chalice:


This is the peppermint monti:


These are the red rock and purple montis:


This is the zoas:

[aquawolf]

Thank you Reef Empire, it was a pleasure doing business with you!

[nice427]

looks good..

[Loverotties]

Looks good!Thanks for telling us!

[EvilReef]

Glad to be of service, and thanks again for your order. Are those inflated shipping containers great, or what? When we first heard about them, we were skeptical, to say the least. We ordered some samples and TESTED them in some very interesting ways. After standing, squeezing, and literally throwing them off an 8' ladder while full of rocks, we went so far as to try and pop it by stabbing it with a ball point pen, right out of the freezer, and it held up AMAZINGLY well. We have found these to be far superior to the traditional foam boxes used in our industry. And in our opinion, there is no other way to seal a bag than to use the stapler. Again, we tested and tested the stapler and 9 times out of 10, the bag seam would give out before the staple. Nothing is "good enough" , is our motto when it comes to shipping our corals.
Let us know if there is anything else we can do for you.

[aquawolf]

The bag was great and I was very impressed with the packing and overall quality of the corals and transaction. I will definitely be ordering from you again in the future. I have already turned a few of my addict friends onto you as well, one of whom bought 4 pieces this past weekend.

[saltyreefguy]

Just to let everyone know, Reef Empire is one of finest places to buy corals, they even have specimens that you normally would not find in local stores, and their customer support and satisfaction is top notch...

regards,
anthony..

[EvilReef]

Anthony! Long time no see/hear! If you ever get towards San Diego, you HAVE to come see the new place. 10x better than the old shop, and the new stuff we're bringing in is ridiculous! Let me know if you're ever in the area...

Thanks again AquaWolf. ENJOY!

[saltyreefguy]

aww man, you guys took my dream at build it up to something real. anyways, i'm glad you guys are doing great and also the shop as well, hope you guys prosper in todays short economy. hope you see guys soon..

regards,
anthony..