i am in the process of thinning out some of my more overgrown corals in my tank. i am interested in finding someone who is new to reef keeping that has a baren tank that might be interested in some nearly free corals.
the things i have to offer are some of the less flashy items. i have some regular green zoos, some large common colored mushrooms, a little bit of extra xenia, and some cuttings of some other soft corals. i am not going to take the time right now to try to set up trades for all of this stuff, as a lot of folks who are more active traders already have a lot of this stuff floating around in their tanks.
this is what the candidate will need to do in order to take advantage of this situation:
fisrt, these corals are all lower to medium light varieties. you should have over your tank at least pc's or vho lighting. halides are not necessary for anything i have (as i do not have them myself).
second: the candidate will need to supply their own styrofoam ice chest and zip-lock baggies.
third: the person will need to contact me to set up a day that they can come over to assist in the fragging and removal of these items. i do not own a car, so it will be unfeasable for me to bring the stuff to you. it will be up to you to get in contact with me so that i can relay when my free time will be. you will then need to make arrangements to get together the above listed items and get them to my house to collect the stuff. plan on a good hour or two to do the fragging, so you will need to have some free time on the determined day.
finally: if you are over 21, you shall supply a 6 pack of beer for us to drink while we frag. if you are under 21, you will bring a 6 pack of "fancy" rootbeer like widmers or thomas kemper etc. we can work out the drinking details later.
i know that there are a lot of folks with room in their tanks, but i would really like to get someone who has literally nothing started on growing their own corals. if i can not find someone, then i suppose anyone with spare room can take me up on this, but newbies first please. for those of you with very established tanks and coral collections, this stuff really probably will not interest you anyway.
for anyone curious as to why i am doing this, i have come to the point in my 29 gallon tank where i have all of the green and brown and purple i can take, and i would really like to make some room for some more colorful things.
feel free to email me at
[email protected] do not send me a pm at first, because i will do this first come first served, so it will go based on which email is in my box soonest.
thank you, and hopefully i can help someone out here who is either new to the area or new to the hobby altogether. as a reefer or a penny budget i know how much fun free stuff can be, and i would like to take this opportunity to share that feeling with someone else.
ryan
