DRMAC frag ??

[oceancube]

well first of all i want to thank adam for ordering my frag and everyone elses, i was wondering, i ordered a green acro with red tips frag, i got a solid white one, and i see no tenticals on it, i was wondering how do you tell if the thing is dead, i came home to put it in my tank and it smelled horrible, maybe i need to give it a couple days and see what happens!!! let me know what yall think about it!! thanks for any advice!!!!!

[oceancube]

none that i can see josh, did you?? well im gonna stick to aquatic warehouse from now on for frags, this is not a wysiwyg frag at all, kinda dissappointed, hopefully it'll color up over time, we'll see!!

[Instar]

Coral frags smell kinda corally anyway. I recently got an order from him of frags and one small colony. They were all bleached out white when I got them. 2 of 3 died and the colony is so light I am not sure if it will make it. The only one with any color is a light cream millepora and its looking ok. I decided not to order from him again for a while and give him a chance to get his systems matured in the new building. He said he would replace them, but, no sense in getting more bleached frags that are doomed. You're not going to get me to change to his salt, that is for sure.

[oceancube]

well like i said im gonna stop that online frag thing, alot of ppl lie about what there gonna send, i thought the frag i got was cacita's , but im gonna give it a chance and see maybe it will get some color, after all it was only a $18 dollar frag!!!oh yes josh im done, ill return them to you when i go over along with all the other borrowed stuff :grin: !! thanks man

[Instar]

Yeh, thats what I thought initially. His salt mix was very low salinity this time too. Hope you fare better than I did. I got frags from others at the same time and made some of my own. Those are all great, so, with that I decided not to go for replacements for a while. His pics are all blue lights lately too. Anyway, new tank syndrome looks like to me. It will be better from him later on.

[oceancube]

hey josh, well i guess your right, ill get in on the next order, but remember if my frags look the same your gonna pay for them :-D , j/k, just keep me in mind when you decide to order, ill try again!!!!

[oceancube]

hey josh just wanted to let you know, lets order from timmarvin.com i got a couple awsome frags from him last week :grin: !!!

[matt]

John Moffett should be up and running again soon. For those who don't know him, he had a great coral business here in San Antonio. After moving to Arizona, he's just started up his coral biz again. One thing about John, he's got a lot of integrity and he's an excellent guy to deal with. And, he's a maast sponsor.

[matt]

No, but I'll ask him. He's on the board periodically, so maybe he'll post here. Last I heard he had his system set up and running, (with a nice big skimmer and reactor I might add) and was planning on adding some colonies soon. The thing about John is that if we do a big group order I'll bet there'll be lots of extra stuff in the box when it arrives.

[casiano80]

caca!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! muncho denero....

[manny]

any idea where his biz'll be?

[Instar]

fishandcritters.com has been disabled. Seems like last time someone posted that link it was off too. Guess you didn't order enough to keep that site alive Josh.

[Tim Marvin]

I shut it down. I didn't feel like shipping and decided to keep it just local, since everyone knows me around here they can just contact me directly.

[OrionN]

I agree with Tim. Shipping is a royal PITA. It took me hours to get a shipment out. That was what kills me to the point where I cannot sell online. It is best to send the corals out by 5 PM or so. That mean for a shipment of 20 corals frags I spend 3-4 hours packing and get it to UPS. What I got from selling the frag hardly make the effort worthwhile. I guess if I ship 10 shipments per day, it would be much easier, and more efficient, but sending 2-3 shipments a week is just a killer especially if we have our day job. Keep this in mind when we orders live stock online guys and gals and have some compassion for the sellers.
Minh

[SueT]

Minh is so right about shipping being a pita. Last summer I was sending out 1-2 maybe 3 boxes a week of frags. Even if you're healthy it is hard. I have had 2 spinal fusions so it really messed my back up. Now all my frags will go through John at www.exoticreefs.us/ I also know John Moffett as when he was still in SA, he made a trip to Houston and came by and I got to meet him. Super nice guy and did he ever have some awesome acropora. I too can't wait for him to get up and running.

I have always had problems with Dr Mac's frags. He and I have spent hours on the phone trying to figure out what the problem was. We never could. If they didn't arrive bleached they did so quickly. Now with Bill of NorthStar Corals quitting due to the time he was not able to be spending with his family I so understand. He also had some awesome acropora. Bill says he is going to let his 450g go and keep a 125 or 120g coral tank for his enjoyment. I am sure he made some good money but how do you make up time spent with the kids when your bagging frags and having to take them to FedEx or UPS??