Vendors that frag from their stock?

[apedroza]

In response to Apedroza's comments about the Tek and possibly Kingfish fragging, I've received a few frags from both retailers but they were more like gifts than something I was paying for. More like something needed to be cut back or I inquired about a piece in a show tank and being gifted a small piece of it. Kinda like some of the fragging I saw at CB Pets as Richard said, if it needed pruning you might get a piece of it. I've not really seen either stores frag because someone wanted to pay less or buy less of it. I have noticed a colony here or there that may look like it was fragged BEFORE being offered for sale. I have bought "frags" from shops before that were leftovers at the bottom of the tanks when I was setting up my tank. Of course several retailers are selling frags from other hobbyists or from vendors but I still can't think of a time when I've actually witnessed someone "haggle" a local ATX retailer to cut a coral in half.

With it being said that Fin Addict and Aquarium Warehouse having both fragged corals for customers is the consensus that SA is where people buy frags instead of colonies?

Mike you are correct. I never paid for the frags. In all instances they were either broken off pieces or gifts to pass around. Bruce is really good about sharing polyps that are kinda floating around, and rather than lose them behind an over flow he gives them away.