Vendors that frag from their stock?

[brewercm]

I think one difference with FA and AW compared to other LFS is that from the start up of their stores, the owners had a main goal focusing on "coral propagation" for the purpose of selling and trading frags. This included growing out colonies and selling frags from them while keeping the main colony in tact.

I agree, but at the same time unless you have very deep pockets to start that would be a very hard venture to take on. Between keeping your tanks pristine enough along with all the equipment you'd require to get these to grow out fast enough and still keep color other than brown would be a hard thing to do. I'd hate to see the electric bills alone that would be involved. Now if you were going to do this out of your house that would be another thing, but as a primary business I'd hate to take it on.

Nothing against either of them, and I wish they were both still around. Just my thoughts on trying to run a business through strictly prorogation.

[Bill S]

As Cliff said, the propagation business is one that takes big startup costs to do it right, and then one has to be VERY careful about the investment. Many folks will remember that Felipe found out the hard way when they lost everything in their prop tanks over a Christmas holiday a few years ago. As we look back at it, that was probably the defining moment for FA - he could never again catch up.