Manny Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sam where do you purchase your sps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SAM Posted February 24, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2015 Sam where do you purchase your sps? Hi Manny, To be honest with you, I used to shop at all sort of online & LFS.....probably can count over 30 different ones. As for the most current stock, I either got from vendors during San Antonio Swap & local hobbyist or directly from specific hobbyist from R2R & RC. The only places I order online not through ARC, R2R, or RC are Liveaquaria & Pacific East Aquaculture (these 2 places I trust only at this moment from 5yrs ago to now, actually liveaquaria before they got acquired by Dr. Foster & Smith, I might have ordered from them like back in 2002 with a starter soft coral pack when I started my very first 37gallon reef tank with PC, Eheim filter, hang on skimmer, etc lol). Probably should have warned you earlier that you open a can of .........I have ordered quite a few from all sort of places, I will only list folks that I know personally that I can trust and feel that they keep up their standard. I will save you the trouble of others that I ordered from with horrible horrible experiences and just not list them here. I will continue to add to this list if or when I remember more, also when I am able to order more from a different person or vendor. Folks I like from R2R including the following: Nick <--where I got my Nick's Purple Passion GWS3 (Graham) <--lots of selection (where I got my Choas Branching Cyphastrea & Planet Earth Hoeke!!! RMF (Jared) <---expensive but the healthest and toughest of all and kept the best color from all shipping CC (Todd) <--their frag pack is nicer than their WYSIWYG pieces, also got auction, etc. Harry (Harry) <----best deal on common frags (ORAs) and best deal on shipping, 5 frags ship free, always call to follow up, got the original purple Monster for sale from time to time Joe Knows Reef (Joe) <--- you can text him and he response immediately Battlecoral (Adams) <--great Frag pack, Chris & I even had ordered a nice big order of Aussie Acro colonies from him Cultivated Reef (Greg) <--lots of selection, will throw in 20% off sometimes JFox (Jason) <-- you better off doing one of his Auction or when he's in town like San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, etc. AquaSD (Will) <--of course you know them, only issue sometimes is the shipping (still got the Cherry Blossom going strong) Unique Coral (Scott) <--very healthy coral with 14 to 21 days guarantee!!! Vivid Aquairum (Dave) <--got their Vivid Rainbow Delight!!!! also 14days guarantee!!! Folks that I would like to try to buy from (always lose out on the auction or frag pack deal): AOA <--when they do Acro pack, its nice and encrusted and fair price The Coral King <--got some sick sick frag pack, out of PA Reef Raft <--gotta wait for auction, we all know the price lol Sexy Coral <--they always have sexy box special from 250 to 500 to $1000!?!? From RC: CUNAReefer (James) <---Most encrusted frag ever, alot of free frag (Where I got my PC Rainbow which I distributed to at least 20folks now in Austin/San Antonio/College Station/Dallas region!!) COPP (John) <-----best Red Dragon hands down, Bella's Acro 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Any experience with Reefnjunkie on reef2reef SAM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Any experience with Reefnjunkie on reef2reef SAM? Negative, was gonna try once but backed out cuz he sold out the ones I wanted, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Thanks for the thorough reviews of so many online vendors Sam! I wish I could have triple-liked that post! Oh, and thank you for being the one to collect all the nice goodies so I can steal them from you when they grow out. [emoji14] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 +1 to Ty and SAMs post since my like button is maxed out for the day. Ty the line order is tallest to shortest, it's painful for me to go to SAMs house. I can't count how many times I've hit my head on his dinning room light. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I think the line order should be farthest distance to travel goes first. SAM, I'll be phoning in my custom frag pack order real soon now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I think the line order should be farthest distance to travel goes first. SAM, I'll be phoning in my custom frag pack order real soon now.Jim I'm two hours away so I'll just rightfully take my place in line in front of you. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Oh man, thanks for the list of vendors SAM, I have never heard of a lot of them before. This is good timing because I've just opened up a ton of real estate in my tank after a series of Alk swing die offs and now treating for a potential AEFW infestation. Not to hijack the thread, but if anyone has nice frags they're wanting to sell, just send me a message! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SAM Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Crimson Nova looking good. The 2 bigger frags I made looks really good too. It's one of the Aussie corals that kept its color the best. I was pleasantly surprised. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Sam, you have a problem! And I am fully supportive of it! [emoji23] 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaFan Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Sam thanks again for the beautiful frags yesterday. The frags and I are both very happy [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I agree Ty. I think we should help Sam with his problem. That frag rack is overloaded. Looking good Sam. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Snail hanging like spider: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I can't watch the video, it says 'please sign in to view this video' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 I can't watch the video, it says 'please sign in to view this video' interesting, let me try again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jolt Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Nope. Maybe its just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Nope. Maybe its just me Ok how about this www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUbHE_2RK6E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Nope. Maybe its just me Ok how about this www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUbHE_2RK6E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Nope. Maybe its just me Ok how about this www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUbHE_2RK6E Capture.JPG oops lol, ok I changed it to public, thanks for Catching that Jim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 No prob. That's pretty funny! Cleanup crew can be so amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 No prob. That's pretty funny! Cleanup crew can be so amusing I know right, these snails reproduce like harem and they can right themselves when they fall. they can also shoot web out like spider. I have given them out to plenty of folks in town to test out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Snail bungee jumping is all the rage these days... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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