hoopsdaddy
This is my reef club....
Since as many of you know I do not have a reef club anywhere with in 150 miles of me I went to my LFS(the only one that carries any saltwater fish(besides Pet"kill"Co) and corals.) because I am chomping at the bit to get some new stuff for the tank. I was looking over her stock and noticed she had the best selection of SW Fish that I had ever seen her have. I called her over and started talking to her about the fish and asking if she got a different supplier. She said that she had gotten fed up with most of her suppliers and dropped two of them (just picked one of them back up) and started going to one of her vendors locations once a month and hand picking the fish. She said that they treated her store like an outcast because it is a smaller store and really tore into them. They finally got things resolved and today she had about 10 different tangs, some anthis, wrasses ( a yellow cory wrass that I am going to read about and maybe buy this weekend) and many other fish. I am super excited about this because as many know I have to drive 150 miles to get good fish or try ordering online.
Anyway(didn't know I could write a book did ya). While looking at her corals she said that she always orders coral packs. And sometimes they throw in some SPS. All she has for lighting (even on her show tank) is PC. So I see a SPS that maybe has some hope( very little im affraid) and she and I talk about how much she hates to see them die if no one buys them right away. She has what would have been a beautiful pagoda and a monti that is about 5" and they both have some serious skeletal exposure. So I talk to her about my new tank and that I want to do mostly SPS and about my "great new setup". I tell her that since there is no reef club around here to swap with what if she would just call me whenever she got some SPS in and I would come out every couple of weeks and if she had any that wasn't selling that I could buy them very cheap and if I could keep them alive I would frag them and give her a frag and a second opportunity to sale the frag. That gives her twice the display time and gives me the opportunity to pick up some cheaper corals.
What do you guys think about this deal??? Is it a good option for me or will it be more trouble than it is worth??? I used to do quite a bit of business with them and now that they are getting good stock in I will be again.
Your :twocents: would be appreciated.
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Anyway(didn't know I could write a book did ya). While looking at her corals she said that she always orders coral packs. And sometimes they throw in some SPS. All she has for lighting (even on her show tank) is PC. So I see a SPS that maybe has some hope( very little im affraid) and she and I talk about how much she hates to see them die if no one buys them right away. She has what would have been a beautiful pagoda and a monti that is about 5" and they both have some serious skeletal exposure. So I talk to her about my new tank and that I want to do mostly SPS and about my "great new setup". I tell her that since there is no reef club around here to swap with what if she would just call me whenever she got some SPS in and I would come out every couple of weeks and if she had any that wasn't selling that I could buy them very cheap and if I could keep them alive I would frag them and give her a frag and a second opportunity to sale the frag. That gives her twice the display time and gives me the opportunity to pick up some cheaper corals.
What do you guys think about this deal??? Is it a good option for me or will it be more trouble than it is worth??? I used to do quite a bit of business with them and now that they are getting good stock in I will be again.
Your :twocents: would be appreciated.
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