aussie acans

[surfnvb7]

i put together an aussie acan group buy for the Richmond club, and we finally had a big meet this past weekend to raffle things off. things turned out pretty well IMO for what turned out to be about $25/frag.

acclimating

in the tank

crazy rainbows

 

[surfnvb7]

here are the ones i got in the group buy


2 others got this crazy ultra rainbow acan, the frags were anywhere from 4 to 8 polyps.

red with white stripes

greyish blue w/ pink centers

purple and electric green

sort of a psuedo rainbow that was supposed to be orange

 

[surfnvb7]

here is a comparison shot b/w the rainbow i got several months ago on the right, and the new rainbow i just got on the left

older pic of the rainbow on the right, just after i got it

 

[ade]

Wow, man I wished that I got in on those.

 

[turbois300]

No ****!!!! We have got to do that!!!! Surfn - can you give us the low down on how you got that all set up and such? How many people did you get to go in on that?

 

[surfnvb7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11885685#post11885685 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by turbois300
No ****!!!! We have got to do that!!!! Surfn - can you give us the low down on how you got that all set up and such? How many people did you get to go in on that?

got them through a connection on that "other reef forum"....lol

although, i don't think he has enough for another group buy at the moment, so you'll have to wait until he gets another shipment....sounds like he gets in 1 shipment of 2 or 3 boxes every 3 months or so. no clue on the next shipment...as his father just passed away.

they were actually priced at around $40/frag, but ended up at $50/frag due to shipping, but with all the freebies he included there were enough for 2 frags per 1 ticket...i.e. $25/frag. (in order to make it 2 frags per 1 ticket i did have to cut 3 or 4 in half as they were more like small colonies).

there were only 2 or 3 ultra frags, about 10 A grades, and the rest were B grades. still a pretty good deal though IMO.

people at the meet were really excited, most of them have never seen an acan as the Richmond LFS *never* bring any in that are for sale. of course that may change after what they saw...knowing there is now a local demand for them...lol


i got sort of a frag pack, so i knew what i was getting and it was separate from the group buy, but i just had them shipped at the same time to save money.

but we had 5 people go in on it for a total of 10 frags (not including me), and we ended up with about 20 frags after i made some cuts so everyone could get in on an equal amount of freebies. due to their cost, i had to get payments before they were ordered.

 

[J. Montgomery]

Fish World had a large acan colony (mostly grey with red) when I was there over the weekend.

 

[turbois300]

You got PM on the "other"

GUYS!!! AND GALS!!!!! We need to do this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Virginia Reef]

I'd be up for a share of that.

 

[rkehockey16]

i would be in as well just let me know what happens, those acans look sweet!!!!

 

[invincible569]

Very nice. Where did you get them from?

 

[ade]

Hey invincible, how about hooking us up for a group buy.

 

[turbois300]

I'm in for a GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[vetdog]

I'm def in for a group buy as well

 

[rkehockey16]

I'm in as well

 

[Doc's69]

me too

 

[jas12]

I am new to the website and this is actually my first post. Someone from UA referred me to this forum. If you guys get a group order together, I would certainly be interested.

 

[ade]

Invincible is a no show on the bulk buy.

jas12,
It is not a smart move to jump into acans for a newbie. Just on the fact that you shouldn't place corals in a new set up. Also Acan are or can be high dollar and for 0 experience you don't readly want to drop that kind of cash only to loose them.
My 2c to you would be start off very slow. There are enough of us out here with free starter corals.
Oh and wellcome to the club and hope to see you at a meet.

 

[surfnvb7]

i gave turbois the info if you want to look into a aussie acan group buy. but i think he was mainly interested in acans for himself and not other people... (coral hog.... )

 

[reefdadx2]

Did someone say group buy? Michael R