GARF Order?

[bkv1997]

I have ordered from garf in the past twice and they are small frags. I got 10 SPS frags for $100 yes they were all 1" and brown when i recieved them. Initially I was very upset, but after time the color came through very nicely in my tank.

I have also done the reefermadness with the local club 40 frag pack and everyone that took SPS home had about a 50% survival rate.

I personally have had my best luck with a LFS in Atlanta, GA Cappucino Bay. www.cappuccinobayaquarium.com just thought I would mention it incase anyone ever visits.

 

[baileythed0g]

Is it just me or does anyone else find the Garf website to be a tad bit...overzealous?

Seriously, It makes me feel kinda creepy... like the first time I unknowingly walked into an Amway convention.

Anyway, for what it's worth, I got the "bag of frags" from Garf as well. Roughly 14 frags for around $10 each. I had a 20% survival rate after they had arrived. They all arrived very brown.

I was just starting out then and did not have any other frags yet. I later purchased a Jackson tri color from Premium aquatics and it looked extremely healthy when I had initially purchased it.

After putting it in the tank it started to exhibit poor polyp extension and the beautiful purple tips browned out within a week. My lighting was good and water chemistry tested out ok as well.

I later discovered the reason for the decline was that I had red bugs. In the end, only the Jackson and 1 of the GARF corals survived.

Although I can't be 100% certain, I have a strong feeling that the bugs rode in on the Garf corals.

I won't even begin to claim that I'm the perfect reefkeeper, I know I'm not. But in the end I wasn't happy with their product and I don't think I'll buy stonies from them again.

I did like the snail and mexican hermit "reef janitor" crew though. They did a terrific cleanup job in my 90 and now I sport corralline algae everywhere and no nuisance algas.

 

[GARFVolunteer]

I have alway been happy with the frags I have bought/traded for from GARF. But then again I pick them up from the post office the same day they are boxed.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[ulua56]

AMAZING............ the only coral that is on its 3 generation in my tank is from GARF, and I'm talking about 10 inches growth in 4 years. My frags from R. M. , L. A. and P.E. are always 50/50, you rock Leroy and Sally