Growout trade revisited and revised

vietcu

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Due to being approached by a few fellow reefers about this Idea that I had a few weeks back. I came up with another idea to improve on the previous grow out trade scenario. This new style could potentially net anyone interested 20+ frags coming back their way without any cost coming out of their pocket. Sooooo, if you are still interested read on. If not please go on to another thread ;). Alright here goes.

Idea is to start this thing rolling by the end of this month. The grow out would go on until the Christmas party, that's 8 months away. The grow out trade can include anything you guys want to consider for trades. Zoas, sps, and lps. Trade can be anywhere from 1 frag to what ever amount you guys want to trade, provided you have enough room in your tank to hold all the promised frags. Ex. I have 5 frags that I want to trade in the grow out. Each frag I could guarantee to 2 different people, that would get me back 10 frags from those people in the end. But I would also have to shell out 10 frags of my own from the 5 original frags. If you have 1 frag that you can guarantee 1 person, then that is fine also. As long as there is someone out there that want what you have to offer. I will have things in increments from 0-$5, 6-10, 11-15, 20-25, and 30-whatever. So frags of what you guys want to offer could range anywhere in that category, that way anyone willing to participate would not miss out. In the spirit of the hobby and to try to get everyone involved, I would like no money transaction to trade hands. Just frags of corals. All ideas to improve on this would be greatly appreciated. And towards the end of the month, all that are willing to participate would post up what they have that they are willing to include in the trade in the certain price category. Anyone who wants to trade for those items would PM the person and work it out with them. Each individual would be responsible for creating their own list and updating it with pictures from time to time.

So like I said, you do not have to have expensive corals to participate in this grow out trade. The trade will not take place until 7-8 months from now, which gives those things plenty of time to grow out. And you could potentially get back 20+ frags if you are up to it. Everyone who want to participate does not have to be a member of C-sea. As long as you can make it to the Christmas party, you can get in on this. If any of the officer's of C-sea read this and think I am out of line, please PM me and I will close this thread. As I have never been to a Christmas party hosted by C-sea, so I do not know if you have to be a member to attend or not. Right now this is just an Idea I have, and would like it to be improved if anyone would like to participate. I think it will be fun for everyone. Thanks Vu.
 
If this looks interesting to you guys out there, post in here and say you are interested. At least that way it can show those who are willing to participate. Tough to get people to be in on this when you mention it to me and not post in here, make it kind of look like no one is interested at all.
 
I'm interested but really have little to no frags to offer so is that where money would come in and dealing with the person you'd be getting the frags from. Otherwise I think the idea is a really great one!
 
i'm in. i like the new twist on it. someone may be able to trade a couple of frags for one worth more and get some of those nice zoas you have:)
 
No money changing hands if at all possible. You can always buy frags, there are plenty of reefers out there that have extra stuff to sell you at the right price. This is to try and make it fun for everyone without changing of money. It will be for the Christmas party, so it will be like getting an additional gift.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14774705#post14774705 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by joenano
i'm in. i like the new twist on it. someone may be able to trade a couple of frags for one worth more and get some of those nice zoas you have:)

I am in this for the fun of it so definitely, I will trade for whatever I don't have that I think is cool regardless of the value of the piece. Hopefully others with high end stuff will also do the same.
 
I would be interested but I don't know if I have anything worth frag/ trading. Could we acquire a quality coral now to use in this system of trades? Let me know.

DJ
 
Any of the real expensive zoas I only have a polyp or two of each, but I could come up with some fire and ice frags, RDE, and a few others. I could also frag some of that tricolor tenuis by then, plate hydnophora...
 
Will this be the place to post some pics of stuff I would be willing to share, or should we start a new thread to solely dedicate towards those that are participating?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14775077#post14775077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mevstheworld
Will this be the place to post some pics of stuff I would be willing to share, or should we start a new thread to solely dedicate towards those that are participating?

Not yet Bill. Make a list of what you want to trade and what value you are willing to put them in. I want more people to post that they are interested and also get some feedback first. Once it is all set I will post another thread and that is where everyone can start to post up what they got to trade.
 
Vu, you know I'll be in for sure. Still working on coming up with some more expensive pieces to grow out. Right now, I've got some Purple Deaths, Marijanes, Hulks, Midas Golds, RDE's, RPE's, Tubb's Blues, Ked's Reds (that hopefully open up tomorrow, or else I'm going to start getting nervous...), and maybe some others that I can't remember right now. This should be fun!
 
Is it a must that someone be a C-sea member?

Ok if the answer is yes..just curious and the main reason at least for me for not joining is that Friday's just really stink all year around with family activities.
 
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