holy cow at finz in tampa

[robthorn]

the title says it all. I couldn't help stopping by there store tonight and WOOOOOOWWWWWWW. huge acros and monti's and some lps. I had to get a couple pieces at good prices. I wish I had more room there is a bright purple acro somewhere between 15 and 18 inches. afraid to ask the price on that I am trying to save for a new motorcycle. this guys tank was simply amazing you can tell by the pieces in the store. maybe 75 corals minimum. my head is still spinning. I think they said they are staying open til like 9 tonight just to try and make room for the rest of the corals sitting on the floor. I may be back tomorrow for more. oh yeah there is probably 50-60 pieces of bright green apple capricornis starting at $10 and going way up because I few pieces were 6-8 inches. I think I already need a bigger tank. anyway just a heads up and good luck.
robert

 

[DaddyJax]

I plan on swinging by there tommorrow. Cant wait!

 

[robthorn]

dude it's crazy you will be in heaven I know we like mostly the same pieces. i can't even think of whatelse i saw. lots of blues and pinks. there was a huge yellow tenuis looking thing with hot pink tips. some big green table milli with purple tips. greenish humulis that was smaller at about 4-5 inches. can you believe i called a 4-5 inch acro small? it was so crazy my stomach literally felt funny like I could be sick at any moment. nothing like we ever see in captivity.

 

[Gimplar]

I'll beat ya too it Daddyjax!

 

[robthorn]

I beat you all to it . I'm an acro...re from way back.

 

[poknsnok]

i might have to leave work early...

 

[amheck]

Are there a lot of the smaller frags available? Or are we just talking bigger pieces?

Aaron

 

[Gimplar]

both, thers no way you can really transport a piece that big without having frags

 

[robthorn]

actually they did a pretty good job keeping things together but there were some smaller pieces all the way from frag size to just over bali aquacultured sizes. then some bigger than that. the grren cap thing wouldn't fit in the tub so they had to bust it up. there refugium thing was littered with small $10 frags. some of those may be more but alot of them were what they called $10 sizes. you really have to look in all the cracks and crevices to find some little frags stuck in there. I had to go back and get another colony about 7-8 inches a green and blue stag very nice in my opinion.

 

[oceana]

thanks rob. i picked up some super nice big peices. i could not pass that neon green cap up

 

[TAMike97]

Stopped by on my lunch and OMG.... I cant think ofanything else to say..

 

[slb11106]

where is it located ?

 

[poknsnok]

i think it is the old creative ocean??

 

[robthorn]

it is on dale mabry in the old creative oceans store.
keith send me some pics of what you got I am going to try to get a couple pics tonight and post them. I have a couple small frags of a cool stag if you want one I was going to see if emmett wants the other one.

 

[robthorn]

the thing about this crazyness is you don't even have to buy anything but you should really do yourself a favor and stop by just to see the pieces. they are unlikely to be seen in captivity. blows away the florida aquarium thats for sure.

 

[amheck]

I stopped by and got one of the little green caps. I was most impressed with a couple of the blue tipped acro's especially what Chris called the bonsai. Too rich for my blood, though. I wish I could have seen everything before it was sold.

Aaron

 

[oceana]

i will take pics when i get it all home.

i would be willing to bet that tehre is not a store in flordia right now that would have anything even close to that nice. to bad its not like that all the time. the prices of some of those are really high but considering what your getting its VERY temping. I was so close to droping the cash for the huge red and blue table.

 

[robthorn]

it's red and green and I have about a 5 inch piece that broke off. there were a couple more pieces off it. stuffed in the rock pretty tight they blended well. the prices are high I agree but the prices I heard were pretty reasonable for what you are getting. $500 is alot for a coral but the thing is 18 inches in diameter. and did I mention screaming blue/purple tips? I also got a decent piece that was off that colony. just not near the size. also a bright blue tip green body stag . alright off to try and get pics.

 

[AJ69]

Pics please... This thread is worthless without pics. We want pics pics

 

[robthorn]

ok ok here you go the first is the green cap he has 50 or more pieces of. I am also trying to get pics sent to me of the tank before it was tore down so I can post for everyone to see.
green cap actual color no touch up and no camera trickery

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this is a pink milli like table with green polyps . the camera color did not come out very near at all. so I suck with a camera

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green stag with bright blue tips. the green is a little lighter shade but pretty deep and the white looking tips are actually bright baby blue. keith this is the one I have about a 1 1/4 inch frag you can have.

the thread is no longer useless