mndfreeze
Invert Sexy Time!
This is a tribute to the prior thread that I didn't want to just bump since un-related stuff ended up in that thread as well as it needed a clean start and update on who has what.
The purpose of this post is like the original. The idea here is to pay it forward and offer FREE frags to others. Your time running tanks and your skill level does not matter here. Frags are for the new and old alike! I personally love the fact that properly cared for coral can keep on giving, and IMO I wish people just gave it all away for free. Alas, people want it bad enough to pay for it, and supply and demand begins. However if you are one of the people who has a tank full of bad-arse expensive uber corals already please try to be somewhat fair to the people who don't and offer up something decently cool, just so the newbs don't get totally shafted. The idea here is to spread the love, not the greed!
The only requirement is in order to GET a free frag offered by someone else, you must OFFER a free frag up. I'm going to go ahead and say, it can be something other then coral, but needs to stay RC related, and of decent value. I.e. no live rock, no macro algae, etc. You may only take one item per item offered. I know tons of people with new tanks want to say ME ME ME to all the stuff, but its a one to one deal! I don't personally see a problem as long as you are offering up the same amount in return for the next person. Again, just try to think fairly and honestly.
Please eveyone make sure your frags are healed first. As a noob I picked a frag once that I didn't know wasn't as healthy as it could have been and lost it. I was a sadpanda. Also if possible try to de-pest whatever you give out. Also make sure you can SUPPORT the frag you are asking for. If you are not sure your system can support it, or have questions, people can always help out!
Just trying to look out for the new people we have.
Pictures are a bonus of course. MY camera is dead and until I get my replacement screen or borrow one I dont have pics of mine.
My offerings to the coral gods:
So, I have one frag of a montipora cup left. It's about 1.25" by 1/2" or so. Instead of a plug I mounted it to a thin stag coral skeleton so it will fit nicely into a rock hole. I believe it is green with red polyps but I'm red/green colorblind so I might be a bit off. I've actually given 2 other frags of this away already (one to 1337 and the other to phase) and they are loving it.
I have a small 2 branched SPS. Only about 1/2" long. I broke it off on accident when cleaning my glass. I *think* its a milli but cannot remember. I got the mother from turbovxr6carnamesomethinghere when I first started SPS a few months ago. It's green with reddish polyps as well. I stuck it to a plug about a month and a half ago and forgot all about it until I was messing with my powerhead and remember I stuck it in the back just to see if it would grow. Well it's growing like crazy and has tons of polyps.
Finally.. I have a blue stag. I bought this from evsalty a while back, and its healthy as far as I know, but I never seem to see polpys from it and after harrassing him endlessly it seems to be pretty normal for this one. (evsalty feel free to step in if I'm incorrect on something) I'd prefer if this frag went to someone who has SPS experience as the few people I've talked to seem to think this one is a sensitive one, slow grower as well, at least for me.
So I dont have a ton of UBER AWESOME stuff up, but it's all I got to start the ball rolling. Lets the free frags flow and the new colonies sprout up! I hope everyone participates, and even a tiny itty bitty healthy frag is worth something to someone, especially the new people!
The purpose of this post is like the original. The idea here is to pay it forward and offer FREE frags to others. Your time running tanks and your skill level does not matter here. Frags are for the new and old alike! I personally love the fact that properly cared for coral can keep on giving, and IMO I wish people just gave it all away for free. Alas, people want it bad enough to pay for it, and supply and demand begins. However if you are one of the people who has a tank full of bad-arse expensive uber corals already please try to be somewhat fair to the people who don't and offer up something decently cool, just so the newbs don't get totally shafted. The idea here is to spread the love, not the greed!
The only requirement is in order to GET a free frag offered by someone else, you must OFFER a free frag up. I'm going to go ahead and say, it can be something other then coral, but needs to stay RC related, and of decent value. I.e. no live rock, no macro algae, etc. You may only take one item per item offered. I know tons of people with new tanks want to say ME ME ME to all the stuff, but its a one to one deal! I don't personally see a problem as long as you are offering up the same amount in return for the next person. Again, just try to think fairly and honestly.
Please eveyone make sure your frags are healed first. As a noob I picked a frag once that I didn't know wasn't as healthy as it could have been and lost it. I was a sadpanda. Also if possible try to de-pest whatever you give out. Also make sure you can SUPPORT the frag you are asking for. If you are not sure your system can support it, or have questions, people can always help out!
Just trying to look out for the new people we have.
Pictures are a bonus of course. MY camera is dead and until I get my replacement screen or borrow one I dont have pics of mine.
My offerings to the coral gods:
So, I have one frag of a montipora cup left. It's about 1.25" by 1/2" or so. Instead of a plug I mounted it to a thin stag coral skeleton so it will fit nicely into a rock hole. I believe it is green with red polyps but I'm red/green colorblind so I might be a bit off. I've actually given 2 other frags of this away already (one to 1337 and the other to phase) and they are loving it.
I have a small 2 branched SPS. Only about 1/2" long. I broke it off on accident when cleaning my glass. I *think* its a milli but cannot remember. I got the mother from turbovxr6carnamesomethinghere when I first started SPS a few months ago. It's green with reddish polyps as well. I stuck it to a plug about a month and a half ago and forgot all about it until I was messing with my powerhead and remember I stuck it in the back just to see if it would grow. Well it's growing like crazy and has tons of polyps.
Finally.. I have a blue stag. I bought this from evsalty a while back, and its healthy as far as I know, but I never seem to see polpys from it and after harrassing him endlessly it seems to be pretty normal for this one. (evsalty feel free to step in if I'm incorrect on something) I'd prefer if this frag went to someone who has SPS experience as the few people I've talked to seem to think this one is a sensitive one, slow grower as well, at least for me.
So I dont have a ton of UBER AWESOME stuff up, but it's all I got to start the ball rolling. Lets the free frags flow and the new colonies sprout up! I hope everyone participates, and even a tiny itty bitty healthy frag is worth something to someone, especially the new people!
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