Puerto Rico

Hola Boriquas! I'm originally from Nueva York, El bronx to be exact but still have LOTS of family all over the Isla :D

I moved here to Orlando 3 years ago and met plenty of reefers, if you guys need anything PM me and as long as you pay for shipping I can maybe send you some stuff (providing I find it of course)

I plan on visiting family next summer (the wife wants to go back to NYC this year :mad2: ) and hope to visit some LFS, has anyone tried to bring in or out livestock on a commercial flight? this is in case I see something I like and buy it ;)

In case you guys set up a club I would like to join although it will be hard to attend meetings :lol: Maybe I can convince kenny to show me some good places to dive....anyway its nice to see hermanos y hermanas from my homeland in the hobby, tengos mucho orgullo :beer:

Miguel
 
hey! look whos here.

i will like to know if it is posible to bring something on a commercial flight. i will hate to rent a small aircraft on my back here to be able to bring some stuff. there is no way im going to PR with out going scuba diving and be tempted to get some frags!!

also like Miguel said(by the way you told me your name was Mike) i will like to know if there any plans in setting up a club.
 
Si loco my name is Mike in ENGLISH, :lol: my name on my birth certificate says Miguel Angel (very popular name in the late 60's ;) ) Hey your cousin has a tank see if you can take something over for him (her?) and then see if you can bring something back on your carry-on luggage. Puertoricanos of the reef world unit! WEPAAAAA
 
ejjejej that a nice idea. maybe i can put a couple of acro frags between the "pasteles". umm pasteles:p.

but anyway if the airline said no. i might come back in a small aircraft by my self and brother. it will be a long trip but i'll come with many frag(big ones ;)
 
Hey Mike Welcome Boricua!!! :celeb1:

Kenny in the west I know of these stores:

Tropical Reef Aquarium - calle post #182 sur mayaguez PR 00680 esta abierto desde las 12 del medio dia hasta las 6 de la tarde de lunes a miercoles y jueves a sabado desde las 12 del medio dia hasta las 8 de la noche - telefonos son (787)832-0554,(787)464-3321,(787)615-4602 Los nombres de los propietarios son Rey Mercado y Dariel Mercado.

Near the west - San Sebastian Pet Shop don't know the phone but you can call 411 once you get here, I do know the prices are great!

Regarding the club, I would also like to know if anyone has any plans, I would certainly like to help.

Well, have fun hanging around the "Boricua Cyber-reef" :wavehand:
 
Tropical Reef Aquarium is where I get most of my stuff it's a small store but they take alot of pride in their stuff. There's also Aquarium and Petworld thay also have saltwater stuff lots of frags and fish although I dont buy fish from them most of the time they get em they develop ICK real quick they dont quaritin em but they do have some great frags most of the time. Aquarium And PetWorld -Mackinley #72 Mayaguez, PR 00680 Tel (787)832-6259 its near the post office cant miss it. In the Mayaguez Mall there is Carusel de las Mascotas small store nice frags to and some fish, but not a big selection mostly clown fish and damsels's. There's another one in hormigueros but I dont remember the name, so as Im from Mayaguez I recomend Tropical Reef Aquarium and Aquarium Petworld.
 
Hola Boriquas, Yo no Boriquo pero mi novia pasada es Boriqua de Jayuya. So I spent a lot of time on that lovely island. I've brought back frags by various means and since I'm in the airline business I plead the 5th in case the FAA is on here. :D

Anyway since 9/11 you must be VERY careful what you try to get away with. In the past they would simply frown on you if you tried to bring something back that was questionable. Now they will crucify you and if your lucky you'll get a minor cavity search. Don't risk it, when you compare the legal costs of defending yourself for smuggling contraband the risk is not worth it.

The disclaimer and warning aside I'll tell you how I brought back about a hundred blue and red legged hermits. I was staying at Shacks Beach. I found at Jobos Beach in Isabella the motherload of hermits. So the day I was to leave we stopped by the beach and I collected a handful of crabs. I put them in a water bottle and simply carried the bottle in my carry-on sticking up in a side pocket. Nobody even glanced at it and they all made it home to Florida and into the tank.

That was pre- 9/11and times have changed. I was there this past Febuero for 2 weeks and when I left I brought back some pieces of live rock that had washed up on the beach. It was more like dead rock but the pieces were unique in shape and I thought I would take a stab at bringing them back. I putt hem in zip lock baggies and placed them top center of my checked luggage so it wouldn't look like I was trying to conceal them. Well...there in my tank now:bum:

For those of you that get the opportunity to visit the NW corner of the island find your way to Shacks Beach. The reef there is mind blowing. I've dived a lot of places in the carribean and it was incredible how awsome this reef is steps off the beach. You only need a mask, snorkel, and fins.
 
Ok lets start the club now,

President - me
Vice-president - me
Treasurer - me
Secretary - me

Any one else want to join :D
 
bori- lol :)
can I head a sub-comitee to overview your financial comings and goings?; there's a rumor that since becoming president, vice, treasurer and secretary, your reef suddenly got bigger and better with a lot of new stuff in it!!! :eek2: :rollface:
 
Thats a good idea you can join us :D but with one condition I have to be your advisor so eveything go smooth:cool:

Alberto
 
WEEEEEEEEPA!

Que recuerdos!
Que bueno que hay un ban el la colecta de peces, ya era hora!

C-quest, Cultured Quality Using Experience and Scientific Technology, it's being leased by Proaquatix with option to purchase.

I worked there rearing non clown fishes.

Do you know who is the guy who opened the hatchery close to C-quest?

If somebody is interested in a pass let me know since I still comunicate with the owner and Know the new manager.

preciosa te llaman....
 
Canopy a la venta

Canopy a la venta

Hola,
Acabo de cambiar mi set de luces de NO a PCs, no tengo espacio para guardar el canopy anterior y lo estoy vendiendo baratito para que se aproveche porque no tiene un año. Es de 3 pies, estaba en una 30 long pero creo que tambien le sirve a una 55. Tiene dos ballasts individuales y capacidad para cuatro luces, al momento tiene 2 actinic y 2 daylight. Si conocen de alguien que pueda utilizarlo o alguna tienda que lo quiera por crédito en la misma por favor envienme un pm. Estas son dos fotos del mismo.
Cualquier pregunta estoy a sus ordenes.

Geraldine

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