Reef imports box sps feedback

rich130981

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Looking for input from anyone that bought SPS through the box special they had a few weeks back. Reef imports and hatchery was going to do another order and i was thinking of buying a box. Before i place my box order i was hoping to hear feed back from those that have already purchased a box. How big were the pieces? Were you happy with the colors? Are the coral still living? Would you order again? Were some corals better then others? Could you post pics? Anyone that ordered red dragon, could you post a pic of that one?
 
My buddy and I got 24 we only lost one deep water everything is coloring up really nice. I will try to get pics
 
Just incase anyone is debating buying while looking at the 'names':

Obviously (well, maybe not), there is no red dragon acro available.
These are all maricultured acropora that do not have common names (none of these do). Like many retailers, they only list names to get you to buy them. They find the closest thing to it and name it that (even if its way off, and maricultured, they pick the closest one they can find).
You are probably referring to the pink acropora carduus (species name) mariculture coral. These are fairly common and pictures are online. Just look for the standard mariculture circular manmade rock that all maricultures come on.
Red Dragon refers to a specific strain of coral completely different than the mariculture impostor versions. It originated from CITR, but is sometimes called the 'Tyree', since he got his from CITR. It is not too rare nowadays. It is very easy to distinguish the impostor version from the real.
I am not saying the impostor version isnt nice also, just that it is clearly not the red dragon. It name is pink acropora carduus.

I am also not saying not to buy from them. Just to be aware of what you are actually buying.
 
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It was a decent deal. The corals were nice. I did expect them to be a little bigger but it was still a decent deal.
 
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