Saddest Thing Ever

[nmprisons]

I stopped into Living Seas yesterday afternoon and they had this acan lord that was about the size of a bowling ball and had the most unique coloring I have ever seen ... unfortunately, about 80% of it had died off, completely showing the skeleton and the 20% that was left was bleached out pretty badly.

If I had only been there when the shipment arrived, it would have been such an awesome find.

 

[MrMexReefer]

you should buy it anyway, and nurse it back to health... maybe you can get it at a hugely discounted price! still unfortunate tho...

 

[nmprisons]

I am not sure that I have the skills to nurse a coral back to health ... folks who do should head over there ... there is plenty of nursing to do

 

[jjjimmy]

Discount from Living Seas??? I am not sure that I will live long enough.

 

[tp5056]

I thought Acans were really hardy and even if there is a sliver of it alive it can still recover? I've heard this from various sources now.

 

[nmprisons]

Something tells me that copper got into their coral tanks or something because everything looks either dead or dying. I wouldn't try and rescue something from there, myself, but maybe some folks on here have more experience with their livestock.

 

[MrMexReefer]

copper huh? that sounds terrible is it true that once that stuff gets in a tank, its impossible to get out??

jjjimmy, haha yeah.. they are a bit pricey! cant mess with their selection tho!

 

[hansnfrans]

Not just pricey but arrogant as well. I've heard stories about them having a dying coral in their tank and refusing to sell it for a discounted price due to the poor health of the coral. They'd rather watch it die in their tank than to sell it for cheap.

 

[nmprisons]

hans ... i would be more shocked to hear that they had a living, healthy coral in their tanks ... I spent about an hour there and other then some mushrooms, everything they had looked stressed, bleached, dying or dead. They had a fully bleached out white acropora skeleton for sale as well as some flumped over dead leathers for insane prices. They had an open brain skeletong for $60. It was the wierdest thing ... I can't imagine anyone buying their corals, but apparently folks do.

 

[Catharsis70]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8426478#post8426478 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jjjimmy
Discount from Living Seas??? I am not sure that I will live long enough.

Even at a discount anything from there is outta my range. Cool place to go look at......... and then go buy from a realistic source LOL>

 

[robitreef]

To get the rumor mill running, I heard somewhere that Living Seas was supposedly up for sale.

BTW when did Reefdweller close? Last time I was there was in June. I PM'd Menard, but I may be out of the loop on this one.

Was he planning on re-opening, or what was the reason he closed up?