The Elegance Coral Project

Eric
I was hoping the styrofoam would keep the coral from ripping the bags.I guess fed-ex was drop kicking it.I'm glad it is ok though.If i can be of any more help to the project please let me know...Nick
 
************* THANKS SOOOOOOO MUCH!!! *****************

.........................Nick Colombo ...........................

................................ $25 ..................................
 
Originally posted by EricHugo

Two others were packed by a store. In fish bags without air above them, basically just tied with some water in them. They leaked, of course. They were put into a small box with pieces of styrofoam layed around them, totally unsealed to air, and some heat packs under the sytrofoam. The bag water was 56 F. Needless to say, it will be very hard to use these corals, too, since that temperature causes all sorts of stress that confound the study. I will put them into a tank to see if they recover and follow them, but they are not likely to be valuable, either, if they live.

Eric,

I apologize again for this blunder. I was assured that they know how to pack a live specimen for shipping overnight. And, as I told you before, it was unfortunate that I was unable to make it to the store and oversee it to be sure. I'm really mad about resources wasted and that corals that perhaps could be saved stand no chance in hell now :mad2:
 
crpeck said:
$920 ... just a little more will push us over $1,000.:)

Cathy

I can't believe that we are still under a thousand dollars for this project. No one out of 50K members has 10 bucks laying around that could be put to use for a worthy cause?:rolleyes:

:eek:
 
I don't know, Gene .... so far we have received donations from just 17 people. You have been by far our biggest supporter ... THANKS!
 
Gene: I had to go ahead and fix yours...they weren't going to make it. Sigh.

Dave: your healthy one is indeed healthy.

Cathy: Don't say I didn't tell you. 2458 views...at this point, one dollar from everyone who has read this would put us where we need to be.

As far as elegance corals, I have one useful sick elegance donated, and one healthy elegance donated. Plus the three I have provided.

I'm not quite sure what to do at this point.
 
I've posted 8215 times here, some 30,000 more between other forums over the years, save countless thousands of corals for people, including elegance corals....and I can't get a buck from them with the exception of 17 people.

Kind of makes me want to quit, you know?
 
EricHugo said:
I've posted 8215 times here, some 30,000 more between other forums over the years, save countless thousands of corals for people, including elegance corals....and I can't get a buck from them with the exception of 17 people.

Kind of makes me want to quit, you know?

I didn't even want to bring this up,Eric, but it was burning in my mind... believe me.
I hope it doesn't come to this,for everyone's sake.
On a side note, was this thread copied to all the forums?
 
I just posted a link to the web site and this thread in our reef club forum.I will bring up this project at the meeting on the 26th

Nick
 
Don't quit Eric. It takes time to build this and we haven't even taken the project outside of RC yet.

I think it would be good to post again in the General and Responsible Reefkeeping Forums with a fresh start ... just your initial post and information. This thread has gotten long and most people aren't going to wade through the whole thing. Maybe a reference to this one in case they want to.

So you have 4 healthy and one sick, right? So you need 1 - 4 more healthy and how many more sick to get started?

It would help if RC could post an addendum on the Reefkeeping Mag article giving the info how to donate. The way it reads now is with you still saying you are in the process of setting up the fund and no information is given for how to donate.

Those of you who have already supported this, please try to help us spread the word!

Yes ... You told me Eric .... but I don't give up easily. We're still getting started as far as I'm concerned.

Remind me what you need for corals and I'll start contacting online vendors.
 
I'm going to print out the download off the website and hit some local fish stores up here in NY this weekend.I really want this project to work
 
******** ALRIGHT! ********* THAT'S THE SPIRIT! ********* THANKS!

.......................... Steve Bowman ........................

.................................. $10 ..................................

......................... Thanks, Steve! ..........................
 
Hehe..as much time as I spend on these forums you would think I would be aware of this project before now. :eek1: I guess it was a sticky and there are so many I just glossed right over it at the top. Donation is on its way to this worthy cause...
 
**************** THANKS, JUSTIN! ****************

........................Justin Baldwin at diyreef.com ..........................

........................................... $80 .............................................

Puts us over $1,000!!!! Thanks SO much!
 
Eric:

I'm with Cathy! Don't give up! We have too much to gain with the hopeful completion of this project. I am still lighting a fire under Danny & Walt and hopefully will be getting some corals in the near future.

Like the others noted above, I would also be willing to put up whatever monies it takes to keep the project afloat. I also know that without the donated corals, this project will fail. But just take heart in knowing that many of us are with you and will keep working on obtaining the sick corals that you need for this study.

Hang in there and we will do the same, promise!! :)
 
Eric,

I was a few days too late seeing the post of your new elegance project. I bought one and within a month it went from Elegant to obsolete. It was a shame to see this happen, I would have never bought it had I know the issues. I had seen in a catalogue that these were ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œeasyââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ corals to keep. Hardly. I could not get mine to eat from day one. Once it started to recess. It only took two more days and it was gone. My ammonia levels shot up even though I had 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, ph 8.2 and 5% water changes every week. Best wishes on the project.

JS
 
I think you should put the paypal link, and or the web link on the first post in this thread, it's hard to find.

I issue a challange to the financially challenged out there!(like me). Donate your lunch money! :)
 
******************* THANK YOU! *********** THANK YOU! ****************

.................To Chris Morris .....................

......... Who even donated his lunch money
 
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