tyree

Maybe he'll throw you a free frag or two for you nice comments....!!!

I think you great to Steve.....count me in on the comment above!!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10988533#post10988533 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slojmn
Serioussnaps,
I am well aware that corals are from the OCEAN...but thanks for reminding all of us :D.
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:thumbsup: For some strange reason, people think Steve Tyree's corals spontaneously arose out of somones tank...most are just corals that all the lucky folks in Cali get coming in from wholesalers etc... Anyways, I have hit my post limit for a "tyree" thread.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10983408#post10983408 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
No one has mentioned Steve's methods at all. I find that discouraging considering he was a pioneer in this. I spent an hour late night last night actually reading over some of his methodologies as I couldn't sleep. Very cool stuff! Some of it I find to be "radical bs"(my thoughts), but some it I find merit in and incorporate it into what I do. It seems he is a very creative reefkeeper and he does so successfully....very respectable.


One side note......most of the Tyree peices didnt "come" from other's tanks. Ask yourself this: Where did the coral come from before it was in that person's tank? THEY ALL CAME FROM THE OCEAN AT SOME POINT....the coral didn't just sprout up spontaneously in anyone's tank one day!



Now I am off to bid on the miami hurricane chalice that is around 260 bucks! (yeah right)
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Good point,

He is also an innovator in methodologies! I also ran a skimmerless tank 5 years ago with an ATS, but I found the move to SPS to0 difficult without a skimmer. Big kudos to Steve or anyone that can get SPS to thrive w/o a skimmer.

James
 
James,

I was informed that the reason he does this so successfully without a skimmer is he also does it without fish. I am 100% I could run an SPS tank without a skimmer if I had no fish at all.
 
Although I have been dry for awhile, I still get on this board often. Tyree is a marketing genius, he also knows what people will pay. This has been an acey-ducey discussion for 7 years that I'm aware of. IMO you have 3 options:

Buy from Steve - A good thing
Do your homework and find where he got his - A better thing.
Find your own - The best thing.

This industry has more than its fair share of OCD folks, me being one. If your OCD enough, you can search for the original reefer that owned the piece prior to Steve - all the info you need is right on this board I did it.

There are a very cool bunch of folks that own the originals, or know who has the original of what your looking for. I had tons of them and I lived in East TN.

If you do your homework, you can find your piece outside reeffarmers. If you demand the "I bought it from Tyree" label (which I was a recipient on numerous occasions) then jump on it.

I found more ST pieces from the original owner than I ever got from Steve. On the other hand, I got a lot of little red coolers too. ;D

In the end it does not matter. If you find what you are looking for then you are temporarily sated. As we all know, they will all be white one day anyway. The fun part is meeting folks that love what you do and learning how to reef. It ain't he said she said.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10993022#post10993022 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by easttn
Although I have been dry for awhile, I still get on this board often. Tyree is a marketing genius, he also knows what people will pay. This has been an acey-ducey discussion for 7 years that I'm aware of. IMO you have 3 options:

Buy from Steve - A good thing
Do your homework and find where he got his - A better thing.
Find your own - The best thing.

This industry has more than its fair share of OCD folks, me being one. If your OCD enough, you can search for the original reefer that owned the piece prior to Steve - all the info you need is right on this board I did it.

There are a very cool bunch of folks that own the originals, or know who has the original of what your looking for. I had tons of them and I lived in East TN.

If you do your homework, you can find your piece outside reeffarmers. If you demand the "I bought it from Tyree" label (which I was a recipient on numerous occasions) then jump on it.

I found more ST pieces from the original owner than I ever got from Steve. On the other hand, I got a lot of little red coolers too. ;D

In the end it does not matter. If you find what you are looking for then you are temporarily sated. As we all know, they will all be white one day anyway. The fun part is meeting folks that love what you do and learning how to reef. It ain't he said she said.
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I couldn't have said it better myself :)
 
Another thing I don't like is Tyree seems to get all his pieces from a handful of reefers. How can those reefers have all the luck? There are TONS of other, sometimes nicer looking corals out there that aren't LEs , but they don't get sold for nearly as much as the Tyree ones.
 
Steve is always looking for nice and rare corals. Send him an email and pics. He may make your coral the next LE.
 
Ok I have auestion ............where is steve ? I have been waiting on a LE for over 3 years I have been on the list its now my turn according to his web page. But i have sent emails only for them to be return as no such email address. Has anyone heard from him or has recieved any LE lately? see below caption.
Michael
Acropora microclados Multicolored Year 2007 Monthly Limited Edition Schedule

January Reserved for R. Tarnoff
February Reserved for R. Brewster
March Reserved for S. Todoverto
April Reserved for C. Owens
May Reserved for M. Davis
June Reserved for M. Downs
July Reserved for E. Stenberg
August Reserved for P. Chung
September Reserved for S. Carmichael
October Reserved for M. Iezza
November Reserved for Jorge S.
December Reserved for M. Holland
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LOL... I was supposed to get one in April (I forgot after 3 years), . Where is mine Stevie?

A former child of the same:
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He is traveling a lot (Coralfarmers market, etc.) My name came up for a frag in October and I didn't hear anything, so I started sending emails....

There's two problems. First is that the website has two different email addresses and one of them is not good anymore (the ISPwest one is defunct). The other is that I don't think Steve checks his emails very often. I didn't get responses to my emails until I followed up with a voice mail. Then I would get a reply email the next day or so.

So I did receive my frag.
 
I'll be honest, it doesn't look good. If I had seen a pic of it before I bought it, I may have backed out.

It is 100% brown. It is the Mike Paletta Turquoise Lovelli. Steve sent me a tracking number and at the same time told me that this frag "has not colored up completely" and that I should gradually move it into higher lighting. He said it would color up the best "under intense illumination." But he didn't say if that meant 400watt halides or not. (I have 250 watt 10K's). He did say that they had the frag under "moderate illumination," whatever that means.

I'm a bit disappointed and reminding myself to ask for pics before committing to frag purchases in the future. But, at the same time I am curious to see if I can bring it around, you know?
:rolleyes: ;)
 
CanaryGirl, Give that Paletta A lovelli time...I have it from Steve and it took a while to color up but it is a sweet turquoise wiht the nicest turquoise polyps I have ever seen. It encrusted for quite a while and then threw up branches and grows very nicely, all very colorful ;).

I was in his list for a coral in Febuary but never heard anything and I didn't pursue it because I decided I didn't really want the coral anyways. Steve has always gotten back to me very quickly when I have called him, this might be the best way to go.
 
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