You GOTTA see these crazy Acros!

Funny how only those that have never bought from Gary have negative things to say. Those that have bought from him only have good things to say. As for the post above:
All of our coral are cut and photographed 5-7 days before the auctions begin therefore the photos will show fresh cut coral. The auctions last 5 days and your coral is shipped a minimum of 4 days after the auctions end. Therefore, all of the coral have healed a minimum of 14 days before shipping takes place.

I have bought from Gary many times and have never been dissapointed. The frags I have got have all started to encrust and have been healed nicely. Gary is a super nice guy and I will continue to buy from him. As far as being a chop shop, I don't know. But here is a video from mrsaltwatertank when Gary was teamed up with Austin Aqua Farms. His set up now is very similar to this. You decide for yourself.
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^ hey get what you can get...it isn't overpriced if someone is willing to pay for it...
...my only thing with the auctions is I can't tell if they got a "Reserve" or not...i don't do reserve auctions
 
doctorgori said:
^ hey get what you can get...it isn't overpriced if someone is willing to pay for it...
...my only thing with the auctions is I can't tell if they got a "Reserve" or not...i don't do reserve auctions
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No reserve on anything..I have gotten a few pieces for 2-3 bucks..also if you lose a bid and really want the piece he will generally have one he will sell you and at an average price for that piece of what others have sold at that evening..(hope that makes sense)
 
Big E said:
I don't want to belabor the point, but I think this can be all put to rest when someone actually buys those acros so others can see them in person. Or, reasonable photos by the buyer under normal lighting conditions of most display tanks.

Imo, those pictures are very misleading.
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ok you buy it the piece in the first pic is up to 102$ lol
too rich for me ; )
My 2 cents I buy from him all the time and would say the pics are pretty close to what you get .again unless you have the same lighting there not going to look exactly the same.. no complaints here..
 
Haha. Well since C-SEA wanted a little too much control over the reef club forum on RC they decided it would be best to disassociate the forum from C-SEA. RC then gave the forum a generic name, Northern Ohio Reef Keepers. I decided to use the acronym NORK and elect myself president. So far we only have one member, but I hope to do some recruiting at the Frag Fest.
 
laugh said:
Haha. Well since C-SEA wanted a little too much control over the reef club forum on RC they decided it would be best to disassociate the forum from C-SEA. RC then gave the forum a generic name, Northern Ohio Reef Keepers. I decided to use the acronym NORK and elect myself president. So far we only have one member, but I hope to do some recruiting at the Frag Fest.
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lol I should of thought of that..
update frag now at 128.00 22 hrs to go!
 
Big E said:
I don't want to belabor the point, but I think this can be all put to rest when someone actually buys those acros so others can see them in person. Or, reasonable photos by the buyer under normal lighting conditions of most display tanks.

Imo, those pictures are very misleading.
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I totally agree with tony on this one, you can take a coral from one tank and put it in another and it could look completely different depending on lighting, water conditions, etc, etc. Lighting is far from the only thing which will determine how a coral will look!! LOL
 
Personally I wouldn't blame the guy for not giving random tours...When I lived out in SoCal, there were guys that would throw copper pennies, or other various crap into peoples frag systems and main display tanks just to screw things up...Check his eBay feedback...if his stuff is overly photoshopped, then the feedback will show it and he'll fade away quickly. Seems like he's got some satisfied people here, lol.
 
JDK said:
This is from the ebay listing in regards to photos:

"All of our photos are taken under Radium 400 Watt 20K Metal Halides and ATI Actinic T5 bulbs. As most people know, different lighting will create different color contrasts on coral. For all photos we use a Canon XSi camera with a Canon 60mm macro lens. Keep in mind that a macro photo shows more detail than the naked eye. All of photos are true to color and accurate in our reef conditions."
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That is a pretty blue spectrum, i agree, which could account for a lot of the color standing out. What you posted above doesn't discount the possibility of editing levels in pictures, though. My point is that the stuff DOES look healthy but looking at the coraline on the frag plug makes me question the color authenticity of the entire frag. If the operation is good, and from what people have stated in the thread it is, what reason is there for manipulating the levels in photos?

I seem to recall a post about this on another board but I can't seem to find it so I'm not going to speculate on the contents without it. I do remember the owner posting a few times to elaborate on his setup, though. The discussion was a friendly one as wel!
 
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I'm not being negative..................I'm only responding to the info that is is front of me & that's those pictures & the fact that you can't see any of the corals in person before you buy.

I read about some people being happy but they weren't acros that I can see before and after pictures.

Look, I understand all the vendors do it, but they are a lot more stealthy about it & the pictures don't look like black light posters from the 70's.:lol:

Tony, I'd love to see some of the acros you bought from him.
 
ok Ill try to get you some tonight when I get home..
I got a couple acros and some acans ,
I wasen't tring to be mean... but your right a lot of people are touching up there pictures.. I never got anything from him and opened it up and said "what the F**k is this!" lol
 
I bought three frags from him when he first popped up in Ohio. (and before he was banned form this forum) It is my belief that the color settings on his camera may be tweaked to the blue side based on the color of his coraline. I did get the WYSIWYG frag, but they were on the small side (!/2" tips), and the colors did not pop as shown in the pictures, even under ATI Blue Plus T-5's

So aside from the debate on his photo editing ability, I am still wondering about his operation. Is he growing out colonies and cutting fresh frags for sale, or is he importing wild colonies and chopping them up? This is an important distinction IMO.

In retrospect, I wish I had purchased frags from the long term local folks that I know are growing out colonies in a sustainable manner.
 
I did buy few frags from him once. the acros were like on the pics but the acan was terribly cut and it took about two months for it to recover (and its still very small)

BTW the frags are tiny!!! I just don’t get people that pay $60-130 for a 1in frag!!!! so how much is the colony, $1000?????

I can buy a nice colony 5x4in for a $120, i just don’t see myself paying for a tiny frag more than $20. Just my opinion, and knowing how sensitive people are here, hopefully i didnt insult anybody :)
 
drukkosz said:
I did buy few frags from him once. the acros were like on the pics but the acan was terribly cut and it took about two months for it to recover (and its still very small)

BTW the frags are tiny!!! I just don't get people that pay $60-130 for a 1in frag!!!! so how much is the colony, $1000?????
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Savy reefers should also consider the likelyhood of these small frags to survive in their systems. Here is an interesting article that was published in Coral Magazine recently regarding mortality rate vs. frag size. The stats from this study on frags 1" and smaller were eye opening to me.

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/scientifically-smarter-frags

When I reflect on my own fragging experience, the smaller the frag, the more likely it will not survive.
 
Just as a side note..I have bought 13 pieces from him in the past 3-4 months..a mix of stuff including favias, chalice, mushroom, hammer, torch, millis and an acro and they are all growing and thriving..
 
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