Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board - wickedfrags Zoa/Paly Auction - Details and pics inside! Ends Aug. 13/09 @ at 9pm PST

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 442769)

but you have a friend that could bid for you??:mrgreen:

ooh!! *rubs hands together with glee*

:wink:

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Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com (Post 442764)

oh ya - and it will start at $100 (essentially the cost of shipping), while including a sunset monti, undata and the most unique acro I have ever gotten my hands on

Somehow I suspect you will get a fair bit more than $100 as the final bid :mrgreen:

I share your hope!!! That being said the market will dictate a fair market price.

While the recent flooding of the market with $10 frags has perhaps lowered the bar, I am somewhat confident at least a couple people will appreciate the value associated with a little higher quality.

9/10 chance a repeat customer wins the auction? I think so.

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Originally Posted by Ron99 (Post 442772)

Somehow I suspect you will get a fair bit more than $100 as the final bid :mrgreen:

You know I don't have any friends on this board...no need to lie about that :)

And the winner does not get a reduced price if shipping is not required - that being said all winners have been out of province to date. No reason this will not continue.

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 442769)

but you have a friend that could bid for you??:mrgreen:

They're here! UPS guy showed up a little early at about 10:15AM but that was fine.

Packed nice and neat. A little bit of seepage but no big deal:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2439.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2440.jpg

All 14 frags being acclimated. Only two had fallen off of their frag discs during shipping but since it's all zoas and palys which ship about as well as any coral I wasn't worried:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2441.jpg

A few quick badly focused freehand shots of everything which all opened up within several hours (ignore the majano frag on the bottom right of the group shot :D ). Most of them were less frags than mini-colonies!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2442.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2447.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2448.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2450.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2451.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2452.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2453.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...u/IMG_2454.jpg

The only negative was that there were several aiptasia who hitched along, but that's not a huge deal.

Thanks to wickedfrags for a truly wicked deal!

Very nice!! Can't wait for the SPS auction!! Mostly just because I want to see what there is...bad timing for me to participate, and by the sounds of it, it won't be a cheapie collection!

I would like to see an SPS frag auction

Thanks for the pictures and the feedback Franklin. Think this is useful for people who may be interested in participating in future auctions.

Glad to see the little sunset with the polyps out so quickly.

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Originally Posted by wickedfrags.com (Post 442705)

SPS auction next week (planned to to start Thursday).

Essentially all my best stuff available, including the "fuscia" I have never offered for sale before.

So the 3rd right?