Cade Chaos Grimoire

[Mhamilton0911]

I caught my yellow wrasse "hiding" a while back with the whole body under but snoot and one eye out of the sand. Lil eye followed me watching but I couldn't get a good photo, I was late nite peeping. I loved it though, hilarious.

 

[danieyella]

Everything but the acro.


My method is: put the min bid on anything I'm interested in, forget..... Sometimes I'll circle back closer to when they end and remember to watch and bid again, last night wasn't one of those nights.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Everything but the acro.


My method is: put the min bid on anything I'm interested in, forget..... Sometimes I'll circle back closer to when they end and remember to watch and bid again, last night wasn't one of those nights.

I got home too late, dang West Coast vs East Coast time zones! I'll stalk the next ones though, I'll be more prepared.

 

[danieyella]

I got home too late, dang West Coast vs East Coast time zones! I'll stalk the next ones though, I'll be more prepared.

Every Sunday

 

[Goaway]

SBB auctions are insane. They have a 55% off code just before they throw the sales into the auctions. Guess what?

It seems over 70% of the coral go over the 55% discount price. So people are paying more auction wise than if they went with 55% off. They can't have several hundred in gift cards, can they?

 

[danieyella]

SBB auctions are insane. They have a 55% off code just before they throw the sales into the auctions. Guess what?

It seems over 70% of the coral go over the 55% discount price. So people are paying more auction wise than if they went with 55% off. They can't have several hundred in gift cards, can they?

I looked at theirs exactly once then said NOPE and have literally never ordered from them, the math wasn't mathing

 

[Goaway]

The 55% sale could be nice if there is a rare piece you like. Those usually go at 40-45% though.

It's difficult keeping up with some of the auctions as well. I have tried. I just start watching people going into a frenzy. I have been to live auctions before, and there are plants to bid on items when the item is hot. People forget the max price and go over. So, there is that I can only assume is happening as well.

"No, we are not selling this hammer for 10. "Hey Joe, put in a bid of 20. Okay things have gotten hot. Okay, now 50!"

 

[Troylee]

I looked at theirs exactly once then said NOPE and have literally never ordered from them, the math wasn't mathing

Gotta love sales! Chop shops never surprise me! lol.

 

[Reefering1]

Gotta love sales! Chop shops never surprise me! lol.

Not to mention the bugs, I'm scared of sbb. Heard too much

 

[Goaway]

Not to mention the bugs, I'm scared of sbb. Heard too much

I have heard bad about other vendors. But sbb hasn't been one of them. Maybe a few people you know have had bad experiences. From what I have seen, Shane has always corrected any issues. I can't say the same for other vendors.

 

[Reefering1]

I have heard bad about other vendors. But sbb hasn't been one of them. Maybe a few people you know have had bad experiences. From what I have seen, Shane has always corrected any issues. I can't say the same for other vendors.

Of the handful I know of, customer service wasn't the problem(never heard of issues there). But no company is much help if your catches something.
And I will add, only heard of pests(getting parts dips) with the acros. Never anything else

 

[Goaway]

Of the handful I know of, customer service wasn't the problem(never heard of issues there). But no company is much help if your catches something.
And I will add, only heard of pests(getting parts dips) with the acros. Never anything else

Yuh, that's the bad thing about acropora. You can get all kinds of bugs from a friend if they don't know they got em.

Anytime you get coral from anyone, you are risking adding something unwanted to the tank. So, a lot of the more serious keepers have quarantine set up for any new coral.

It's something you have to ask yourself "$$$ for a quarantine setup, or risk $$$$ of livestock on adding new frags."

All these sale's vendors have some issues. One I wont name as I have no proof, only word of mouth on here, has shipped people dead coral.

Best to buy or trade with those you are most comfortable with.

 

[Reefering1]

Yuh, that's the bad thing about acropora. You can get all kinds of bugs from a friend if they don't know they got em.

Anytime you get coral from anyone, you are risking adding something unwanted to the tank. So, a lot of the more serious keepers have quarantine set up for any new coral.

It's something you have to ask yourself "$$$ for a quarantine setup, or risk $$$$ of livestock on adding new frags."

All these sale's vendors have some issues. One I wont name as I have no proof, only word of mouth on here, has shipped people dead coral.

Best to buy or trade with those you are most comfortable with.

Agreed! But at the same time, some places have such a great reputation that nobody feels comfortable accusing them, even when all the corals came from same place. But you are right. Lengthy quarantine is the only way to be sure.

 

[danieyella]

Took half a week but finally got my alk up where I want it, now I just need to monitor and figure out daily consumption so I can set it up on the doser.

 

[danieyella]

 

[danieyella]

Day 2 of dosing the exact same amount for alk. If I go 4 days of the same I'll trust it enough to put it on a doser.

Delivery today of sunday's winnings plus the orange Goni from the week before.

Dusky is still hiding, but moved.

Saw one of my 2 urchins for the first time in 2 months. It has easily quadrupled in size! (That sounds insane, but it was tiny)

New eye Dr sorted out after last months fiasco with the old one... Really, the entire year I was seeing them was chaos. The good news, she wants to keep me on my Rx drop and refilled that prescription for me, my eye pressure has dropped tremendously, and there's presently NO damage to my left eye from my dry eye - and only a very tiny patch on my right. The plugs are both still in place and are helping for sure. The bad news, I have to be on another Rx drop for 6 weeks. At least it's only 6 weeks.

We're going through at restructure at work, so my next couple days are sitting on an interview panel to help sort out our junior leaders into new roles. I'm going to be so sore from sitting so long.

 

[danieyella]

Thursday and Friday were exhausting. I'm looking forward to throwing truck with my team today - sounds less tiring than sitting on interview panels. Monday-Tuesday back to interviews, potentially Wednesday as well.

Tanks doing well.... I think. Newest coral order in peninsula, I am going to try to take some time tomorrow to secure things.

 

[danieyella]

We're not going to be able to have people over because it stresses the dusky too much - he's still hiding from last weekend :rolleyes:

Subluxated my wrist plucking hair algae from the toadfish tank this morning. Break time as a result...

About to test the alk in the peninsula again, if it's trending where the past couple days have been I'll set it up on doser this afternoon so I can stop manually dosing.

About to wake the husband up and try to get him functional so we can go to breakfast later. There's a crepe place local that has some amazing looking stuffed french toast I want....

 

[Reefering1]

 

[danieyella]

I am also in possession of 1 very happy seal