Rich man's hobby, I don't think so......

[Dr. Dendrostein]

They say our hobby is a rich man's hobby, I don't think so. Here's a tip of the day or the week. Do what I do. Next time you're at a reef shop drooling over that Coral. Get together with 14 of your friends and fork out a hundred bucks each and buy that Coral. Take turns sharing it, one friend one month then the next friend next month. At least you can say you have a $1400 coral that you got for a hundred bucks. And don't be afraid to ask a reef shop, "can you do layaway." I do. Brought to you from Dr. Dendrostein.

Tip of the month

 

[Alaeriel]

That assumes that A) I have 14 friends, and B) they're all interested in reefing :P

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

That assumes that A) I have 14 friends, and B) they're all interested in reefing :p

Now if you can sell ice cubes to Eskimos you can make reef friends from anybody. Tell them you're investing in a coral farm. You guys are going to invest millions and make hundreds. What a business plan

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I just thought of a better idea

If you ever go into that Reef shop and you see the tank of your dreams. Only $10,000, get together with 10 of your buddies and each one put out $2,000. What a steal, now you have a $10,000 tank only for $2,000. Then every 6 months the first buddy gets to enjoy it then the next 6 months your second buddy gets to enjoy it and so on and so on. Food for thought

You notice how I said $2,000 each, the math doesn't add up. Because the other $10,000 is your finders fee.

What a friend, right?

 

[TriggerFinger]

Can I be added to your friends list that does these group buys and shares awesome coral? ;Smuggrin

 

[KrisReef]

I just thought of a better idea

If you ever go into that Reef shop and you see the tank of your dreams. Only $10,000, get together with 10 of your buddies and each one put out $2,000. What a steal, now you have a $10,000 tank only for $2,000. Then every 6 months the first buddy gets to enjoy it then the next 6 months your second buddy gets to enjoy it and so on and so on. Food for thought

You notice how I said $2,000 each, the math doesn't add up. Because the other $10,000 is your finders fee.

What a friend, right?

You've been selling coral way to long?
ANd you are killing me with laughter. Thanks Dr! :)
Kris

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

God willing, if I ever get my booth at Reefapalooza, I'm going to have the comedy minute . Besides showing off my Dendronephthya, hey, get your mind outta the gutter....
We're going to enjoy a little comedy.
Being on this website for many years, 3 years to be exact I got material for years to come....

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

You've been selling coral way to long?
ANd you are killing me with laughter. Thanks Dr! :)
Kris

They say laughter is great medicine, right? Take it from me I'm a doctor. Not a real doctor of course

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I remember one time we were asked you must be a reefer if.......

And one answer I believe was
"If you use a car radiator as a chiller....."

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Here you go guys I found this or brought to my attention just now should I say

Who's with me? we'll all chip in, six of us, thousand bucks each. what a deal $6,000 coral for a thousand bucks. Who's with me?

 

[Alaeriel]

Here you go guys I found this or brought to my attention just now should I say

Who's with me? we'll all chip in, six of us, thousand bucks each. what a deal $6,000 coral for a thousand bucks. Who's with me?

Sure! Let me just file these advanced divorce proceedings first... I'm in unless my husband murders me first XD

My heart says yes, my tank, wallet, and experience says stick to the $10 frag bin.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Skimmate, what's the deal with that?

On a forum, I won't name names. We were asked what skimmate remind us of?

Someone said, it reminds them of their better half in the morning when they breathe on them. That's what skimmate reminds them of.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Oh yeah, this one,
You're a reefer if......


You talk to your tank only and no one else.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

That's it I'm exhausted, you guys are tough crowd. But we love you. And remember try to treat others as you like to be treated. And hopefully we didn't offend anybody. if we did we're sorry.


The doctor has left the building ......

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Sure! Let me just file these advanced divorce proceedings first... I'm in unless my husband murders me first XD

My heart says yes, my tank, wallet, and experience says stick to the $10 frag bin.

You're killing me, you're killing me, just shoot me and get it over with......

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Okay encore, that's it I got to get out of the building

There's a Russian proverb that says, if you laugh by yourself, your probably an idiot.

I remember the proverb, if you laugh by yourself in a crowd, you're probably an idiot.

So if I make it to Reefapalooza, no matter if the joke is dumb, no matter if the joke doesn't make sense, please laugh with that one person that's laughing. So they don't feel like an idiot.Thank you very much

 

[SaltyT]

Thanks, Doc! I needed a good laugh today :D

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

A timeshare for corals... haha. I can see it now, "I wanted the month of April! I even offered to pay more to select my month.... Ahhh December is the worst month to have this coral! how do I get out of this?"

I can see a lucrative subset of the reefing community materialize to arbitrate on behalf of the unhappy parties and sell off the time share for a fraction of the cost.

Then coral farmers see this as an opportunity to up their prices. A 1" frag that cost $75 skyrocketed over night to $2400. Justification being, a $200 price tag is an easy pill to swallow when divided amongst 12 investors.

I don't see a downside to this! We've expanded the industry to include coral arbitration. Coral farmers are making money hand over fist and now have the capitol to set up shops in Indonesia and Australia (They can cut out the middle men and increase profit). Finally the best thing of all, the hobby can be enjoyed by those with less expendable cash. It's a win/win all the way around...

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

A timeshare for corals... haha. I can see it now, "I wanted the month of April! I even offered to pay more to select my month.... Ahhh December is the worst month to have this coral! how do I get out of this?"

I can see a lucrative subset of the reefing community materialize to arbitrate on behalf of the unhappy parties and sell off the time share for a fraction of the cost.

Then coral farmers see this as an opportunity to up their prices. A 1" frag that cost $75 skyrocketed over night to $2400. Justification being, a $200 price tag is an easy pill to swallow when divided amongst 12 investors.

I don't see a downside to this! We've expanded the industry to include coral arbitration. Coral farmers are making money hand over fist and now have the capitol to set up shops in Indonesia and Australia (They can cut out the middle men and increase profit). Finally the best thing of all, the hobby can be enjoyed by those with less expendable cash. It's a win/win all the way around...

I'm not as dumb as I look, being a Latino/Jew. Grandparents(on mom's side) from mother Russia...... hahaha

 

[Dark_Knightt]

That assumes that A) I have 14 friends, and B) they're all interested in reefing :p

None of my friends like reefing. Acc, one of my friends' dad used to have a 100g reef till he got one coral, prolly iddnt dip it, and it killed everything. Shame it was about 7y ago