Wanna see the faces behind TSA?!?!

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Let's start the day with Raul a.k.a. The Photographer. Raul is responsible for most of our website coral pictures and uploading products to our site. He has been in the hobby for over 15 years and says he remembers getting in to it simply by walking in to an aquarium store and falling in love with the fish and corals. His favorite coral is the Cherry Bomb acro and has a beautiful SPS dominant tank at home.

 

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Next up we have "The Designer". Steve is responsible for our graphic design work and most of our videos. Steve has been in the hobby for around three years. He started in freshwater. One day he accidentally walked in to a saltwater store and was hooked instantly! His favorite coral is the TSA Rainbow Fusion.

 

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Next up we have "The Online Boss". Steven another one of our great owners. Steven manages the day to day for our online department and plans out all of our big live sales! Steven has been in the aquarium hobby for over 14 years and his favorite corals are blastos. When asked how he got in to the saltwater hobby he says he can remember his neighbor giving him his first aquarium and from that moment on he was hooked! His passion for the hobby is what led him to wanting to create a career out of his hobby.

I would HOPE he is one of the owners with the store check book open in front of him, LOL!!! ;Hilarious

 

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I would HOPE he is one of the owners with the store check book open in front of him, LOL!!! ;Hilarious

Gotta pay those bills! lol

 

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Gotta pay those bills! lol

LOL!!! Little did I know that I meet 2 of the owners when I was down there a few years ago. I love to ACTUALLY see the owners in the store and farm working. It means they care about the frags they are producing.

 

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LOL!!! Little did I know that I meet 2 of the owners when I was down there a few years ago. I love to ACTUALLY see the owners in the store and farm working. It means they care about the frags they are producing.

All three of them work side by side with the staff every day

 

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Today we start out with Dave a.k.a. the Operations Specialist. Dave is one of the longest standing members of the TSA staff and is part of the online team. Dave is responsible for overseeing the coral distribution including pulling, packing, ensuring the frags are healthy when they go out and being our point of contact with out shipping carrier. Dave maintains the online processes and facility operations. Dave has been in the hobby for over 25 years and his favorite coral is the TSA Rainbow Sherbet which is a piece he named. Dave was inspired to get in to the hobby at a young age after he visited Marineland in St. Augustine regularly.

 

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Next up we have "The Media Master" better know as Ernesto. If you have seen on of our social media posts or talked to us on any social media platform chances are you are talking to him or seeing his posts. Ernesto has been in the hobby for over ten years and started out with a simple bio cube and a clown fish. After his uncle bought him the tank he dove in head first and never looked back. His favorite thing in the hobby are Colorado Sunburst anemones, but really any of the higher end nems he loves.

 

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Which one of you is doing the thread?

 

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Which one of you is doing the thread?

Most of the time it is Ernesto on the thread

 

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Hey Hey I am here too!
-Steven