racefan Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 what ever it takes. the wife looooooooves rics. Keep her happy & it makes it sooo much easier to spend on what YOU want(laugh) least that's how it works in the racefan house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culp686 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 yep, make sure she has everything she wants. makes it a heck of a lot easier to get what i want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: Guaging interest in a group buy alright so it seems like there is enough of us.....so should we do it? Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 What are we going to do????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: Guaging interest in a group buy a group buy on ric's, i am thinking same kinda theory as the zoa one going on.....but this will be much faster as we can frag them....so everyone would toss in $10 and get 10 or more ric's out of it be the end Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 If you are gonna pay more than 9 shipped send me a pm. I always have about 50-70 available and some "names" too Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 We really should figure out how many people we have and get a total. Then go to a LFS (Someone said Tim would help on this ) We can see what ones they can get for us before we look some where else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmanmike01 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 How many people are in on this? If there's enough I am intrested in going in on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Yea I would be interested in going in on this too...PM me if its still going on someone, as I will likely forget to check this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I may be interested, too. Keep us posted on the details. Supporting Westside, Grassi, or another local would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: Guaging interest in a group buy i have no problem supporting an lfs as long as the prices are competitive.....which so far they havent been.....not even close. Grassi has the most competitive prices thus far. so my choice would be grassi.....but i guess we can put that up for a vote. the reason i was thinking coralmorph is because i did a test order when this thrtead first started and received 16 rics for $128 shipped, and the packaging job was very impressive....i will post pics from when they arrived Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: Guaging interest in a group buy unlike the zoa version i am thinking everyone involved will get one ric to start and hopefully we can get someone to show us how to frag them....not to mention any names, grassi, but maybe we can find someone experienced...cough,cough....grassi Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Well I think you guys should first contact a LFS and see if they can help you and I'm sure they will. They do this for living and we need to support our local community. We have seen too many of them closing recently. If they are not interested or really far from being competitive, then is better to buy from me than from a remote online seller, I agree. As for prices, we have to remember that we can't compare store prices with our "kitchen table fraggers" prices. Stores need to pay rent, light, taxes and so on. In my opinion, even $15-18 from a local store is a good price. Sure Joe the diver from Florida can do better. Propagating ricordea florida takes time, collecting them from the reef is faster. As for the fragging, they are mushrooms. From what I learned, you can cut them through the mouth and they can live or die (not often). You can also cut them without a piece of mouth, and they can live or die (more often). It is simple. The problem of ricordea is not how to frag them, but the healing procedure. To have a high success rate and to avoid to put your other corals in danger, you need a way to keep them away from being catch by other hungry corals, lost in the tank and infecting your water with muchus. That's why we had to setup a special tank to grow out our ricordia. If you ask me how to frag ricordia, I will just tell you what you already know. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Re: Guaging interest in a group buy quotes i haven received from lfs's range from $20 to $30 each....and the $20 was if we bought 30 or more Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytshall Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 interested I'm interested are we going to be able to get some of these really cool multi colored ones. I have the common blue, green, orange but want the crazy looking ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I was think more along the line of trying to get 20 to go in at @40 perperson this would get us 800 in the pot... The we buy in qty of 5 to split them into 1/4 and evrey one will get one. So everyone would get a frag from the start? This sounds better than having to wait to frag multiple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm interested are we going to be able to get some of these really cool multi colored ones. I have the common blue' date=' green, orange but want the crazy looking ones.[/quote'] As we have seen for other species, also the Florida started having "names" and this will probably be the trend. Usually with the "packages" you get the common green, orange and blue. The most beautiful ones, the pink, rusty and the white, goes under WYSIWYG prices and they end up costing 200-300% more than a common one. Another thing to say is that all the florida I have seen on sale online where from pictures taken under very blue light, probably photoshopped. Or maybe they started producing blue eggcrate (whistle). Also the morphing factor of this family is huge, and they look completely different even in different zones of the same tank. Sometimes the size makes a difference too, because the "skirt" could take some time to develop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanta-Sea Man Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 We here at Saltwater Fantaseas Just received 60 Orange, Blue and Ultra Green Ricordias. Come check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckie Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Fanta How much are you charging? Are you thinking you could support a group by? Beckie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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