First Indonesian Corals hit Seattle area on Jan 31

[OlderManSea]

Watched unboxing of Indonesian corals at Shark Reef last night (and took a few home) as did a number of others who were waiting for the shipment to arrive. The corals all looked extremely healthy, I didn't notice any critters falling off any of mine while dipping and everything opened up immediately in my tanks; my sister reports similar for some she bought at Barrier Reef last night. Eric at Shark Reef imports for himself and does boxes for a few other Seattle area stores. Barrier Reef got some cool stuff from this shipment as well - I notified my sister who lives close by who sent some shots. Barrier had an enormous red meat coral that she said got sold almost immediately. She said the place was hopping with the new corals. Here are a few shots of things this morning at Shark Reef. A couple of additional corals went home with me this morning. There were lots more things. Last night at unboxing there were quite a few large Acro colonies, many of those were gone this morning.

 

[cflores]

nice! wondering when the online retailers will have some

 

[OlderManSea]

nice! wondering when the online retailers will have some

Hard to say. 12 boxes were received in this shipment. I believe another order is already being processed, a CITES certificate was requested today, that is the limiting step since relatively few are being allowed.

The pieces were all of very nice quality. I purchased 5 and they are acting as if they have been in the tank for years. The Shark Reef has dealt with the seller for about 20 years I believe. I have gotten some magnificent specimens prior to the close. Looks like quality hasn’t suffered during the hiatus.