Indo Export Update

User1 · Jan 20, 2020

BrandonS said:
your reef aquarium on cirby way I believe. I didn't know about till I moved away. he always does a big booth at the coral farmers markets though.

Ok, that is the one I was thinking of. For some reason, no idea why, I mix up their name. Thanks for clarifying. I thought maybe there was a new one that opened recently.

BrandonS · Jan 20, 2020

didn't know about the one in granite bay. I know of this one on cirby and marinedepot in citrus heights. I only make it to that area once a year these days. Wish I had been into the hobby back then. Now I don't have a LFS within a 40 minute drive.

BrandonS · Jan 20, 2020

Anyone seen any pictures of stuff other than acros coming in?

twiatr2001 · Jan 20, 2020

I will hopefully see stuff coming In this week, ill try to grab some pictures, well see what comes in

Daniel@R2R · Jan 21, 2020

Good info! Thanks Dr. Mac!

twiatr2001 · Jan 24, 2020

Shipment didn't come in this week, should be next week for sure.

MERKEY · Jan 24, 2020

twiatr2001 said:
Shipment didn't come in this week, should be next week for sure.

Got any teasers on what you ordered?

twiatr2001 · Jan 24, 2020

So my good friend is the owner of the LFS, and the wholesaler has a list of stuff that is coming in, the way it works is you order what you want and when it comes in it gets shipped to you, it might not always be what you want so the longer you wait the better odds are that you get something really nice, definitely torches and some acros, that I know for sure, I do know its about a 40% increase in cost to the order from prior shipments, before the ban, so whatever they were paying per head is about 40% more now, big increase, but I think it still might be lower than what's being posted online. Well just have to wait and see.

MERKEY · Jan 24, 2020

twiatr2001 said:
So my good friend is the owner of the LFS, and the wholesaler has a list of stuff that is coming in, the way it works is you order what you want and when it comes in it gets shipped to you, it might not always be what you want so the longer you wait the better odds are that you get something really nice, definitely torches and some acros, that I know for sure, I do know its about a 40% increase in cost to the order from prior shipments, before the ban, so whatever they were paying per head is about 40% more now, big increase, but I think it still might be lower than what's being posted online. Well just have to wait and see.

That's cool!

I noticed stores in the Seattle area have bumped their prices a bit lately. I'm thinking that's not going to come down and they are getting people ready to pay more now so when they do land the prices dont seem like a difference.

CoralWealth · Jan 28, 2020

anything new?

hotdrop · Jan 28, 2020

MERKEY said:
That's cool!

I noticed stores in the Seattle area have bumped their prices a bit lately. I'm thinking that's not going to come down and they are getting people ready to pay more now so when they do land the prices dont seem like a difference.

That’s probably just barrier their prices are sky high and selection is ok. They are used to being top dog but I think the competition is finally putting pressure on em. If you hit up the coral show last weekend the prices were super reasonable from the smaller vendors. No one was really at the barrier booth

MERKEY · Jan 28, 2020

hotdrop said:
That’s probably just barrier their prices are sky high and selection is ok. They are used to being top dog but I think the competition is finally putting pressure on em. If you hit up the coral show last weekend the prices were super reasonable from the smaller vendors. No one was really at the barrier booth

I was there and did notice that, I grabbed some nice things for a really decent price!

I'll be going the "BIG" one in April, that should be really nice!!

What other shops do you go to?

hotdrop · Jan 28, 2020

MERKEY said:
I was there and did notice that, I grabbed some nice things for a really decent price!

I'll be going the "BIG" one in April, that should be really nice!!

What other shops do you go to?

Honestly I try to buy from hobbyists I trust that way I get much cleaner stuff and better prices. If the coral is big and growing then chances are the tanks aren’t full of pests that eat them. For a lfs Saltwater city prices much better and they try to do a good job with fish and coral qt but with the volume going through a lfs it’s hard not to miss something and pass on pests. I haven’t really bought much Coral from them but I did get some fish and inverts

MERKEY · Jan 28, 2020

hotdrop said:
Honestly I try to buy from hobbyists I trust that way I get much cleaner stuff and better prices. If the coral is big and growing then chances are the tanks aren’t full of pests that eat them. For a lfs Saltwater city prices much better and they try to do a good job with fish and coral qt but with the volume going through a lfs it’s hard not to miss something and pass on pests. I haven’t really bought much Coral from them but I did get some fish and inverts

This is so true!!

A_CoupleClowns · Feb 10, 2020

Dr. Dendrostein said:
Here's list of what may be imported,from Indonesia. Importer mentioned CITES permits limited, and no guarantee you will get it. Till inventory increases and more permits, are obtained.

2 week wait, also

I hope acanthophyllia and blastomussa make it onto the list sometime in the not so distant future.

MERKEY · Feb 10, 2020

A_CoupleClowns said:
I hope acanthophyllia and blastomussa make it onto the list sometime in the not so distant future.

Just got my indo acanthophyllia...they are back all over the place

And if it's not an indo then calikid coral has some explaining to do HAHAHAH 2 different lighting scenes

Got a red blasto morph also but I have to snap a pic tonight, just added it.

CoralWealth · Feb 10, 2020

If anyone knows how I can buy a box of indo SPS, please let me know.

MERKEY · Feb 10, 2020

A_CoupleClowns said:
I hope acanthophyllia and blastomussa make it onto the list sometime in the not so distant future.

TSA has some nice ones for around 600-2000 and they have a %10 discount going right now.

A_CoupleClowns · Feb 10, 2020

Wow MERKEY that acantho has some DEEP purples I didn’t see in the previous photos, that thing is amazing!!! Woooooo!!!!

I’m hoping for acantho availability to increase by quite a bit. Not enough available for selection!

@PacificEastAquaculture Dr Mac do you forsee acanthophyllia availability increasing at all in the near future?

MERKEY · Feb 10, 2020

A_CoupleClowns said:
Wow MERKEY that acantho has some DEEP purples I didn’t see in the previous photos, that thing is amazing!!! Woooooo!!!!

I’m hoping for acantho availability to increase by quite a bit. Not enough available for selection!

@PacificEastAquaculture Dr Mac do you forsee acanthophyllia availability increasing at all in the near future?

I know what you're talking about. This was the only blue purple gold one I have seen.

Reds and aqua/blues and greens/yellows are available pretty solid now.

I'm sure they will become more available unfortunately the really pretty ones that are now available with multiple colors are upwards 2k.

Some of the rainbow ones are just insane!!