I am a admitted newbie to the saltwater hobby. Freshwater for many years. This forum is a great place to share amazing things that happen in front of our eyes with fellow members. They are our own individual worlds created perfectly in our own eyes. There are many fabulous vendors that share in our love for this hobby. These are the ones i look to when it comes time to add something or that OMG i gotta have piece. These are the people we trust to provide us with healthy pieces that we will stare at after a long day of work, or just before the lights go out for the night.
My tank is 11 months old, and i learn something almost daily. To the people i ask frequently, i thank u for your patience as i'm sure your rolling your eyes when I call or email you...On this forum u have vendors that specialize in id say high end pieces. The stuff we all would love to have and hope to someday add, piece by piece. I started talking to Mike at Sexy corals. Seemed to be a great guy, texted each other till late hours (at least for me being on the east coast). I put together a box which i think started at 800 dollars.. Well over the next few months that box got real close to 3 thousand dollars.. Pieces i loved, so sure, he didn't mind i was paying as we went along. Which i do appreciate. Saw that as a cool thing he did for me, which allowed me to really get the one box i wanted. So i thought. I even bumped up his posts to keep them on the front page.. "Do me a favor" he'd say. So, long story short.. Mike sent my box, i still owed him 425 dollars. A great gesture I thought. Cant wait for that box.
I received that Sexy box. All 8 pieces there. One not glued to anything, in a bag lose. All bags were cold.. Real cold. My box was packed with no hand warmer. I got them home and in water 2 hrs after receiving them. (had them sent to work). I had skeleton showing on 2 pieces, some had perfect edges, looked freshly cut. A few pieces looked fine, and still are a week later. But i have worries for some. JF Tangerine dreams and Crazy Fox are both receded badly now. One was showing skeleton when i received it and the other appeared to be ok. Bags we not marked or labeled so i don't know which is which. The pink ******* appears to be a fresh cut- looks ok so far. The weirdo was the lose piece, it also is ok. the Independence is a great looking healed piece. The 2 pieces of Dynamite.. Both are 2 eye frags. one is small but healed. No rim yet, but i love the colors. I hope it makes it. The second is a blue and red streaked piece. Showing skeleton when it arrived, and even visible in the wysiwyg pic i got a week before shipping. Hasn't settled in yet.. I am hopeful. (funny thing i learned today. Was told i gotta wait to see the rim color to see if its really Dynamite. Not sure if this is true, but from the source, i'd trust it) The final piece is the Sexy Criminal. Again id say its fresh, it is argued that it was cut months ago and is a slow grower. I dont know, but the edges are pure white and pretty straight. This piece is big, and i hope it gets it colors back.
Look, after texting Mike on the delivery day, we were quiet for days. I texted him to start conversation.. I felt i was owed something.. He had an answer for everything, and i got, we're good, don't worry about the money. Mike 3 months or so we chatted. I trusted u. Stuff happens, we all know this. I don't know how many people drop that kinda money on your stuff. But sadly i was not impressed a week ago, and cross my fingers that this stuff makes it as i sit here and write this. It was after all what i wanted, but unfortunately my box was not so sexy..
My tank is 11 months old, and i learn something almost daily. To the people i ask frequently, i thank u for your patience as i'm sure your rolling your eyes when I call or email you...On this forum u have vendors that specialize in id say high end pieces. The stuff we all would love to have and hope to someday add, piece by piece. I started talking to Mike at Sexy corals. Seemed to be a great guy, texted each other till late hours (at least for me being on the east coast). I put together a box which i think started at 800 dollars.. Well over the next few months that box got real close to 3 thousand dollars.. Pieces i loved, so sure, he didn't mind i was paying as we went along. Which i do appreciate. Saw that as a cool thing he did for me, which allowed me to really get the one box i wanted. So i thought. I even bumped up his posts to keep them on the front page.. "Do me a favor" he'd say. So, long story short.. Mike sent my box, i still owed him 425 dollars. A great gesture I thought. Cant wait for that box.
I received that Sexy box. All 8 pieces there. One not glued to anything, in a bag lose. All bags were cold.. Real cold. My box was packed with no hand warmer. I got them home and in water 2 hrs after receiving them. (had them sent to work). I had skeleton showing on 2 pieces, some had perfect edges, looked freshly cut. A few pieces looked fine, and still are a week later. But i have worries for some. JF Tangerine dreams and Crazy Fox are both receded badly now. One was showing skeleton when i received it and the other appeared to be ok. Bags we not marked or labeled so i don't know which is which. The pink ******* appears to be a fresh cut- looks ok so far. The weirdo was the lose piece, it also is ok. the Independence is a great looking healed piece. The 2 pieces of Dynamite.. Both are 2 eye frags. one is small but healed. No rim yet, but i love the colors. I hope it makes it. The second is a blue and red streaked piece. Showing skeleton when it arrived, and even visible in the wysiwyg pic i got a week before shipping. Hasn't settled in yet.. I am hopeful. (funny thing i learned today. Was told i gotta wait to see the rim color to see if its really Dynamite. Not sure if this is true, but from the source, i'd trust it) The final piece is the Sexy Criminal. Again id say its fresh, it is argued that it was cut months ago and is a slow grower. I dont know, but the edges are pure white and pretty straight. This piece is big, and i hope it gets it colors back.
Look, after texting Mike on the delivery day, we were quiet for days. I texted him to start conversation.. I felt i was owed something.. He had an answer for everything, and i got, we're good, don't worry about the money. Mike 3 months or so we chatted. I trusted u. Stuff happens, we all know this. I don't know how many people drop that kinda money on your stuff. But sadly i was not impressed a week ago, and cross my fingers that this stuff makes it as i sit here and write this. It was after all what i wanted, but unfortunately my box was not so sexy..
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