Who's bringing in wild colonies still?

Shaddow_wolf169 · Mar 29, 2018

thetedinator said:
As far as I know, WS is not closed. They posted on their FB account in mid-March an update that corals are allowed to ship from Fiji.

Walt Smith FB Page

They closed in November December last year I'll check with my trans shipper to see if its back on.

VR28man · Mar 29, 2018

Thanks for this thread. Even though I’m not in the market now, later I do hope to buy colonies

2Wheelsonly · Mar 30, 2018

I wont touch wild colonies until I have a top notch QT system that can house corals for 3+ months. 0.0 chance a wild would go into my display without it!

jda · Mar 30, 2018

Fiji is back open, but it takes them a while to ramp back up. I would expect to see rock and corals soon.

These colonies can come with pests and stuff. They definitely need their own tank and special care. Sure, you can dip the heck out of them, but you will lose some. I usually just put them shallow under some MH until I see some new growth, then take a few backup frags from the bottom and sides and then dip them. Patience and special care is the key to max survival.

gig 'em · Mar 30, 2018

Unique Corals does. A lot of wholesalers do, so just request your LFS to order from their supplier.

mic209 · Mar 30, 2018

Two Guys Corals always has a ton of new wild colonies. They’re worth checking out if you’re ever in Southern California. I go there and drool over the colonies, but can only afford frags, lol.

BantyRooster97 · Mar 31, 2018

I really like growing my acros out from frags, but dang wish I knew about this Livestock USA before I got my tank totally full. I would have totally purchase or split one of those premium acro boxes!

mic209 · Mar 31, 2018

Aqua SD is also a good place for colonies. Check out their weekly updates here on R2R.

jda · Mar 31, 2018

If you do Divers Den, Unique, Aqua SD or the like, then they value is in the brown colonies. You better believe that they stripped the gems away already and what they are selling you are either common and good (assuie shortcakes are everywhere, but awesome) or just OK. The brown ones are huge gambles, but they might hide a beauty.

Neil Fox · Mar 31, 2018

BantyRooster97 said:
I really like growing my acros out from frags, but dang wish I knew about this Livestock USA before I got my tank totally full. I would have totally purchase or split one of those premium acro boxes!

A couple friends and myself split a box a couple years ago. I had a couple die off but I dipped them in Bayer and QT'd them. Sadly I had a power outage last month and now some of my corals are struggling. I had seven colonies to begin with. They were bigger than they looked in the bags. Nicely packaged and still had that nice ocean smell.