Emerald525
05-25-2011, 09:15 PM
High End Zoa Addicts or HEZA!(rock2)(rock2)
I'm working on the final list of zoas now we need growas!Who wants to be a grower(clap)(clap)?!!
Interested in being a grower:
Emerald525
Pantherguy
Rgrcrain (cheaper ones)
JR
Topher
Spye
Reefnjunkie
Backup grower:
Impur
We will vote on the growers and back up growers as a group!
Being a grower can be fun. You get the pleasure of having these rare nobody else has zoas in your tank to enjoy.(clap)
It can be fun and rewarding and a great learning experience to be a grower. I know I have learned a great deal about caring for zoas being a grower.
Grower Ground Rules: (subject to everyone's approval)
Growers will be provided with frag plugs, glue, and furan2. This will be part of the final cost factored in.
For taking on the responsibility of growing, growers will get priority when zoas are fragged and distributed.
Remember you will at some point need to make 11 frags so make sure you have the space in your tank.
Ground rules:
Possession is NOT 9/10 of the rule. Just because the frag is in your tank it is NOT yours to do with as you please. It belongs to the entire group and the group has put their trust in you.
Welcome to the frequently rewarding but also frustrating world of propagation.
Zoas do melt. Zoas do die. High end zoas love to do this and laugh at you as they shrivel away into oblivion for no apparent reason!DOH! This has happened to the best of us!
Noone will hold this against you. I repeat noone will hold this against you. I repeat Reefnjunkie will NOT hold this against you(laugh)
Growers are NOT responsible for replacing zoas that have melted unless, it is deemed by a majority that the death of the zoas was because of blatant disregard for the group and obvious neglect. In this case instead of breaking bones as Reefnjunkie suggested, you will be required to replace the cost of the lost zoas, replace them with an equivalently priced zoa, or forfeit some of the equivalently priced zoas from the group which will then be sold off to recoup the loss.
Please also realize some of these zoas are slow growers so it could be a long time before you get them.
Again if you follow the simple rules of common courtesy and common sense everything will be great.
If they are not doing well just let us know. Often it seems that leaving them where they are is the best course of action as the stress of a move and new tank and lightning parameters can do them in.
This is not a marriage contract.This is not a blood oath. We will not have any ceremony that involves sharp objects or semiautomatic weapons (sorry Reefnjunkie) I understand life gets busy. Things change and you just do not have the time anymore. Just let me know and we can find someone else to take over the growing.
Please also let us know if you will be out of town for an extended period of time, a relative died, the dog ate your frag tools or any other reason that your tank may get neglected. It's just common courtesy to let us know because as I said before:
Possession is NOT 9/10 of the law and just because the zoas are in your frag tank they are NOT yours.
Grower responsibilities:
When frags arrive you need to make arrangements with me to pick up your zoas.
If you cannot pick them up that day, I will hold them for a week to settle in.
Once we as a group decide on growers we will then decide who gets to grow what.
You need to post up pictures and/or polyp counts at the first of the month. I will allow a one week window as I realize people get busy.
If you fail to post up pictures I will hound you relentlessly.(wife)(wife)
If you still fail to post up pictures or polyp counts, I will eventually grow weary of hounding you and politely ask you to pass off your zoas to another grower.
If you still repeatedly fail to answer pms for weeks and months at a time and then suddenly everything you are growing shows up dead as stated before , the group as a whole will decide and you may either be required to replace the loss or your zoas in the growout or your zoas may be sold to recoup the loss. Life happens we get busy but email, text or pms take a few minutes.
You do not need to be comfortable fragging. Beth will gladly offer her services and I'm sure others will as well.
Please also know that bad things can happen when a coral is fragged and sometimes they do melt and die particularly if someone decides to go nuts with an inland band saw!(laugh)
Again this is meant to be fun and exciting way to get hard to find zoas and learn a lot about propagation!(clap)
We all have lives beyond this fish forum (well most of us anyway (laugh)) and things happen and life happens. I realize this and it is perfectly okay to say hey I'm busy or I don't have any room in my tank, someone help me please!
Again these ground rules and responsibilities are not set in stone and subject to the group as a whole!Hopefully I did not scare anyone away who wants to try to be a grower!(scary)
This is Emerald525 and I approve this message!:p
HEZA!!!!(clap)(clap)(clap)(rock2)(rock2)
I'm working on the final list of zoas now we need growas!Who wants to be a grower(clap)(clap)?!!
Interested in being a grower:
Emerald525
Pantherguy
Rgrcrain (cheaper ones)
JR
Topher
Spye
Reefnjunkie
Backup grower:
Impur
We will vote on the growers and back up growers as a group!
Being a grower can be fun. You get the pleasure of having these rare nobody else has zoas in your tank to enjoy.(clap)
It can be fun and rewarding and a great learning experience to be a grower. I know I have learned a great deal about caring for zoas being a grower.
Grower Ground Rules: (subject to everyone's approval)
Growers will be provided with frag plugs, glue, and furan2. This will be part of the final cost factored in.
For taking on the responsibility of growing, growers will get priority when zoas are fragged and distributed.
Remember you will at some point need to make 11 frags so make sure you have the space in your tank.
Ground rules:
Possession is NOT 9/10 of the rule. Just because the frag is in your tank it is NOT yours to do with as you please. It belongs to the entire group and the group has put their trust in you.
Welcome to the frequently rewarding but also frustrating world of propagation.
Zoas do melt. Zoas do die. High end zoas love to do this and laugh at you as they shrivel away into oblivion for no apparent reason!DOH! This has happened to the best of us!
Noone will hold this against you. I repeat noone will hold this against you. I repeat Reefnjunkie will NOT hold this against you(laugh)
Growers are NOT responsible for replacing zoas that have melted unless, it is deemed by a majority that the death of the zoas was because of blatant disregard for the group and obvious neglect. In this case instead of breaking bones as Reefnjunkie suggested, you will be required to replace the cost of the lost zoas, replace them with an equivalently priced zoa, or forfeit some of the equivalently priced zoas from the group which will then be sold off to recoup the loss.
Please also realize some of these zoas are slow growers so it could be a long time before you get them.
Again if you follow the simple rules of common courtesy and common sense everything will be great.
If they are not doing well just let us know. Often it seems that leaving them where they are is the best course of action as the stress of a move and new tank and lightning parameters can do them in.
This is not a marriage contract.This is not a blood oath. We will not have any ceremony that involves sharp objects or semiautomatic weapons (sorry Reefnjunkie) I understand life gets busy. Things change and you just do not have the time anymore. Just let me know and we can find someone else to take over the growing.
Please also let us know if you will be out of town for an extended period of time, a relative died, the dog ate your frag tools or any other reason that your tank may get neglected. It's just common courtesy to let us know because as I said before:
Possession is NOT 9/10 of the law and just because the zoas are in your frag tank they are NOT yours.
Grower responsibilities:
When frags arrive you need to make arrangements with me to pick up your zoas.
If you cannot pick them up that day, I will hold them for a week to settle in.
Once we as a group decide on growers we will then decide who gets to grow what.
You need to post up pictures and/or polyp counts at the first of the month. I will allow a one week window as I realize people get busy.
If you fail to post up pictures I will hound you relentlessly.(wife)(wife)
If you still fail to post up pictures or polyp counts, I will eventually grow weary of hounding you and politely ask you to pass off your zoas to another grower.
If you still repeatedly fail to answer pms for weeks and months at a time and then suddenly everything you are growing shows up dead as stated before , the group as a whole will decide and you may either be required to replace the loss or your zoas in the growout or your zoas may be sold to recoup the loss. Life happens we get busy but email, text or pms take a few minutes.
You do not need to be comfortable fragging. Beth will gladly offer her services and I'm sure others will as well.
Please also know that bad things can happen when a coral is fragged and sometimes they do melt and die particularly if someone decides to go nuts with an inland band saw!(laugh)
Again this is meant to be fun and exciting way to get hard to find zoas and learn a lot about propagation!(clap)
We all have lives beyond this fish forum (well most of us anyway (laugh)) and things happen and life happens. I realize this and it is perfectly okay to say hey I'm busy or I don't have any room in my tank, someone help me please!
Again these ground rules and responsibilities are not set in stone and subject to the group as a whole!Hopefully I did not scare anyone away who wants to try to be a grower!(scary)
This is Emerald525 and I approve this message!:p
HEZA!!!!(clap)(clap)(clap)(rock2)(rock2)