nwcoralfarm

Ha ha ha ha ha ha, I am laughing at you right now. How is that book treating you, good stuff huh!

It appears you have 2 types of birds nest, top pic I believe is a pink birds nest "depending on your lighting" The bottom pic I believe to be a cyphastrea. Hope this helps:)

Don't get rid of it. By the looks of the polyps and the fact it has a green center it is most certainly not aiptaisa. I am willing to be that this is the start of some nice green star polyps. Post a better photo and I will confirm it for you.

It looks like you have a lot of Iron in your water by the looks of that skimmer, do you run on a well?

I watched some REAL ones end on eBay the other night for around 180.00 for 1 polyp.

How much are you looking to get for them. I am definitely interested.

I could be completely out of line as I don't know you, but are you sure you want to drop an sps colony into a new tank? I have never found them to do good in anything new at all. Just my opinion and yes I may be interested. How long have they been used?

I would be interested in a piece of that too if you can spare it. I have some nice stuff to trade.

Anything in particular?

I think if you utilize a quick google search you find the difference between something that will work, and something that you will love for years. A nice primer, a good paint and a nice sealer will make it everything you want it to be. A spray paint in my opinion will require more work then anything, because you will end up sanding and painting over and over just to get an even coat. A stain is nice and easy but requires a nice even coat and a little bit of sanding. A brush will leave strokes and I don't have any experience with spray but I imagine that if you do it right will end in the best paint job. However either way you choose be sure to spend the time and do a nice sealer or lacquer and it will be fine.

If you still have the tank and stand/canopy combo I may be interested.

Not to upset anyone, and I can't stress that enough. What good would a forum like this be if we were not getting opinions from all sides. Let everyone share their opinion, let's face it if something like this is actually going to happen then these are all points that will need to be discussed at some point anyway. This is how great ideas are born. Steveweast may sound negative, and maybe he is, but he also raises good points and questions. Something like this is more then just a drop in the bucket and would be a lot of work by a lot of people. I for one think he has a very good point about just starting local and small. Maybe instead of a large (rent a building) type of deal, a smaller frag trade/swap/sale is i order just to get a feel for what it takes and who is interested and would also provide a great opportunity for some of the great minds here to get together and discuss in person the cons and pros of what they have seen so far and how they feel about it. Lowman, also has a good idea, and might really be worth looking into.

Yes all good points from everyone. I think that a good point to remember is that, while yes we are in an obvious economic slope, and yes it has made times harder for everyone. However there is still money out there being spent. A friend of mine races Hydro plane boats. I usually go with him to be his pit crew and just to hang out. I was surprised to see that they let anyone sign a waiver and take a boat out for a drive, in fact they strongly encourage it. They use this as a means to drum up business for their hobby and to get new people hooked. So my point being that this kind of an event is exactly what is needed, albeit it needs to be done right, it should still be done. Instead of sitting on the back burner and hoping that we make it through this, let's do something to bring in new people and show people what it is all about. I have been asked before "why do you pay so much for algae" while the person was staring down at my Tyree sunset Monti. JUst to make a simple point, this shows a real ignorance to what it is we love and do. In my closing argument, real simply, if there is money to made out there then we should do everything we can to get everyone we can involved in the hobby and I think a Symposium, exhibition, market, show, trade, convention, is an excellent way to do this.

I will give them a shout, thanks!

I didn't honestly think about it until after I started to type it, but it makes sense that I would think it is a good name.

Anyone have any of this. I have gotta get my hands on some. Cash, trades, first born, whatever, let me know.

I had always thought glue was glue was glue as far as super glues go, I have found out different. I like the gel glue found on bulkreefsupply, it works great and is affordable. However I haven't used a lot of different types.

Probably much crazier then we do here in Castle Rock. Although I have heard there is some fun to be had knocking over cows(clap)

Yeah well.......I would have funner games, just kidding.

How about Northwest Coral Farmers Convention. Throw the word convention in there and you get all kinds of peoples interest. I might benefit from that one though(laugh)

Ha ha, don't get me wrong, these are great ideas. I just fear that by the time your done the name will be 2 paragraphs long.

like a few others am not sure if I am ready to setup a booth and depending on cost, not sure if I could make it worth my while. On the other hand, I think it is a great idea. Things like this unfortunately take years before they are big enough and word has spread enough to attract a large crowd. I think in an effort to offset the cost maybe interested stores could offer a discount coupon to their buyers (for the entry fee) with an in store sale of a certain amount to drum in instore sales and reduce the pressure of the regular local reefers entry fees. Also would be great if we could get local greenhouse companies (to help offset the cost)to setup a booth (just a thought, for us considering that option) Not sure if it would be worth it to them though. As well as local companies like Sunlight Supply and other businesses who can profit from this.