New shop in town!

[Dawn II]

I just got an excited call from my daughter who works in advertising at the NewsPress. a man was standing at her desk placing an ad. A week ago he opened "Mike's Corals & Fish". 1213 Ceitus Terr- off Pine Is. Rd,across from Carraba's. 4:30-8:00 for right now. 458-4247. We are in Wilma damage clean-up, but will try to get by later or tomorrow! Dawn.:) :)

[TeresaQ]

Thanks Dawn, thats not far from me. I'll have to check them out, though i am going to have to be froogle for a while. we are building a house, and adopting from china. :D

[Hobster]

Hope he sells chain saws and generators:eek2:

[Speedy3kgt]

Minutes from my place. And on my way home from work. I'll check it out tonight. :D Thanks for the info. I'll post a review on the store.

[Hobster]

I saw the ad in the newspaper but it did not list an address just a web site.??:confused:

[Speedy3kgt]

Nice small place. On some things he's cheaper on others he's more expensive. Medium selection of beginner corals, medium-low selection of fish. Not a big store. He is just getting started, and will need signs on Pine Island Rd to make his store found. He's actually across the street from the Cape Coral Racket and Health Club on Ceitus RD.

Nice Guy. Possible good future.

[Hobster]

Here is the website.

http://www.mikescoralsrocksandfish.com/

[wiszmaster]

is this place still in business?

[Hobster]

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1023099

Come on now, pay attention.:lol:

[wiszmaster]

alrigh..alright ... i just went to the www. and got nothing .. i guess he renamed.

[wiszmaster]

just stopped by ... small, but CLEAN place! Mike seems like a real nice & personable person!

most, if not all of his fish were really FAT! great looking fish.

[wiszmaster]

just as an FYI ... mike has a real nice & healthy looking Goldrim tang

he's a real beauty!!!
http://www.marinecenter.com/media/photos/50C79EABE12A4E8AB665D32CCDCD8564H.jpg

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/goldrimtang

[keinreis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9174359#post9174359 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wiszmaster
just as an FYI ... mike has a real nice & healthy looking Goldrim tang

he's a real beauty!!!
http://www.marinecenter.com/media/photos/50C79EABE12A4E8AB665D32CCDCD8564H.jpg

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/goldrimtang

and why didn't you buy one? your tang count is slacking at 5 lets get that rtank stocked with tangs! 10 or 15 should be a good number for you:eek2:

[wiszmaster]

i was going to ... but i'm looking for a yellow, and then a naso ... lindsey wants a powder brown ... and an achillies tang ....


but realistically ... a yellow, and maybe a naso, or blond naso, or powder brown. will have to see.

[keinreis]

Holy bio-load! 7 tangs in a 140.

[wiszmaster]

realistically ... its spread acros well over 200g .... thats for bio-load ... maybe i should use that monster skimmer on my tank ;-)

tangs create no where near the bio-load that aggressive fish ... messy eaters create.

[ConcreteReefer]

Yeah, Mikes a real nice guy. He gets all his fish from a Chinese wholesaler in LA and has his mom pick up the shipment at the airport on Wednesday.
I've been there a couple of times when it comes in and you would not believe how many are belly-up. He says they just give him credit for all the dead ones.


Hey Wiz- Did you see the Dendro's he had, They have been there for months. He wants $200 for each frag (which consist of 6 polyps +/-), If he drops his price a little I might buy one.

[wiszmaster]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9176743#post9176743 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ConcreteReefer
Yeah, Mikes a real nice guy. He gets all his fish from a Chinese wholesaler in LA and has his mom pick up the shipment at the airport on Wednesday.

Hey Wiz- Did you see the Dendro's he had, They have been there for months. He wants $200 for each frag (which consist of 6 polyps +/-), If he drops his price a little I might buy one.

yeah, he said he got his stuff out of LA & has it flown here.

no, didn't see ... don't even knwo what it looks like.

He had some nice large open brains though.

[ConcreteReefer]

http://www.cvreefers.org/gallery2/d/26032-2/Dendrophyllia_arbuscula.jpg


Some people mistake them for sun coral, they look similar. Dendro's usually sell for $60 per polyp though.

[wiszmaster]

ahh ... no, didn't see them.

[scaryperson27]

He has been going through Coco worms like hot cakes. I just bought one of his pink birds nest (seriatopora) for $45 and it's like 4-6" wide. It's already opened up. Some of his prices are really great.

[scaryperson27]

I have only lost one out of five of his corals by the way but it was going down hill to begin with. I bought it knowing that so that can't really be counted. He is very personable and tries to do his best to treat you well.

[Dawn II]

Ditto- Mike is really nice, goes out of his way to be helpful! Dawn.

[coralfarmer84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9176743#post9176743 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ConcreteReefer
Yeah, Mikes a real nice guy. He gets all his fish from a Chinese wholesaler in LA and has his mom pick up the shipment at the airport on Wednesday.
I've been there a couple of times when it comes in and you would not believe how many are belly-up. He says they just give him credit for all the dead ones.


Hey Wiz- Did you see the Dendro's he had, They have been there for months. He wants $200 for each frag (which consist of 6 polyps +/-), If he drops his price a little I might buy one.

Thats $360 worth of coral for almost half the price... you could probably turn around and sell a few polyps and make the difference up. I didn't see any when I tried to get some for you. As far as belly up fish, that sucks, you get credit on the fish but take a beating on the shipping, which calculates to more overhead. Fish fish fish what can you do ehh. Your tank looks good by the way from the pics you had of stuff to trade.

[ConcreteReefer]

Thanks, That wasn't my tank though, just some extra stuff in my sump that I'm trying to get rid of (softies).

I picked up a few nice frags over in Miami last weekend, I'll try to get a fts up soon.

Some of what I picked up-
ORA-Miami Orchid 4"frag
ORA-Blue/Green Tort 5"frag
Marshall Is. Tricolor 6" colony
Austrailian Delicate 2@ 6"-8" colony
Pink Stylophora 2@2" frags
Purple Monti 4" frag

[coralfarmer84]

sweet