Starter pack for Reef tanks

Dav · #1 06/06/2006, 11:12 PM

I will be starting up a new tank soon so I will be tearing down my current tank. I thought while I was doing so I would offer some newbies a great starter pack.
I have a ton of Mini reef starfish ( they look like baby brittle stars but they always stay that small)
Asterina starfish (small scavengers) some like some dislike, but they do grow quickly and will help with controlling stuff in your tank
Last would be Strombellas snails (these snails are small but breed readily in almost any system) they grow quickly and you can never have enough IMO.
I will ship USPS Priority mail to anywhere in the US for .25 per starfish or snail plus the 7.70 flat box rate for shipping.
I will always throw in extra for die off and will guarantee quality packing and shipping will be done.
I do accept paypal so if you are interested in some just PM me how much and I will send you my paypal info.
I can ship out next week anytime but the week after that I may be out of town, so we will just have to see that week.
Here is a pic of my system in case you are wondering if I have any idea what I am doing. (Not really, I still feel like a newbie most of the time)
Thanks
Dav
BTW - It is a 125 gallon mixed reef and I planto go to a 220 Mixed reef

Nuhtty · #2 06/06/2006, 11:43 PM

PM sent!

saul · #3 06/07/2006, 12:04 AM

pm sent

enitnelaVeyaF · #4 06/07/2006, 05:40 PM

dav, flat rate shipping boxes went up in price around here to 8.10, so you may want to check that.

i learned the hard way.

Dav · #5 06/07/2006, 06:35 PM

I seen the same thing today when I went to ship some zo's to FL.
No biggie , I will let the buyers know if they have not already paid etc.
Thanks
Dav

Dav · #6 06/07/2006, 10:08 PM

titan
mailbox is full
Just a FYI why I can not reply

stewie24 · #7 06/08/2006, 07:44 AM

PM Sent!

saul · #8 06/08/2006, 10:33 AM

hey dav... do you have pics of these snails and brittle stars?

Dav · #9 06/08/2006, 11:00 PM

Sorry for not posting pics sooner. My lights run reverse daylight so they are on now.
Here is a pic with a dine for comparision for those who are buying.
Thanks
Dav

PS- I will fill the orders I have now and post when they are all filled, then maybe some can give a feed back for quality etc.

Reefbox · #10 06/09/2006, 03:20 PM

pm sent

kirra_80 · #11 06/12/2006, 08:32 AM

hey do you have any snails and starfish left? I'm very interested if you still have some! thanks!

hipower · #12 06/12/2006, 01:09 PM

How much for 10 brittle stars and 10 crabs shipped overnight to Tucson, AZ?

kirra_80 · #13 06/12/2006, 04:44 PM

pm sent

namas · #14 06/13/2006, 10:34 AM

Do you have any left?

stewie24 · #15 06/14/2006, 11:46 PM

Who all got their pacakge today?
I got mine:
was packaged very well, however all the livestock did not make the trip. everything was deal and foul smelling when I opened the containers they were in.

Just wondering if everyone else's made the journey?

Thanks
Stewie

Nuhtty · #16 06/15/2006, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by stewie24
Who all got their pacakge today?
I got mine:
was packaged very well, however all the livestock did not make the trip. everything was deal and foul smelling when I opened the containers they were in.

Just wondering if everyone else's made the journey?

Thanks
Stewie

Same outcome for me, unfortunately.

I agree...packaged extremely well but I ended up with one living brittle (out of 10) and none of the snails made it.

Nice zoo frag though!

gordob · #17 06/15/2006, 08:45 AM

Dav.......what do you plan to do with your 125 tank?

stewie24 · #18 06/15/2006, 09:18 AM

Thats too bad nhutty.
Only think I can think that killed the snails would have been either the ice pack (it wasn't warm enough in PA to justify the use of an icepack) or else the container the snails were in. (small plastic container with a few ounces of water and about 20 various snails). Perhaps one snail died and it all was a domino effect from there.
Dav's working on making it right for me.
The mushroom I got was torn to shreds by the rock it was on, so perhaps USPS didn't handle the package all that well. I got a yellow polyp frag or else a zoo frag (didn't really look at it all that well to tell). They didnt open yet, so hopefully they'll make it.
its just too bad because I was really looking forward to those strombellas.

Stewie

Nuhtty · #19 06/15/2006, 07:03 PM

Dav came through with a generous refund although I didnt ask him to. I understand that these things sometimes happen.

Its nice to deal with honest people on here.

I am very pleased and would trust buying from this person in the future.

Lishoop6 · #20 06/15/2006, 10:33 PM

Every thing except 1 Micro star made it for me even the extra in case of die off.
P.S. great snails they are working out even better than I thought

stewie24 · #21 06/16/2006, 10:21 AM

Lucky you lishoop..
I agree c100% with you nuhtty. I'll be ordering again from Dav once he has his supply back up. I'm really in need of some good small cleaning snails.
Stewie

saul · #22 06/16/2006, 10:34 AM

reading some of these post makes me worry... especially since mine hasn't arrived... i suppose it will come in today.

Dav · #23 06/16/2006, 01:48 PM

Saul,
Please post what you get. I sent your stars in a thermos since it was so far and the heat issue of TX
But I am afraid for the snails as they did not fit in the thermos.
Please let me know if any don't make it
Dav
PS- For all other PM's I will not be doing any further packs for a while since I am not truely ready to tear the tank down for a few weeks. After that we will see. My ship ratio is not looking good from these post !?

saul · #24 06/19/2006, 10:10 AM

pm sent