Cali Kid Corals

[Apr 14, 2018] Members Frag Swap (Hayward, CA)

Grrrr. Waited at the school where my tanks are for a long time with no answer or return calls from security to disarm alarm so I can take frags to classroom. Went home and am debating calling more times or using 5 gal holding pen my frags were in overnight, to keep new frags until Monday.
Anyway, it was a great event! So many frags, familiar faces, and new members. Looking forward to future events and I think I will be able to be more active in the club.
 
MolaMola said:
Grrrr. Waited at the school where my tanks are for a long time with no answer or return calls from security to disarm alarm so I can take frags to classroom. Went home and am debating calling more times or using 5 gal holding pen my frags were in overnight, to keep new frags until Monday.
Anyway, it was a great event! So many frags, familiar faces, and new members. Looking forward to future events and I think I will be able to be more active in the club.
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That’s so frustrating. Did things work out?
 
Flagg37 said:
That’s so frustrating. Did things work out?
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Yep! Got into classroom at 6:30pm. I decided best for corals to move in ASAP. Gotta start good practices for when tanks are ready for more fragile species. Made me remember how grateful I am to have a perfect aquarium classroom - still can't believe it.
 
MolaMola said:
Yep! Got into classroom at 6:30pm. I decided best for corals to move in ASAP. Gotta start good practices for when tanks are ready for more fragile species. Made me remember how grateful I am to have a perfect aquarium classroom - still can't believe it.
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I can’t recall who used to dip his/her corals right after leaving the swaps, during transportation or maybe I dreamed of that...
 
This has been my first frag swap and I had a great time, there were very beautiful corals and big pieces, many generous people!
Thanks a lot to the organizers and all the participants. Really happy to have joined this club.
 
I wanted to thank everyone. The frag swap was great. BUT... I am also very disappointed. I know the common procedure is to dip coral. I get that, but knowingly fragging and bring a coral with a pest is just not cool. Seriously not cool. A container even said it contained flat worms. I found flat worms, red bugs and a single nudi on my frags. Honestly I expected more from fellow reefers. I would like to flag the users that brought these in but ill just leave it at that.
 
powdertang05 said:
I wanted to thank everyone. The frag swap was great. BUT... I am also very disappointed. I know the common procedure is to dip coral. I get that, but knowingly fragging and bring a coral with a pest is just not cool. Seriously not cool. A container even said it contained flat worms. I found flat worms, red bugs and a single nudi on my frags. Honestly I expected more from fellow reefers. I would like to flag the users that brought these in but ill just leave it at that.
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calling out somebody would just lead to people not wanting to put names on the containers.
 
powdertang05 said:
I wanted to thank everyone. The frag swap was great. BUT... I am also very disappointed. I know the common procedure is to dip coral. I get that, but knowingly fragging and bring a coral with a pest is just not cool. Seriously not cool. A container even said it contained flat worms. I found flat worms, red bugs and a single nudi on my frags. Honestly I expected more from fellow reefers. I would like to flag the users that brought these in but ill just leave it at that.
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Acro eating flatworms? Or red planaria flat worms? Big difference.
Either way, kinda crappy to find those things. Let it be a lesson to all. Dip yo frags.
 
Coral reefer said:
Acro eating flatworms? Or red planaria flat worms? Big difference.
Either way, kinda crappy to find those things. Let it be a lesson to all. Dip yo frags.
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The point wasnt dipping. It was that if you have a sick coral. Dont bring it. New members may not have the funds or education and will now deal with even more problems. Its just not a nice thing to do.
 
powdertang05 said:
The point wasnt dipping. It was that if you have a sick coral. Dont bring it. New members may not have the funds or education and will now deal with even more problems. Its just not a nice thing to do.
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What type of flat worms? And my point is, everyone should learn from this that it's important to dip.
 
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1620388 I’m just going to leave this here for the person that has flatworms in their tank. I had some sort of flatworm, white circle head, brown body, forked tail, listed as watch with caution from some pest site. I had these when the tank was brand new saw multiple on glass every single day I looked at the tank. After adding this damsel, I couldn’t find a single one within a few days. Haven’t seen ‘em since. Really pretty fish, and VERY passive for a damsel
 
I feel like that with the members swap dipping is mentioned enough on the threads and during the swap that everyone is generally aware of the practice
 
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