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This site features 100% aquacultured aquarium coral.
Everything I sell has been propagated on my premises.
I do not sell
wild coral.
Please check back periodically as I add new corals to my inventory as I
acquire them. Corals currently marked unavailable will become available
again in time.
Sydney customers can now take
advantage of my extensive knowledge on keeping and growing a successful
reef tank.
I'm introducing a range of services
offered to customers in the Sydney
area.
Services include:
Consultation, Maintenance,
Holiday
Care, and Emergency Calls.
Service customers also receive
preferential access to my propagated stock of corals, macro algae, and
inverts.
Please see my services section for more
details.
Also, winter has arrived so there's an
extra $3 charge on shipped coral to cover the cost of the heat pad used
to keep the package warm.
A lot of my stuff is not posted on-line. Only way to
get a look is by having something worth trading. And here's where $$
doesn't talk, it's gotta be coral or inverts or some kind.
If you
have anything worth trading please get in touch and we'll arrange it. mattrichards@spin.net.au
I know there's a few propagators using the
'Toys 'R' Us' kids sandpits as frag ponds. I'd be particularly
interested in seeing your frag tanks, so if you feel like sharing your
ideas please send me a photo.
Check
out Mark's rig.
Pests can arrive on any coral, be it cultured or wild,
but for my frags you’ll need to
watch out for two species. Aiptasia sp. (glass anemone)
and Valonia sp. (bubble algae).
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In the photo you can see these two pests attached
to the frag plug along with the Zoanthids.
The pests can be tricky to spot.
In the bottom right corner is
Aiptasia and directly to the left, on the other side of the zoanthid
polyp, is the Valonia. Three more Valonia are beneath the two zoanthid
polyps in the upper right. The Valonia is very tricky to see as it’s
covered over by coralline algae. And the Aiptasia can retract into a
tiny ball making it very difficult to spot.
The bad news is occasionally I don’t see these pest
species and the frag gets sold with them still attached. The good news
is because I use non-porous frag plugs, or sometimes marble chip, they
are very easy to remove. Slide a small sharp blade under the pest
and remove it before placing the frag in your tank.
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