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[Tamberav]

LA Laker Scroll Coral Frag | eBay

LA laker scroll coral frag will be on a 1in frag plug. All frags are cut weeks prior.

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LA Lakers scroll live saltwater coral | eBay

This is a 1" fully healed frag. This exquisite LA Lakers scroll live saltwater coral is the perfect addition to any aquarium or coral collection. The coral is sure to bring a burst of color to your tank and its unique shape will make it a standout piece. It is perfect for those who are looking...

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LA Lakers Scroll Coral | eBay

LA Lakers Scroll Coral You will receive a frag SIMILAR in shape and size to the coral in the photo. This is NOT a WYSIWYG frag. You will receive a frag SIMILAR in shape and size to the coral in the photo.

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Oh I am a dummy. I was thinking of something else.

Those are nice corals, my lfs had them for $20 (oh I wish I still had a lfs).

 

[VintageReefer]

Oh I am a dummy. I was thinking of something else.

Those are nice corals, my lfs had them for $20 (oh I wish I still had a lfs).

Yes not expensive for frags…shipping kills the price though.

 

[mdpitts]

New arrivals look great on day 2.

Forgive the numerous grail pics. As a torch lover I have been wanting a holy grail for a looong time and Im excited to finally have one!

dang. Whatever you are doing in your tank must be magical. Your corals look so zaftig. Torches are my fave too. And you’re acans (are they?) are gorgeous! Mine have been struggling but are starting to puff out just a wee bit.

 

[mdpitts]

Sbb Order - added more items to it

I’ve tried to shop there but every single time I’ve gone on their site - including 5 minutes ago - they have zero stock. Boohoo because what you’ve got looks great.

 

[VintageReefer]

I’ve tried to shop there but every single time I’ve gone on their site - including 5 minutes ago - they have zero stock. Boohoo because what you’ve got looks great.

If they do that it mean they are prepping for a big upcoming sale…

Probably Black Friday sale at this time

 

[VintageReefer]

If they do that it mean they are prepping for a big upcoming sale…

Ok so here’s how it works. He doesn’t sell stuff unless he’s had it in house for 2-3 months. So he has lots of tanks, that are basically each upcoming sale, in various stages of qt/observation

Nobody buys from the website if it’s not a sale. Only noobs.

So, nobody actually knows what will be in the sale, until the sale starts. He will take 1000 pics in a couple days and make website listings for everything. And puts them in the website in the VIP section which is password protected

How do you get the password?! If you participate in one of his sales, then you get vip going forward. So vip is private for anyone whose bought from Sbb before, during a sale. He sends prior customers the pw once vip is ready

We get to go in vip a few days before the sale. It’s a way to comb through those 600-1000 corals before everyone else, in case there is something special that you want, before it goes public and anyone else can buy it

This is how I got that red and yellow lobo. There only was one, and that’s right up my ally and I wanted it early

Once the sale officially starts, everything is moved out of vip and into the wysiwyg section

 

[VintageReefer]

His pricing is also all fake. Because R2R members get coupon codes that start at 35% off anything and increase to 50% off by the time it’s the last day of the sale
35, then 40, then 45, then 50%

Then there is the after party sale and we get 55% off anything that didn’t sell during the sale

 

[VintageReefer]

You gotta watch along in the thread for the current sale. Also any new buyer that introduces themself as a new buyer in the thread, gets a gift card. Report a website issue? Get a gift card. Random people being active in the thread get gift cards. He gives them out daily and you can stack gift cards

 

[mdpitts]

Ok so here’s how it works. He doesn’t sell stuff unless he’s had it in house for 2-3 months. So he has lots of tanks, that are basically each upcoming sale, in various stages of qt/observation

Nobody buys from the website if it’s not a sale. Only noobs.

So, nobody actually knows what will be in the sale, until the sale starts. He will take 1000 pics in a couple days and make website listings for everything. And puts them in the website in the VIP section which is password protected

How do you get the password?! If you participate in one of his sales, then you get vip going forward. So vip is private for anyone whose bought from Sbb before, during a sale. He sends prior customers the pw once vip is ready

We get to go in vip a few days before the sale. It’s a way to comb through those 600-1000 corals before everyone else, in case there is something special that you want, before it goes public and anyone else can buy it

This is how I got that red and yellow lobo. There only was one, and that’s right up my ally and I wanted it early

Once the sale officially starts, everything is moved out of vip and into the wysiwyg section

Ok got ya. I figured they must rely mostly on live sales because I’ve seen other people mention buying corals there. I’ll keep my eyes open for the next sale. Thanks!

 

[VintageReefer]

got some great pics tonight!

Massive banana hg colony
Home grown from 1 head

Sun God

Banana

SBB Bright AF Holy Grail

Wellsophyllia

Lobophyllia

Hard to accurately capture the yellow sheen on the HG so here’s a few lighting settings.

Sun God
Bright AF Holy Grail
Banana

SBB Lorax

SBB Future Release

SBB Winter Fresh

That banana grail is a monster splitting into 7-8 heads

Dragon Tamer

That Bright AF grail glows in the blues it’s crazy!

SBB Lobophyllia
Most color accurate photo I’ve taken so far

Contrasting rimmed lobophyllia

Bozo Birthday

If you’ve made it this far then you get insider news! Coming next week…

Another grail, different than any other torch in the tank and 2 crazy scolymia !

 

[Fenral]

OooOOO Nice tank Vintage!

 

[smitten with ocean life]

lookin good! youve got the touch!

 

[VintageReefer]

New additions!

In no particular order….here we go!

Sunkist Bounce Mushroom

Banana Grail

Flame Rhodactis

Vivid’s Branching Cyphastrea

Teal Scoly

Fire Garden Goni

KD Reef Exclusive Snowball Goni

Bleeding Apple Scoly

Gonzo Golden Dragon Mushroom (baby)

Grows into

2 lettuce nudibranch

Citrus Mushroom

Mixed Garden

And to wrap it all up…a jerk emerald crab stomping his way across my Cynarina

 

[VintageReefer]

More to come next week
Neptune Bounce mushroom
Princess peach Holy grail torch
several mini zoa colonies
Blastos
Fireballz Goniopora
Torch of the Gods

Sneak Peak: princess peach holy grail + fireballz

 

[smitten with ocean life]

ohhh you got some beauties! i love the snowball goni!

 

[kingranch2003]

dang. Whatever you are doing in your tank must be magical. Your corals look so zaftig. Torches are my fave too. And you’re acans (are they?) are gorgeous! Mine have been struggling but are starting to puff out just a wee bit.

I just want to stop and appreciate both, this beautiful reef, and the use of the word "zaftig". My favorite shape!

 

[VintageReefer]

I just want to stop and appreciate both, this beautiful reef, and the use of the word "zaftig". My favorite shape!

Honestly I read that post and someone went right over the word zaftig and didn’t even notice

That might be the nicest thing anyones said. Is it a new word made just for my tank? Is it what the young people are saying these days? Who knows. I’m zaftig honored!