Reef Raft's tank is going down...

[Reef Raft]

Folks, I am very sad to announce that Jay will be tearing down his tank. :bawl: :bsad:

Corals from his tank will be for sale. Lots of NICE & RARE pieces to choose from.

Jay will be taking a break as he is expecting his baby girl to be born on May 9th and would like to be able to spend some time with his daughter.

But don't worry, he will be back soon enough.

Thank you all.

[Reef Mike]

This is a sad day in reefing.....

Mike

[Michael_Lambert]

Sad Day..

Not at all, This is a great day for both.. Jay is having BABY GIRL!! Congrats man!!!!! and well the rest of us get a chance to get his wonderful corals! :)

[Reef Raft]

Indeed RM, I tried to talk him out of it but was not successful.

I will try to post some pics of the tank and it's habitants (corals) tomorrow. There are quite a number of nice corals that you rarely see in the market.

Thanks all.

[jpdutton]

Congradulations to Jay on his baby girl.
As much as I love a beautiful reef its nothing compared to a smile on your daughters face.

Good luck to him.

[Estey]

Congrats Jay!

You can just hand over anything in the bottom 6" of the tank to me

[lotus02]

Congratulations Jay we are sure going to miss that tank. :hmm2: Wish we had the time to get up there to get some of those awesome corals. :multi:

[Reef Raft]

Thanks to Michael Lambert, Jpdutton, Lotus02 and Estey.

It is nothing compare to having a child for the first time but also, it is very painful for him I'm sure that he has to put an end to his 25+ years in the hobby.

I will inform everyone when this is going to take place so to give everyone the opportunity to own his piece/s.

Who knows maybe one day he will contact you for frags... :bwink:

[neemo]

Congratulations on your coming baby girl Jay!!



I'm sure you'll raise enough dough from your sale of corals to supply you enough diapers and formula!!!

Good luck bud.

Nick

[Reef Raft]

Congratulations on your coming baby girl Jay!!



I'm sure you'll raise enough dough from your sale of corals to supply you enough diapers and formula!!!

Good luck bud.

Nick
Thanks Nick :jumpin:

[BlueNWhite]

I am pretty new here, so I don't know who Jay is, nor have I ever seen any pictures of his tank. But I do have two little daughters of my own, so I totally agree with JPDutton when he said "nothing compare[s] to a smile on your daughters face". Totally nothing.

And because of the girls, I also know about how your finances for things like hobbies and sports equipment suddenly contract when the kids come around. Unfortunately, that's probably why I won't be one of the lucky ones to get any of his stuff. Oh well...

All the best and congratulations.:bravo:

[coolwater]

congrats Jay, my boy is just 3 months older than her. :clap:

[jtremblay]

It's actually fun to have a reef with kids around. The most important things, IME, are clowns, some euphyllias, and pumping xenia. Kids are enchanted by motion and bright colours.

You've seen my two girls in your place a coupla' times. The bigger one (now 4) corrects my wife on the names of the different critters in the tanks :)

Good luck, Jay!

Edit: but I should also add that the 4 year-old doesn't like hanging out in fish stores. I think they're just too "boy" for her, even if she does like looking at the critters :D

[dstanley9661]

Congrates Dude,


A baby girl; my son is a hand fill, now I see why you're taking a break. Childern are the best adventure we can ever have. All the best.

Now, were can I get some of your coral....lol.

David

[Duce]

Congrulation Jay. You can say goodbye to sleep from this point on :D
Hummm...can I come by and call dibs :D

[Reef Raft]

Thank you all for the kind words. Gives me reason to start an ACAN tank :thumbsup: :laugh:

[protempsfish]

Congrats!! Just had my first baby boy in Feb. Boy what an adjustment! Sleep deprived nights are WELL WORTH IT! You'll be back in business in no time!!

[Blasto]

Congrats to Jay! Too bad about the tear down, but I think this hobby is too addictive to leave it forever...He'll be back before we know it.
Can't wait to see some pics of the tank....Who called Dibs?? Meeee Too Please!

[Reef Raft]

Here are some pics of the tank as promised.

The tank tear down will start today.

Thanks

[Domer]

Can someone open up a reef shop in brampton or Toronto area


anybody, you'll be banking thats for sure$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[220G]

got my dibs in!!!

Forgot to ask about the fish though - are you keeping them?

If selling, please PM me for the price on the "lightly used" mysytery wrasse and pepermint hog...

Dave

[Reef Raft]

got my dibs in!!!

Forgot to ask about the fish though - are you keeping them?

If selling, please PM me for the price on the "lightly used" mysytery wrasse and pepermint hog...

DaveThere are alot of people after those fishes Dave. I will let everyone know thats for sure.

To be FAIR to everyone.... there are 2 pieces we are auctioning. Alot of people had called dibs on ths 2 pieces. The 3rd set of pics is SOLD, customer offered us that we cannot refuse.

Here are the pics.

[Reef Mike]

So are you guys selling the corals already?

Mike

[Reef Mike]

I am calling dibs on that big yellow stag and one of the plating corals J moved to the back of the tank and it went brown :)

Mike

[Sirpentor]

Jensen
Why Would U Still Not Maintain The Tank
It Would Be A Shame To Tear That Majestic Tank Down.
Also To Be Fair To All.......frag The Hell Out Of It So That All Gets A Piece...just My 2 Cents....hahaha

If U Like I Can Come And Pick Up The Entire Thing For Safe Keeping...i Am Only 1 Hr Away


I Await Your Decision

[neemo]

I am calling dibs on all the peices that break off during the dismantling of the tank :krazy:
Now please break off a peice of that nice blue one thats sold, the yellow tort, the.....

[Reef Raft]

Lol...

RM, yes we started today and most of the corals are sold.

There was about 70 pcs of Acros in the tank.

Sirpentor... finish your project first buddy.. lol

Neemo, we are so careful that we don't break any pieces...Lol :

Thank you guys for all the warm wishes. Im sure he will return with even more bigger tank and nicer pieces.

We'll see :victory:

[szesteve]

So everything is sold? :(

[Duce]

Jensen,
If the Monti Cap? (brown base with bright green polyps) is not sold yet...can you PM me price on a "big" frag...Jay knows which I am talking about I got a piece of frag from him before. Tx.
Oh yeah....You guys got some Red BullsEye Shroom in that tank as well...can I get a price on it as well.

[Reef Raft]

not yet..... almost tho. :)

[Reef Raft]

Jay will be calling you John.

The bidding begins.....

[Reef Mike]

Dang...

I went golfing today and all the corals are gone.. I guess I should of went over to RR :)

Is there anything left?

Mike

[Reef Raft]

Dang...

I went golfing today and all the corals are gone.. I guess I should of went over to RR :)

Is there anything left?

Mike ya you should have came here first... theres a golf place besides me..LOL There some more left RM

[Reef Raft]

There are alot of people after those fishes Dave. I will let everyone know thats for sure.

To be FAIR to everyone.... there are 2 pieces we are auctioning. Alot of people had called dibs on ths 2 pieces. The 3rd set of pics is SOLD, customer offered us that we cannot refuse.

Here are the pics.

So let the bidding begins...

1st. Acropora...

is not only RARE in color but the species is unidentifiable.

Starts at $100.00

2nd Acropora...

Only seen once out of all our Acropora shipments.

Starts at $150.00

*** please refer to page 2 of this thread to view the photos.

Thank you all in advance.

[Reef Raft]

All the blue/purple TORTS are sold. There are other nice rare pieces still available.

Yellow Tort
Pink birdsnest w/ yellow tip.

etc...

[Reef Mike]

Can you PM me the price of the yellow tort :)

Mike

[Reef Raft]

RM, you got PM

[felixc]

Just to be clear on the auction, the 1st acro is the pink one, and the second one is also pink on page 2 of the threat, right?

Can you post close-up pictures of what's left for sale, or PM me with them if you prefer.

[Reef Raft]

Just to be clear on the auction, the 1st acro is the pink one, and the second one is also pink on page 2 of the threat, right?

Can you post close-up pictures of what's left for sale, or PM me with them if you prefer.


The 1st acro is the pink and the 2nd is the one with geen polyps.

They are just set of pics... one's close-up

I will post more pics tomorrow.

[thecoralreef]

Can you also give some sort of idea of the size of these 2 corals.

[Reef Raft]

Can you also give some sort of idea of the size of these 2 corals.
The pink one is about 2" tall. The one with green polyp is approx 4-5"

***THE AUCTION WILL CLOSE ON SATURDAY APRIL 16, 2005 AT MIDNIGHT***

[thecoralreef]

Where is the auction being held, in this thead or somewhere else?

[Reef Raft]

Where is the auction being held, in this thead or somewhere else?

It is being held here in the public forum so everyone can see. If anyone email or PM us... we will post it here so everyone is aware.

Thx

[thecoralreef]

So assuming I have things correct this one is $150.00
http://www.aquariumpros.ca/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8719&stc=1


and this one is $100.00
http://www.aquariumpros.ca/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8715&stc=1

[Reef Raft]

So assuming I have things correct this one is $150.00
http://www.aquariumpros.ca/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8719&stc=1


and this one is $100.00
http://www.aquariumpros.ca/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=8715&stc=1
The first one is sold... only the pink and the one with green polyps are available for auction

thx

[thecoralreef]

WHAT!!!

I thought this was an auction, not a sale thingy and that the bidding ended on Saturday midnight or something like that. Now you say the first one is sold! That kinda ticks me off a bit you reniging on this and selling it after it was up for auction. I hope customer relation aren't anything like this, say one thing do another. Can you clarify why this is no longer an auction item and is now sold?

[Reef Mike]

I don't think that one was ever up for auction...

Mike

[Reef Raft]

There are alot of people after those fishes Dave. I will let everyone know thats for sure.

To be FAIR to everyone.... there are 2 pieces we are auctioning. Alot of people had called dibs on ths 2 pieces. The 3rd set of pics is SOLD, customer offered us that we cannot refuse.

Here are the pics.

As i mentioned earlier on the thread... the 3rd set of pics is SOLD. I don't know how I could have misled you????????

[thecoralreef]

Excuse me for my missreading the post. I was reading it as the 2 corals when there was 3 in the original post, and then I thought that the second one, the blue one, was sold after being up for auction. Sorry sorry sorry for my confusion. Long day at the orfice, please excuse.
Mike

[Reef Raft]

Excuse me for my missreading the post. I was reading it as the 2 corals when there was 3 in the original post, and then I thought that the second one, the blue one, was sold after being up for auction. Sorry sorry sorry for my confusion. Long day at the orfice, please excuse.
Mike
No problem Mike... no need to apologize. :rockon: