AMANIQU77
Aquarium Advice Freak
everytime I buy corals from Tropical Fish Store (Gaithersburg, MD), I never buy full price. I get about $7 credit on each frag (1/3 selling price instant credit). I usually bring 4 - 5 frags. I don't need to guarantee that the frag sticks to the rock. I can bring them ASAP after rubberbanding them. I usually get 60 - 80% off my purchases due to the store credit, in a way.
Other fish stores do not give credits for frags(Congressional Aquarium, Rockville, MD) or demand rediculous wait time (Aquatic Creations, Ijamsville, MD).
Aquatic Creations require me to detach the xenia frags from the rock, properly place them on smaller rocks, wait a week until they attach, then bring them over there for another one week waiting time. He thinks that xenias do not hold value so the credit is still contingent upon it getting bought. So it actually may take a month. And he gives 50% selling price credit after all that wait. Bull c r a p. Tropical Fish Store gives me instantaneous credit! And since I always end up with 3 - 4 more frags a month, I never have to pay full price ever again.
This guy is the moneymaker right there:
Other fish stores do not give credits for frags(Congressional Aquarium, Rockville, MD) or demand rediculous wait time (Aquatic Creations, Ijamsville, MD).
Aquatic Creations require me to detach the xenia frags from the rock, properly place them on smaller rocks, wait a week until they attach, then bring them over there for another one week waiting time. He thinks that xenias do not hold value so the credit is still contingent upon it getting bought. So it actually may take a month. And he gives 50% selling price credit after all that wait. Bull c r a p. Tropical Fish Store gives me instantaneous credit! And since I always end up with 3 - 4 more frags a month, I never have to pay full price ever again.
This guy is the moneymaker right there: