Various frags for sale. Prince George, BC

[whatcaneyedo]

I've always got lots of frags for sale in Prince George. Pictures are mostly for reference and show many but not all of the coral that I frag. Quantities, availability and sizes vary. In general frags are $5 for 1-3" or one head depending on the type of coral, sometimes I ask more but often I ask less. Most types I've at least attempted to mount to my own 2" frag disks. If anyone is in the area and wants to stop in and have a look send me a PM and let me know roughly when you will likely show up.

I also travel down to Vancouver and the island to visit family several times each year so I can deliver to anyone willing to meet up with me along my way during those trips. But because it can be several months between trips I will not reserve anything for people until a week or two before I am ready to go. I maintain a list of people who are interested in this delivery system, if you would like to be added to the list send me a PM.

Available as of October 24

SPS

Acropora yellow/green frag $5 (5 available)
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Aussi Tri Color Acropora frag $5 1" (2 available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/tricolor.jpg

Light blue Acropora frag $5 (1 available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture1377.jpg

WYSIWYG Acropora frag $5 (1 available)
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Pink/purple Pocillopora $5 frag (2 available)
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Orange Montipora $5 frag (1 available)
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Green Montipora $5 frag (10 available)
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Purple polyp Montipora $5 frag (1 available)
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Green with purple rim Montipora frags $5 (1 available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Montipora2.jpg

Hydnophora frag $5 (7 available)
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Pavona frags $5 (2 available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Pavona-3.jpg

WYSIWYG large porites colony $20 (1 available, too large for my shipping bags; local pickup only)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture1707.jpg

Soft

Orange, green, brown zoanthids $5 frag (2 available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Zoas-2.jpg

Orange, Purple, Green zoanthids $5 frag (5 available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture134-1.jpg

Various mushroom rocks too large to ship $10-20
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Algae
Chaetomorphia FREE and always available
Gracilaria FREE and always available

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[tgoeujon]

looks like some good stuff. will you ship or do i have to drive all the way to PG?

[whatcaneyedo]

looks like some good stuff. will you ship or do i have to drive all the way to PG?

PM sent

[Tomjay]

Nice stuff too bad you are in PG

[whatcaneyedo]

EDIT

If you've scrolled down to this post you've gone too far. Everything that I have available is listed in the first post of this thread.

[Myka]

I would be interested in several pieces you have (inc the tricolor). Would you be willing to ship if I buy 6-8 pieces?

[iansfishy]

Russell, thanks again for the great pieces. Both are doing good. And a smokin' deal as well. The pics dont really do the pieces justice. I was up there again last night and wanted to stop in and get some more stuff but it was pretty late. Next time. Save me a piece of the tri colour will ya?

[tgoeujon]

thanks russell, the frags are doin great. let me know when your comin through again. ill probably want more.

[whatcaneyedo]

I may have to re-think my no shipping policy for the future but at the moment I receive enough local interest that I dont need to ship in order to sell all that I can produce.

[Myka]

I may have to re-think my no shipping policy for the future but at the moment I receive enough local interest that I dont need to ship in order to sell all that I can produce.

That's a shame. :p

[whatcaneyedo]

I'll be driving down through the interior Thursday Oct 8th and then stopping at Ocean Aquatics Friday Oct 9th in the morning as I travel to visit family for Thanksgiving. If anyone wants to meet (at OA) or have me deliver (in the interior) frags along the way send me a PM and we can try to work something out.

I'll post an updated list of what I have or can make available soon.

[Werbo]

What does WYSIWYG stand for? I see it all the time...

[whatcaneyedo]

What You See Is What You Get

[mitchelljared]

When are you coming by the Vancouver area next? It sucks I just discovered this site, as we were just in Prince George last week for a family wedding. We'd be interested in buying a lot of your frags. Your the person from the other website, right? I have to consult with my partner if those dates and times work for us. Then we'll have to get an exact list of what we want and the final price, etc. Thanks for your time!

[whatcaneyedo]

mitchelljared Welcome to Canreef! I'll be at OA Friday Oct 9th in the morning like the post above states. If that works for you we can work out the details through email. Or just give me a shout the next time you're in PG and you can drop in.

This is my revised list of available frags as of today. Sometimes I mount the frags onto plugs, other times I have them hanging from fishing line, but most of the time I just frag as needed (due to space constraints) when someone wants something.

SPS
Acropora green/yellow Frag $5
Acropora lite blue Frag $5
Acropora (14 others) Frags $5 to $10
Pocillopora pink Frag $5
Pavona Frag $5
Green Montipora Frag $5
Orange Monitpora Frag $5
Purple polyp Monitpora Frag $5
Green with purple rim Montipora Frag $5

LPS
Frogspawn Colony $5/head
Horn Frag $5
Duncanopsammia Frag $5/head
Acan green and purple $40
Maze brown and teal Colony $70
Maze purple and green Frag 2"x2" $40
Blastomussa Frag sml $5
Galaxy Frag 2"x2" $10

Soft
Zoanthus multi color 5-10 polyps $5
Kenya Tree Colony $5
Purple Sea Whip Frag $10
Anthelia Frag/Colony $5
Leather pink Frag $5
Yellow Sea Whip Colony $25

Algae
Chaetomorphia FREE!
Gracilaria FREE!

[tgoeujon]

you should post a reminder when you go through, i may be in the market for a few frags:biggrin:

[banditpowdercoat]

you should post a reminder when you go through, i may be in the market for a few frags:biggrin:

Trev, Im stopping by his place on Wed for some Monti's want anyting ?? PM Me :D

[Drock169]

If you ever stop by at J&L let me know, i'd be interested in some of the frags. but i think your out of the tri colour

[whatcaneyedo]

I wont be going to J&L this trip but I do shop there several times each year. I'll be fragging my tri color a lot in the coming year. I bought it as a small 1/2" frag in March and now it is as you see in the picture so its growing very fast.

[Drock169]

Alright, next time your coming to J&L, shoot me a pm, I'll be glad to buy a bunch of stuff off you.

[whatcaneyedo]

I should arrive at OA between 10:30 - 11:00am traffic permitting.

[whatcaneyedo]

Hello Seahorse_fanatic. Your inbox is full. Sorry I clicked the wrong key and accidentally sent your message back to you. My cell is (250) 649-0465 see you on the 9th.

[fraggalrock]

I will have to beat Anthony to you or he will buy all the frags....

[banditpowdercoat]

Not if I buy them all on the 7th MWahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!:mrgreen:

[bloat]

pm'd

[whatcaneyedo]

Already I need to bag up 27 frags! If you look at my first post I've edited and removed a lot of items that are now 'sold out'.

[whatcaneyedo]

34 bags was the end total! I'm all packed up and ready to go. A big thanks to the Chinese Store here in PG for supplying the coolers and to Total Pet for all of the bags. :lol: See you guys in 24 hours!


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[banditpowdercoat]

Thx Russell, frags are mounted and looking good so far :D

[tgoeujon]

russel when are you gonna be coming through clinton?

[fraggalrock]

:biggrin:
Great Frags! Great Price!

Sherry

[edikpok]

Thanks Russell for the amazing frags!!! Thank you Sherry for babysitting them for me :)

[whatcaneyedo]

russel when are you gonna be coming through clinton?

I drove through on Thursday early afternoon. One of the earlier posts stated that I was driving through for the long weekend. Then banditpowdercoat offered to pick some frags up for you when he was at my place on Wednesday. Sorry I thought you knew.

[whatcaneyedo]

Monthly bump. The first post has been updated with what I currently have available. My LPS selection sucks ATM because my mother colonies need to do some growing before I can do anymore fragging but the rest is alright.

[tgoeujon]

thats ok, let me know the next trip:biggrin:

[burrows14]

im very interested in a few of your frags! any trips to the lower mainland anytime soon?

[whatcaneyedo]

I really dont like driving the highway in the winter so I may not come down again until March next year. When I do have an actual date in mind I'll start a new thread to announce my trip well in advance.

[burrows14]

completely understandable! I'll be looking forward to that list in the spring you have some great stuff!!

Cheers
Ray

[whatcaneyedo]

I was trying to take some good close up shots of various acros that I have for sale this evening. Unfortunately I succeeded and as a result I discovered that I have F@#$%^G Red Bugs again! I wiped all of these little bastards out over a year ago and now they're back. I've given every new SPS purchase I've made an overnight interceptor bath but it seems that wasn't enough. So once again I have to treat the tank... I'll be following Melev's system again for this one and starting my first treatment tonight. http://www.melevsreef.com/redbugs.html

This comes at a really bad time when I know a few people were hoping to get some frags from me. I'll still sell them but it will be at your own risk. My advice is to QT them (which we should all be doing everytime anyways) and observe them for any potential pests before adding them to your tank.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/redbugs.jpg

[Leah]

I would also be interested if you are planning on a trip in March :biggrin:

[argan]

dang! good luck in your battle with the bugs. show them no mercy

[whatcaneyedo]

I probably will be down in March and I'll post in this thread or start a new one as soon as I've been able to pick a day to drive.

I would also be interested if you are planning on a trip in March :biggrin:

I did my first treatment with Interceptor last night and it seems to have worked. I cant see any red bugs this morning but I'll still treat again on the following two Mondays. One item of interest is that the interceptor pills I'm using actually expired last month but they still seem to be doing their job.

[Leah]

I really wouldn't worry about the expiry date on them in the least :biggrin:
Didn't read that you had bug's till after I had posted that really is kinda funny as I was thinking that I would be safe getting stuff from a private tank :redface:
Maybe I jinxed you :sad: I am sure it will be fine by then.

[whatcaneyedo]

Actually there are (at least) two people in PG that currently have red bugs in their private tanks and they are unwilling to treat their systems because they dont want to kill their shrimp. Lucky for me because of my snowflake eel I dont have any shrimp or crabs. I originally got them two years ago from a third person in town who is no longer in the hobby. I have no idea where I got them this time because I've been very careful to QT and treat each new SPS addition. They must have hitched a ride with a soft coral, LPS or fish I guess...

I really wouldn't worry about the expiry date on them in the least :biggrin:
Didn't read that you had bug's till after I had posted that really is kinda funny as I was thinking that I would be safe getting stuff from a private tank :redface:
Maybe I jinxed you :sad: I am sure it will be fine by then.

[kbd635]

Whatcanyedo,
When I first started keeping marines (way back in 1989 I think), there was no such thing live rock or skimmers avilable to the public.
I had an undergravel filter and bleached coral skeleton. One Powder blue Surgeon, one Yellow Tang and 3 Blue Damsels.
When I was cleaning the coral (bleaching it ..... yes I know everyone is cringing now, but back then it was Fish only and mechanical filtration, no corals). Anyway I lifted the coral and out fell these little "half moon" shaped shrimps. (Isopods I think)
I immediately called the LFS and asked what to do.
He replied that if I gave him a big bag of my sand, he's give me ANY fish in the shop.
Apparently the eggs came in in one of the fish (I reckon PBS) and bred like wildfire! He was the first to set up live sand and actually sell these Iso's in Scotland apparently!
Just a little anecdote ......
Kenny

[whatcaneyedo]

Monthly bump. My LPS selection still pales in comparison to my SPS and softies because my frag tank is still pretty full and most of the LPS need time to grow before I can frag them again.

The 3 red bug treatments are complete and there are no more of the little buggers to be found. I haven't noticed much of an improvement in the colors of the previously infected corals but at least the polyps seem much larger.

I've been hording shipping boxes and coolers from various livestock orders in town because in the spring I think I'm going to try shipping for the first time. However expect some of my asking prices to go up a little bit when that happens (supply and demand). I'll also start listing quantities available as I'm sure some coral will be more in demand than others and I cant produce a lot of volume at this time.

[burrows14]

If your gonna be shipping count me in!! You have few drags I would love to add to my tank!

Cheers
Ray

[whatcaneyedo]

Monthly bump.

[whatcaneyedo]

I was just accepted into a course that will keep me busy until March 28th. If I dont start work right away after that I'll be traveling down to Victoria for a couple of days but if I do start working I might not have much free time for a while... So, for people waiting and hoping for me to be making a spring delivery to the lower mainland that may not be happening. However I still plan to start shipping in the spring so I'll keep this thread up to date with information on that.

[Starry]

You don't travel through Kelowna on your way do you? :lol:

[whatcaneyedo]

Sorry I never go that way.

[tgoeujon]

waiting patiently for this shipping thing to start :biggrin:

[kat]

Next time I am home I am totally looking you up!! No need to ship...I will pack and fly with them when I leave! Start Fragging for the summer!

[whatcaneyedo]

Monthly bump. The first post has been updated.

[ScubaSteve]

When would you be making a trip down to Vancouver again? I'm interested in some Acans and Acro's.

[whatcaneyedo]

When would you be making a trip down to Vancouver again? I'm interested in some Acans and Acro's.

I'm busy in school right until the end of March but then I may begin working right away (which I desperately will need for the money) so I dont know if I will have time to drive down in the spring or not. However if I dont have a job to start at as soon as my course is done I will drive down the first week of April. At this point everything is pretty uncertain so we'll just have to wait and see.

[whatcaneyedo]

The 50gal is feeling pretty full these days so here are some WYSIWYG pics of some of the frags and colony size frags that I have.

$5/head This is a pile of mostly single heads.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture746.jpg

Two brown with blue tip acros $5 each.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture745.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture737.jpg

$10 each Oulophyllia
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture744.jpg

$5 each (4-5 shown)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture743.jpg

Toadstool frags $10 each
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture742.jpg

acans acans acans... $20 each
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture741.jpg

Big horn coral frag $5 (I have several)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture740.jpg

Big brown with purple tip acro $5
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture739.jpg

birdsnest colony $10 (two available)
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture738.jpg

[no_bs]

pm sent

[whatcaneyedo]

I'm getting a bit of an onslaught of PMs so perhaps I should provide a little more information.

I want to drive down through Vancouver to Victoria for a few days in the first week of April. If I do so I'll be able to deliver my inexpensive frags like Santa Clause to people along the way like I did back in August. However I may have an offer for work around that same time that I cannot turn down. By the last week of March I should have a pretty good indication of whats going to happen so at that time I will make up a new list including actual quantities of what I have (or can produce) for people to choose from.

If I dont make it down I will likely be bursting at the seams and have to ship a few packages of frags out in order to get rid of them (local demand kind of sucks). However I'm still pretty apprehensive about shipping. I dont have much faith in UPS or the airlines and I dont make any money off of this to begin with (selling frags covers most of my tank maintenance costs but not all) so it all just means more time and work...

[zum14]

Wow, finally. Ive been looking for canadian based forums and to find one with interior bc forums. jackpot. So you must be the "russell" i keep hearing about when talking salt. Im definitly interested in some frags, i just got into the saltwater side and impressed with how much more there is available for this side of the hobby. Pm me with whens good for you to talk corals so i can "support your tank maintenance fund". Thanks!

[whatcaneyedo]

Welcome to canreef! HAHA I got to say it for once! PM sent.

[BC Mosaic]

Interested in the Oulophyllia.

[whatcaneyedo]

A big thanks to those people who lightened my load and took some frags from me on this trip though the lower mainland. If anyone reading this would like me to contact them before I come down again send me a PM and I'll add you to my list as well.

I'm planning to move in the fall of this year so I am trying to downsize the amount of coral that I have. So some types I'll be selling off entirely rather than constantly fragging them. I'll begin to update my list and pictures to reflect this.

[whatcaneyedo]

I've been trying to reduce the variety of coral that I have so some species are gone for good now. I've changed my pictures and listing strategy to reflect this.

I'll be in Rosedale on Saturday May 8th all day if anyone would like to come out and get some frags from me. My first post has been updated to show what I currently have available.

[ongquang21]

PM sent, please check.

[Whiskey]

Sent a PM too.

Cheers :)

[whatcaneyedo]

Monthly bump. The first post in this thread has been updated once more to show the frags I have available. I'm pretty full at the moment but everything still fits.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/whatcaneyedo/Picture1263.jpg

[Whiskey]

Your stuff was great last month :)

If you're coming down to the 'Wack again I'd like to get some Monti caps (green and red), blue zoas and a pavona (and if no_bs defaults on the acans those too).
Let me know.
Cheers,
Matt

[whatcaneyedo]

I was almost able to come down next week but I think I have an opportunity to make some money working and I have to baby sit a bunch of delinquent dogs... so unfortunately I'm stuck at the moment.

[Madreefer]

Any pics of zoos for sale and how much for the green/red brain? Edit; never mind went to first post. Have all those zoos except the blue ones. Any chance of getting them?

[Jason McK]

Just tagging this thread because I really like you SPS and would love some frags next time your down

[whatcaneyedo]

I've got a new frag disk of the blue ones underway. They should be attached on their own and forming new polyps in about two weeks. They're a little more difficult to frag because I have to cut each polyp off one at a time and then glue them down (same as the solid green ones). The other types grow long stalks and form clusters which are easy to just pull off and then elastic down.

[Madreefer]

Ok so can you put me on the list when they are ready?

[BCBigWolf & Pack]

Thanks for the shipment. Corals arrived happy and now doing great in my tank. For anyone who hasn't bought from Russell before, let me say the frags he sells are well worth the money, and he ships them extremely well packed and warm..mine arrived and I think the corals thought they were still in their tank, they were open and the water temp was still really warm. Looking forward to getting more in the future.

Wayne

[no_bs]

For anyone who hasn't bought from Russell before, let me say the frags he sells are well worth the money, and he ships them extremely well packed and warm..mine arrived and I think the corals thought they were still in their tank, they were open and the water temp was still really warm. Looking forward to getting more in the future.



A+ Russell. Haven't seen corals take a trip that well before. Can't wait for more of your eye candy.:mrgreen:

[whatcaneyedo]

Glad to hear that everything arrived in good health and that Greyhound didn't screw anything up. I'll keep doing what I do and hopefully every shipment will go as smooth as ours did.

[tang daddy]

Greyhound from PG to hear isn't that bad, it arrives the next morning in good condition, pm sent!

[Madreefer]

Local guy so don't know about his shipping. But with the way he is, I would assume he is pretty anal (in a good way) in the way he packages and ships. But I must say that his frags are really nice and healthy and if he says he's keeping something for someone he sticks to his word. Some are more like little colonies rather than frags.

[edreinink]

Just received my shipment from Russell and things were excellent. Had them shipped via greyhound, arrived in excellent shape. All the comments about Russell's frags and his shipping methods are true as well as the comments about his holding items for people. Never met Russell other then to talk to him through Canreef, and have to say he is a man of his word. Thanks again.

[whatcaneyedo]

Thank you all for the kind words. I feel like I should be trying to type up an acceptance speech or something after all of this praise.

Shipping coral is not something that I like to do and if I could get rid of everything I grow locally I would. So thank you all for being patient and understanding while I figure this out. So far so good, I've sent out 5 packages without any problems (at your end). However I have spilled a lot of water on myself lately... note to self: Petland fish bags are absolute garbage.

I'll continue to ship as long as my supplies last and as long as my coral growth can keep up with demand. If it gets to the point where I simply do not want to frag anything further or I can no longer find cooler/box combos to use I'll take a break for a while.

[Purple]

PM sent

[coreyskylar]

Would you ship to edmonton?

[whatcaneyedo]

I've shipped to Edmonton before. PM sent.

[Milad]

whens your next trip to van?
and how much is it to ship to van?

[whatcaneyedo]

The rest of the summer is going to be pretty busy for me so I probably wont make it down again until the fall. To ship a typical box to Van costs about $30.

[Buzz]

Would you be willing to ship to southern AB. I'm looking more for LPS but I'm sure we could put together a group order.

[whatcaneyedo]

Greyhound would take about 23 hours to get there which in my opinion is too long and I use used coolers and boxes that have 'live tropical fish' written all over them so I cant send by Purolator or UPS.

[Buzz]

Do you know if there are flights from P.G. to Medicine Hat?

[whatcaneyedo]

Westjet seems to only fly as far as Calgary.

[Tan28]

do u still have alot of these available? If So may I pick some up tonite?

[whatcaneyedo]

Except for what is listed as going to coreyskylar I have a decent selection of frags ready to go. I'll send you a PM with my phone number.

[Milad]

The rest of the summer is going to be pretty busy for me so I probably wont make it down again until the fall. To ship a typical box to Van costs about $30.

how much fits in a typical box?

[whatcaneyedo]

I've been mostly using old shipping cooler/box combos from past orders with J&L. They're about 18"x15"x12" and I can usually fit up to 30 bagged frags in there. I cut some pretty generous size pieces from most of my colonies because I'm generally fragging out of necessity. Bigger pieces require larger bags and more water.

[eternitybc]

Is the first post up to date? I'd be interested in 5-6 pieces. Anyone else want some, maybe we can split shipping ? :D

[Milad]

Is the first post up to date? I'd be interested in 5-6 pieces. Anyone else want some, maybe we can split shipping ? :D

ill split with you, i need a few pieces also

[eternitybc]

Deal. I've Pm'd him my want list, not sure yet what's available. Hopefully all :)

[Milad]

whatcaneyedo can you update the first post so we know whats available please

[whatcaneyedo]

I've just updated the first post with what I have that is properly ready to go. The only thing that is truly available is a spot in line on my wait list as I don't produce a lot of volume and I don't have the time right now to deal with a lot of inquiries. August was a busy month, I sold frags to 5 people so my selection is pretty much shot except for frags from the really large colonies that I frag heavily.

[catshanon]

I will be getting some frags from Russell and he is shipping next Saturday (Oct 2nd). I have only ordered 10 frags, so there is still room for approximately 20 more bags. The total cost of shipping is $30, so if anyone is interested, please pm me and we can share the shipping costs.
Thanks,
Raj

[catshanon]

Bump again for getting frags from Russell (Whatcaneyedo). Lots of room left in the box and Russell has some montiporas and zoos for sale. Nice chance to get some good frags and share a bit of the shipping cost.
Please pm me if you are interested.

[Edmonton newbie]

id jump on that edmonton order for one of each of those zoas love the green ones you have 3 different ones avail right?

[catshanon]

Still have room for about 15 bags of frags.... so if you are interested, please pm Russell and let him know to combine with Catshanon's Edmonton order.