When I first signed up to this site, I saw a post called Pay it Forward. One of our members, Bill Boots (wmboots) said that when he got in this hobby it was all about sharing frags. It wasn’t about buying and selling. So, he offered to help out someone who was just getting started. I took him up on that and he gave me some very nice stuff.

Over the past couple of months, Bill has gone through a ton of problems and the net result is that he lost most everything. He is now in the process of setting up his 150 and starting from scratch. I want to see Arc come together and help out a wonderful member. I have already told him he can have anything in my tank. Well, except maybe my scoly, clam and nems. J Anything else he wants he is welcome to cut a frag. I would like to invite all of you to offer something up to help Bill get his tank back the way he wants it.

Please post here if you have anything you can hook him up with when he is ready.

Thanks,
Rich

I don't have much as I am just recovering from a crash and have only had a tank running a few months myself but I do have a single lunar eclipse frag he's welcome to but I'm a trip I can bring with me when I come to Atlanta if interested

I don't think I have anything anyone would want, but I have a cool cabbage leather coral that's on a nicely purpled flat rock.

Bill i got some Zoas i can give you

You to Rich for being awesome

I have toadtstool leather he can have.....nice size 3-4 inches.

I can problably through in some Zoas nothing Les but have some nice Les look a likes. I can cut
I can break off a couple heads of a damicornis too. But I am a long haul out
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I have some Zs and Ps to throw in. I could frag up some Meteor Shower also.

Come on over! I got Palmers blue Millie and an Ora Blue Voodoo I can frag...maybe more..as u might know I also had my own bouts with Bryopsis that has kicked my butt in the last 6 months....it seems to be 99.999 done...but none (if anything is left) would be on a fresh cut frag.

I have a nice piece of purple digi and a hollywood stunner to help out.

red planet, purple deaths, mohawks, green long lash, or red morphs..

Rastas, yellow polyps, LoTR, and a bird of paradise if he'd like.

I just got my tank going but I have some cool looking mushrooms I would be happy to donate

I've got superman monte frags.

WOW thanks so much first off to Rich for the kind post and words, and to all of those of you reaching out to help.
I've never been one to post pics or brag about his tank but I will say the 90 gallon that crashed was a very nice if not gorgeous reef that had been growing for 5 years.

I will be putting water in tomorrow along with aquascaping as best I can with 50lbs of Marco rock and somewhere around 100lbs of rock I took out of the 90.
The new setup consists of a custom 150 (72x20x24), 40 gallon sump with refugium chamber, skimmer chamber and return pump in center, Reef Octopus NW200 skimmer, mag 12 return pump, closed loop system with little giant pump and when I finish retrofitting the canopy it will run 8 - 54 watt T5 lamps.

Again thanks so much for your responses and I will send you PM's to setup get togethers and just be sure that as I have done in the past. As corals get to size to frag I will be Paying it Forward to help anyone wanting to get a start, who has had a system crash or they just would like a frag of something I have in my tank.

Now that is what I am talking about. :-) Love the way everyone stepped up. That is what this club is all about.

I have a two-headed hammer with two babies and two-headed frogspawn with one baby. Both are already on tiles. (Learned to frag last week :D)

i have a few things i can donate! nothing fancy, but pm me if interested

water is in tank but because I can't use any of the water that was in the 55 gallon tank I was using to keep everything in I'm 30 gallons short. Filtering more water but that will take approximately 6-8 hours. Also I can expect a mini cycle so I will wait a couple weeks before put anything more in.
It appears a couple colonies of neon green paly's may have survived but that and 2 clown fish are the lone survivors

So sorry to hear about the crash its never a good thing mine crashed last year and I lost so many expensive corals and fish. I'm finally getting back to a good point. With everything as said before I don't have much that's fraggable but your welcome to anything I got in my tank free once it gets to a point it can be fragged

Come on over! I got Palmers blue Millie and an Ora Blue Voodoo I can frag...maybe more..as u might know I also had my own bouts with Bryopsis that has kicked my butt in the last 6 months....it seems to be 99.999 done...but none (if anything is left) would be on a fresh cut frag.

Ralph do you know what caused the Bryopsis outbreak you have been battling?
I have been following your thread and you certainly have been going thru your share of problems too.

Hey Bill. There is one thing I forgot to add when I started this thread. You have to post pictures before anyone will give you squat. :-) Better get the camera out. hehehehe

Been taking pics with the android phone will put a couple up, started close loop to create some flow in tank while I wait for the additional 30 gallons of water to filter. Having done so I have found the first change I will be making to the system. Little giant pump is a bit noisy and sure puts out the heat. I will building a dog house or something and moving the pump outside.

Hey Bill, now that I have a little more room in my tank, I moved the frags I have been keeping for you to the front of the tank. Here is a pic. The stag on the right broke off of the one you gave me and seems to be doing ok but I have a much nicer piece up on the rocks that is yours when you are ready.

O'Yea I like

for those of you who offered frags I will send pm this week to setup time to get together.

i love seeing people come together like this 8)

I'm just getting my tank back up and have a friend holding my corals. Anything i can frag you and superclown are welcome to it.

Hey Bill, now that I have a little more room in my tank, I moved the frags I have been keeping for you to the front of the tank. Here is a pic. The stag on the right broke off of the one you gave me and seems to be doing ok but I have a much nicer piece up on the rocks that is yours when you are ready.

Rich will you be around saturday? I'm attempting to setup a run to a few people who offered frags for this weekend.

I should be. Let me know what time works best for you. I will PM my address.

i have something for you but dont know the name and it's at home . will have to send a pic later.

I appreciate that eagle

Rich the pieces I picked up from you last weekend are doing great for the most part.
The largest piece of blue tip is doing good but the 2 smaller frags didn't make it. I believe I put them in area that wasn't receiving enough lite.
The zoas, chalice and hammer are doing fantastic but I'm not sure what is happening with the other acro frag. It looks like it is just algae but when I pull it out it looks alive so I brushed it off but still looks like algae in the tank so it is wait and see at this time.
The piece you gave me that was semi round and had a few eyes that appeared to be alive, well those eyes are deffinetly alive and thriving. The mushroom leather I don't believe is going to make it but I'm giving it a chance, I had my concerns with how small the frag was and that we just cut it and put it in the bag.

So far those are the only pieces I've picked up and put in the tank but they are doing well so I believe even with the mini cycle the system is going thru I am safe to add more to the tank.

Ralph do you know what caused the Bryopsis outbreak you have been battling?
I have been following your thread and you certainly have been going thru your share of problems too.

No clue where I got it from, but I will be much more careful from now on. Anything I introduce to the tank with get their plug blasted with H2O2 first, among other things.

I am now 99.999999999 algae free, so I'm goid to go.

Glad to there the bulk of it is doing well. How about the birdsnest and candy cane? I was very surprised how well the remaining candy cane bounced back after cutting. The leather is doing well too. I suspect that by the time I get ready to set up the 125 it would be healed enough that I could get a better cutting off of it. It was just so hard to get to in it's current location. Also, I can cut another piece of the blue tip off of the big one if you want. There is a piece growing off the back side that I think would do great for you.

forgot about birdsnest and candy cane, they both are doing fantastic. the candy cane frags were in 2 pieces so I placed them in different locations in the tank and it's amazing the color variation. the single head is much darker green but both frags are eating and growing. the birdsnest is doing quite well as well and I expect this piece to grow rather quickly where I have it placed in the tank

Glad to hear it. :-) I love both of those. When I got the green candy cane I didn't really think I would like it so much but now, I love it. It has grown like a weed in my tank. If I remember correctly, it was 3 heads when I got it. Even after cutting those for you it still has about 5 heads on it.

Hey boots I got my tank going and have a huge finger leather and I can drag some

Kris. Are you going in "Drag" again??? Didn't they boot you out of the military for that. hehehehe

Yeah My Iphone is a Druggy

gotta turn of the word complete feature it could get you in trouble.
Glad to hear your back up and running and I wouldn't mind having a finger leather but your a long way away. Maybe get together at a monthly meeting but I can't make the one tomorrow

Jason (redstang) and eagle9252 thank you for the awsome frags the 2 of you gave me yesterday. I will try to post pics of their growth.
Now my tank doesn't look completely barren it is amazing how much bigger 150 gallons (72x20x24) is than 90 gallons (48x18x24) is

I know the feeling Bill. I had several frags sitting on the sand bed in my old tank. When I moved everything to the new tank I set them on the sand until I could figure out where I wanted them. Last night I moved most on to the rocks and it looks sooooooo barren. LOL But, it is only a matter of time. :-)

no prob. it was the least I could do since you offered to give me some stuff back in November when I was starting out. Might have more later when I take the time to learn how to frag.

no prob. it was the least I could do since you offered to give me some stuff back in November when I was starting out. Might have more later when I take the time to learn how to frag.

what were the pieces you gave me, it appears one is a branching monti and not sure what the small piece is

thinks it's hollywood stunner

You are very welcome Bill! It was great to meet you, and Charles, yesterday. I was given a few freebies when I started and I'm just happy to have the opportunity to pay it forward.

hey guys i know this thread is kinda old but i have a few frags to offer if yours still interested boots. theres this prism favia http://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii634/brijesh0789/8078e0cc.jpg
a small ( like 1/2 in wide or so that i accidentally made) piece of this monti cap http://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii634/brijesh0789/8a51b32f.jpg
some of these ring of fire zoas http://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii634/brijesh0789/26efd2fa.jpg
some sweet mint chocolate zoas http://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii634/brijesh0789/13d1178b.jpg
and i have an ora hyacinth birdsnest i could make a frag of for u i dont have a pic of it at the moment but if u want one ill take a pic and post it later let me know it you want any of this stuff i live in north ga so it would be at the june 16 meet that i could get them to you

Edit: oh and that green digi in the left side of the picture with the ring of fire zoanthids its a lot better looking in real life than in the pic and also the pic is a few months old so it has covered most of the plug and grown a little bit and you can kinda see the birds nest in the top of the favia pic

Edit: oh and the favia thats in the top right hand of the ring of fire zoas pic too lol

Most deffinetly would love to get pieces of those colonies but where is clarkesville?
Thank you so much
B

yea no problem man just let me know which ones and ill make up some frags. clarkesville is like 20-30 mins south of the south carolina border so its not the easiest thing to travel all the way up here which is why i said i could bring them the next meeting in a couple of weeks

I already have orange monti but would love zoa's and favia if you can make it to the next meeting just let me know. my tank is still quite barren as alot of the people who said they had frags fell out. I do appreciate and thank whole heartedly those who have helped out and I can't wait to get those corals grown out so I can pass them on as well

WOW! Those are some sweet deals and that is a great gesture. :-) Couldn't be going to a better home.

Oh and by the way, welcome to the club Picoreefguy. That is a great way to make a splash. :-)

Rich if I get these frags you will be the first to get frags once they grow out some

Edit: by the way picoreefguy I was answering your post from my android phone and just now saw you are brand new to ARC and as Rich said this is quite a way to introduce yourself.
Welcome aboard and I as well as many others on this forum look forward to meeting you.
Oh are you up 85 or 515 getting to N.C.

Bill, I have several frogspawn heads, a piece pf yellow scroll, and numerous zoas I could pick off for you. Also about a 2 inch accidental Idaho Grape monti. Problem is, I'm not able to make it to meetings very often and I'm not sure where Fairmount is. I could possibly arrange a drop off at the meeting even if I'm not attending though.

Bill, I have several frogspawn heads, a piece pf yellow scroll, and numerous zoas I could pick off for you. Also about a 2 inch accidental Idaho Grape monti. Problem is, I'm not able to make it to meetings very often and I'm not sure where Fairmount is. I could possibly arrange a drop off at the meeting even if I'm not attending though.

I don't think anyone is sure where Fairmount is. LOL You can't get there from here. :yay: Seriously, it is East of Calhoun about half way between Calhoun and Jasper (like anyone knows where Jasper is).

Bill, I will definitely hit you up on those frags after grow out.

texhorns where in atlanta are you located? I have projects going on in a couple areas and come down to check on jobs weekly, one project is in roswell and another is off camp creek pkwy

i live about 15 miles from camp creek. I think the road is called Cambelton / 166 on that side but turns into fairburn rd / 92

no problem boots youll have some zoas and favias coming your way at the meet and thanks for the warm welcome guys. oh and i live closer to 85 than 515 it takes me about 30 mins to get to 85 through lavonia and from there its only 1 exit from the border so its not too far but i have no idea how far 515 is from me

sorry I didn't catch up with couple of you but still interested if we ever get a chance to meet up.
in the meantime I have a good sized rock covered in neon green paly's if anyone is interested, picture is included

"... but I need his help, or might need it later on. There is, after all, that invisible institution called the Favor Bank, which I have always found so very useful".
- Paulo Coehlo

Don't have anything exotic to offer as I'm a newbie but you're welcome to any of my stuff that can be fragged zoas, bright green star polyps, hammer and musrooms