OK Matt, you got a real problem there. Thanks for the picture. Your going to have to
frag that stuff off and find a local store to buy it from you. One word of caution about doing that...most
LFSs would rather give you store credit than cash. You can accept that if you want BUT, cash is better! Cash is KING in this economy!
As a hobbyist, here's what I'd do with Xenia
frags. Get a few "heads" on small rocks, well attached and pumping. Bag some up in separate bags and head for two or three
LFS. Take one bag in the store and ask for the OWNER. Show him what you've got and say, I'm fragging Xenia for SALE. Could you use some? He'll say, "How much"? Don't get greedy here. It's important to know they buy at wholesale (cheap) and that's the way they think. If you said $5 a
frag, he should be interested. If he goes for it, great. Tell him you have a few more in the car. You should have 5 or 6 total the first time.
You don't want him to know you are doing this because the stuff is crawling out of your 30 gal trying to eat the cat. Do this with a few stores and you may find yourself "in business". I know a guy, a friend, who made a small fortune doing this. He expanded his business into a full blown greenhouse operation and specialized in EASY TO GROW soft corals and some LPS and SPS and sold to wholesalers only. The details above may be slightly off skew from what he actually did but, it's accurate enough for this story. You may have heard of my friend, Anthony Calfo. That's how he got his start, in a nut shell.
Dick
