Pacific East Aquaculture

On the home front, the smoke damage throughout our facility is extensive and will take some time to deal with. Insulation is attached to the roof and in the external walls and so the roof must be removed as well as demolition of many walls. So far the livestock systems are still running and all livestock is fine, but once demo begins it will be challenging. We are still shipping online orders but can not allow walk-in customers. HEPA air scrubbers and Hydroxyl generators are cleaning the odors. A temporary heating system and dehumidifiers are running. The significant livestock areas have been superficially decontaminated. The office and packing areas will need complete demolition. A storage pod is set up outside and most areas inside have all contents removed. The process of demo and construction can begin only after the insurance company decides on a settlement. The process will likely take months.

In Tonga, our farm location has been assigned. We are allowed to set up the coral and clam farm in the waters surrounding Pangaimotu Island. We have submitted the paperwork for an Aquaculture permit and will have that in a week. Since no one has set up a farm in Tonga before we will have some challenges, but with enthusiastic backing by the government.

Hi Everyone Thanks for your concern and well wishes! We had a fire Monday evening in the office/storage area at our facility. The fire was unrelated to any aquarium issues. There is significant smoke damage and some structural damage. Our HVAC units are in that area and have created a somewhat toxic environment. We are doing everything we can to minimize any impact to our livestock. All our livestock systems are running normally and thus far all stock appears to be OK. We are working with our insurance companies and starting the process. It will be months before we will be fully operational or open to walk in customers. With the replacement of HVAC and dehumidifier units, clean up, light fixture replacements, construction, etc. we are looking at a few hundred thousand dollars in damages. At the same time I have been working on starting a new coral farm in Tonga. No one has done cultured corals there. They do not have any experience in culturing corals and have asked for my assistance since I set up a coral farm in the Solomon Islands about 15 years ago, a clam farm in French Polynesia about 12 years ago, and another farm in Indonesia recently. I have been working with locals in Tonga to set this up and hope to get the farm going in a couple of months. The fire at our facility will delayed this project unfortunately. I appreciate your offers for help however we are doing all that can be done at this time and clean up will require specialized equipment. We plan to rebuild and hope we can financially. Thank you all. I attended the very first WAMAS meeting and have been to virtually every meeting/event over the years. So many of you are friends and supporters and I am privileged to know you all.

I have been coming to WAMAS meetings since the very first one. This club is without exception the best anywhere! In the past years I use to go to 25 to 30 club events a year around the country, none compare to WAMAS. Thanks to everyone that volunteers to make such great events and continuing to encourage and support the hobby!

Please place your order online if you woukd like that piece.

Bringing some chalice frags. Not bringing any colonies of any type unless preordered.

Will be bringing 60 cultured Maxima clams, 100 ultra color Acropora frags, 60 assorted other frags including Mushrooms, Zoas, and LPS. You may also place an order online for anything on our site with free delivery to the event.

Not bringing any to the event. Just not many available with the ban on exports from Indonesia and Fiji. I have a few in stock but no crazy colors.

No need, will have plenty there.

Bringing lots of nice Acropora frags, 4 for $80

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Gotcha, will be lots of clams to pick from.

Place an order online and get free delivery to the meeting. Check out our WEEKLY SPECIALS page for some deals: https://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/prodList.asp?idcategory=76&pMaxItemsPerPage=1000

Specials available ONLY at the meeting WILL BE SELLING FROM 2pm-4pm ONLY ARRIVE EARLY FOR BEST SELECTION!! ● Cultured Maxima Clams 2 for $80 ● Ultra color Acropora Frags 4 for $80 ● Assorted Premium Frags 3 for $80, includes Mushrooms, Zoas, Favias, Chalices, Acans, etc.