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

P Put a note in the comments section at check out. To avoid shipping fees select call in, or if paying with credit card we will refund you the shipping if you don't select call in.

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.

I remember shopping at his place 20 or 25+ years ago when I was just a hobbyist. I stumbled upon the announcement on Facebook that Jos had passed away a couple days ago. I didn't know him personally, but talked to him many times and could buy just about any fish I wanted at his place, back in the day. When I became a vendor 20 years ago it was common in the early years that suppliers asked me if I knew him because they sold so much to him. Over the years on this forum folks either loved his place or hated it, but it was a major vendor in the area for many years.

Update, OP Oscar has initiated a charge back with his credit card company. We of course will present the facts. If we lose the dispute Kyle and Alyssa will be out the full amount. So, vendors and hobbyists alike take note. This is why prices are as high as they are, someone decides to pick up livestock and put it in their tank 13 hours after it's available to be picked up, during the hottest period this summer, and allows the animals to die and the vendor is on the hook for it. This is why extended guarantees are bad for our hobby. As a hobbyists you may feel a sense of protection, the truth is it breeds a thought of indifference--oh well no problem I'll be taken care of just put the fish away whenever, etc.

Hi Oscar We are sorry you had issues with your seahorse order. These are the facts: •You said this is the second time you had issues with us but our records show under your name this is the only order we sent you. •Your order was sent as a hold for pick up to the UPS center. •Your order was available to pick up at 7:21am according to UPS site •We always do a courtesy call the day of delivery. We called you at 5:45pm and inquired why you hadn't picked up by that time. •You picked up the box at 5:57pm according to UPS site. •We have used the same packing methods and boxes for 18 years, including 1.5 inch thick Styrofoam and ice pack(s), newspaper, multiple liner bags, and multiple bags for each animal. We ship thousands of orders nationwide annually. We ship up to 6 seahorses per bag and have shipped over 10,000 seahorses both wholesale and retail with no problems. •You contacted us via email with photos of your Seahorses still in the bag at 8:05pm according to Google time stamp. •Despite these facts, we offered you a partial credit and sent you our cell number to communicate with us to resolve this to your satisfaction. You never communicated with us again and you decided instead to bash us here.

Funny? I understand your point but what folks don't realize is that this is our livelihood. Think about it, how many folks would like such reviews at their job and then have someone post a review solely to damage your reputation and harm your livelihood when you did nothing wrong. Not saying we are always perfect because no one is, but when we did nothing wrong and have to defend ourselves that goes to the reliability of online reviews in general. But, that's a whole different topic and no one really cares anyway.

We'll be there. See this thread for details.

Just to add some perspective on the check valves.. We have a Zero Edge display tank set up at our shop. The return comes up through the bottom of the tank and uses a check valve. Our experience is about 50-50, even with fresh just-replaced plumbing. Sometimes when the power goes out it seals properly. Sometimes we clean up a puddle. We have check valves on our big grow-out systems as well and it is the same. Over time they've deteriorated to the point that they really don't seal at all anymore.

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Have you heard? There is a WAMAS Social this weekend, June 22-23 at Reef eScape in Fairfax! 12-4 Saturday, WAMAS Social 4-7 10-2 Sunday Raffles, food, great livestock at awesome prices, fun for everyone!!! Join us and fellow reef keepers that are passionate about the hobby. Share your thoughts and experiences, learn, have some fun this weekend!! What Kind Of Things Are We Bringing?? Clams-incredible prices!!! Bringing ultra Maximas and Dr. Mac's private stash of his Supers (these are amazing, a bit pricier but really gorgeous and still great prices for such awesome clams--you must stop by just to see these devils!!!) Tons of Corals, everything from $15 frags to Gorgeous Colonies! Mind blowing corals at the lowest prices ever!! Reef Crystals buckets, special price!! So much more!! Just a few of the corals that we will be bringing: Unreal Plate Killer Metallic Glowing Orange Frogspawn Hott Lipps Lobo, we have lots of crazy Lobos and Symphyllia! Something a bit different, looks like Acan bowerbanki, maybe Echinomopha, SPECTACULAR! Acan bowerbanki, STUNNING!! Bringing lots of cool Rics!

That's right, we will be attending the October 9th WAMAS meeting and we will be happy to deliver your livestock! We've got some really great specials running on the website that you can take advantage of, just place your order and let us know it's for delivery at the meeting. We will remove the shipping and box fees before we charge your card. Plus check out our Vendor Forum for some awesome WYSIWYG PREORDER Specials! These items are only available on the boards and are first come first served. Make sure you check the thread regularly as we will be adding new items during the week! We look forward to seeing you all at the meeting! Any questions or to place an order, just call our toll free number 877-887-5224.

My comments are not directed at any one vendor or person. I have no interest in bashing or commenting on any vendor's business practices, ethical, legal, or not. I do import direct, have an import license, have a facility licensed and inspected by the state and federal authorities, and do deal with CITES issues daily (just so you know I have some direct knowledge and some risk legally--so you know where I am coming from). Just one small aspect of this I want to address. I can tell you that to say there are other more important issues for federal officials to be concerned about is certainly factual. However, there are federal inspectors and other officials that deal with this very issue and they very much think it is important to them and take their jobs seriously. The US Fish and Wildlife Service regulates the importation/inspection of live animal and coral shipments. Take it as a fact that they are aware of these issues and monitor them including online forums (please, I am not trying to make everyone think big brother is watching your every move, but they do monitor). Without getting into the ethics, legality, etc. of this issue, I want everyone to be aware that US F&W is looking for reasons to shut down the industry, they are watching and acculumating info, and taking these issues and the blatant disregard and flaunting of trade in illegal corals as a black mark on us all in the hobby/industry. The only point I wish to make at this time is that this hobby would cease to exist if we at this point in time try to rely exclusively on tank-raised corals, fish, live rock, etc.--we still need access to wild collected animals. So, I think everyone should be a little more cautious as to their use of terms and discussion of the issues. I include myself and everyone participating in this debate. Take my comments for what you will, some may say paranoid, but I know of what I speak. Marketing and creating a buzz to sell is all good, we all do it, but blatant use of terminology such as so-called Japanese corals will draw more scrutiny at an industry already under the magifying glass from a federal government agency and also environmental groups. There have been recent efforts at shutting us down and these will continue and we do not as a community as a whole need to give more rope to hang ourselves. The casual brushing off of potentially illegal importation of live animals is serious business to some folks. I am not presenting myself as some higher moral authority here, just pointing out something we all should be aware of and act appropriately.