Amazing Reefs Grow Here™

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These are our two adorable tank bred SA Snowflake Occelaris clowns, and we think they are just tops!  :)  They love to eat anything at all, gobbling up flake straight out of the shipping bag!  They are $50 each, or $90 for the pair, come pick up some beautiful clowns today, we have several pairs of rare clowns in stock, including Red Sea Two Bands for just $25! 

Saturday May 12th   11am - 5pm

Sunday May 13th   11am - 5pm

Wednesday May 16th  CLOSED

We will also be closed Sunday, May 20th, in honor of ReefSMART!  :)

I am bursting with excitement, folks! After much deliberation and speaking with many respected aquaculturists, we have decided that we will now include tank raised and maricultured animals for sale - as well as becoming much more diverse in our selection of tank bred and aquacultured animals.

Aquaculture - corals propagated and grown in an enclosed system free of parasites.

Mariculture - corals propagated and grown in a system adjoining the ocean, or in a lagoon.

Tank Bred - fish born in captivity and raised until they reach a sellable size.

Tank Raised - fish born in the ocean, and collected just after their larval stage when they settle into their juvenile habitats. They are then raised in capivity to approximately double their body mass until they reach a sellable size.

As the hobby has struggled to become more sustainable - with new collection restrictions popping up everywhere - the wild collected price and the captive grown price has come a lot closer to matching then ever before. Since TRF began retail a few years ago, we are now able to be much larger "drop in the ocean" for distributing the captive bred and raised animals that sustainable companies are working hard to produce.

We are very proud to say that we have many animals in stock and quarrantine that we have never sold before. We realize that not all of you can buy small frags, and realistically we know if we don't offer you a tank raised or maricultured animal at a reasonable price then you will have to buy one that was collected from the ocean at a large breeding size. This does a lot more damage to the population since not very many of the juveniles reach breeding maturity - so collecting at this level depletes the population a lot more.

Our preference will always be for aquaculture and tank bred - if we can obtain these animals we certainly will. Most species, however, as of yet cannot be bred in capivity, or as in the case of corals cannot be grown large enough in enclosed systems to compete with wild collected price. We realize these hard truths and continue to strive for the most sustainable way to supply you with your aquarium inhabitants at an unbeatable price!

March 24th, 2012

12pm - 5pm

13629 New Light Rd.

Raleigh, NC 27614

(919) 875 - 8055

gracer@reeffarm.com

Come one, come all, to our TRF Swap & Sale on the 24th! This will probably be the last trading/selling event before ReefSMART, so don't miss it! We will have some great stock on hand ready by then, and of course our hobbyist sellers will be sure to have some awesomeness! :)

Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to date - more exciting stuff to come!  For now, just mark those calendars - and FF members will want to keep a close eye on your email! :)

I can't wait to show you all my new hot stuff coming soon - and finally let you have some of the stuff you have been drooling over awhile! ;)

TRF Swap & Sale 

Sunday, January 22nd 

12pm - 4pm 

13629 New Light Rd.

Raleigh, NC 27614

Here at The Reef Farm, we support aquacultured corals. This means you! A seasoned reef tank can produce many frags - (sometimes whether you mean to or not!) helping to keep the hobby sustainable. The more aquaculture sold in the hobby, the better - so bring your frags, used equipment (we all need to save a buck sometimes) or anything else hobby-related to sell at TRF this Sunday, the 22nd! If you are just getting started and don't have anything to sell or trade - then just come on out for the great deals and fun time!

Many hobbyists have been woeful in the past that all our events are usually on Saturday - here is your chance at a Sunday event! The greenhouse is just full of frags, and will other sellers and traders bringing their corals as well there will be a HUGE selection! Don't miss it - and look out in your email between now and Friday, Frequent Fraggers - you will have something special coming!

TRF corals look beautiful in the sunlight - "just like a natural reef", but sometimes it is nice to see the colors pop under LED lights the way it would in your tank before you buy! Come celebrate the first ever "Moonlight Madness" event at TRF with us on Dec. 30th, anytime between 5pm and 10pm. (First ever Friday opened!) We will be announcing some awesome sales and posting pics as we get closer to the date, so stay tuned!

The  Reef Farm will be closed this coming Saturday as we attend the Fourth Annual ReefSMART Expo hosted at the Wake County Commons.  We will open back up at the normal time on Sunday the 13th. 

We invite you to join us as we put on the largest aquatics show in the area.  ReefSMART was started to give aquarists, vendors, and manufacturers a chance to all get together and mingle to talk about and offer their goods. 

The Reef Farm will also be launching our brand new Dry Goods line at the Expo - we have some amazing prices on fantastic products!  Come join us and all the other vendors - follow the links below for more information.  See you at the show! 

http://www.sustainablereef.com/reefsmart

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