We will always email you in advance to see when is best before shipping. Is shipping overnight? Yes, everything is shipped with UPS overnight.
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If you'd like to shop in person or pick up for free just contact us in advance. I also post mother colony photos of many corals and if you read the listing it will say which is the frag photo and which is the colony.įree shipping to East Coast and midwest customers is over $295.00įor customers in TX, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, and further west orders $310+ ship for free.įlorida residents orders $225+ ship for free.Ĭan I pick up in person? Yes, we are located in Miami, FL. Is everything What You See Is What You Get? Yes, almost everything on our website is wysiwyg. I wanted to take the time to answer some common questions: This hobby can be exciting and daunting in the beginning, but if you stick with it and learn from your mistakes it is wonderfully rewarding. Rainbow Ricordea is a fairly distinct group that is characterized by having a lot of burnt orange with light orange highlights in the tentacles. They fall into several different groups, and there is probably not a clear line that can be drawn between groups. Photo shows other specimens in one of the business’ saltwater tanks.Hello! I'm so glad you found my store! I've been growing and selling corals for over 19 years and absolutely love it. Rainbow Ricordea is a very desirable color morph of the Florida Ricordea. Ricordea polyps illegally harvested by the defendant. Notice that the polyps are still attached to reef substrate. Ricordea polyps illegally harvested by the defendant for use in the aquarium trade. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico. Hale of the Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section along with Assistant U.S.
The case is being prosecuted by Christopher L. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with support from the USFWS Inspectors. This case was investigated as part of Operation Rock Bottom and Operation Borinquen Chisel by Special Agents of the U.S. It prefers a low water movement within the aquarium, and it may not be as. Torres pleaded guilty to similar charges on June 9, 2020. It requires a medium to high light level, but metal halide lighting may be too bright. Vargas will be sentenced at a future date designated by the court. Aquarium decor Gravel & sand Aquarium stands Water filtration systems Water heaters Water treatments. While there is some variation in the price of Ricordea depending on coloration, size, and other factors, the aggregate retail value of illegal Ricordea shipped by Vargas was worth at least $90,000. From January 2014 to March 2016, Vargas sent or caused to be sent at least 40 shipments of marine species that were illegally harvested in the waters of Puerto Rico.
In order to cover up the nature of his shipments and to avoid detection from governmental inspection authorities, the scheme included falsely labeling many of the live shipments as inanimate objects.
In Puerto Rico, it is illegal to harvest Ricordea, zoanthids, and anemones specimens if they are going to be sent off-island or otherwise sold commercially, nor is there a permit available to do so. However, we do not like illegally collected corals from protected reef environments. The Department of Justice correctly points out that reef aquarium keepers like the “glow” under the “UV lights” that are typically used in high-end saltwater reef aquariums. Luis Vargas collected the popular genus Ricordea and sent that genus to customers in the United States waiting for the live specimens. In a small tank, you may want to choose one species of reef safe hermit carbs instead of mixing several how sometimes different species may fight one another more. The Blue Legged Hermit carb coloration as they get older can be amazing. On Monday, he pleads guilty to export smuggling and two felony violations of the Lacey Act for collecting, purchasing, falsely labeling, and shipping protected marine invertebrate species as part of an effort to subvert Puerto Rican law designed to protect corals and other reef species, the Department of Justice announced. This includes the Blue Legged Hermit Crab and the Scarlet Hermit Crabs. A large part of the business was devoted to the sale of native Puerto Rican marine species that are popular in the saltwater aquarium trade. Luis Joel Vargas Martell (Vargas) was the co-owner of a home-based saltwater aquarium business, Carebbean Reefers (spelling error intentional) that also operated online through the EBay store “Redragon1975”.
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