Look at the four fictitious examples below to give you an idea of what you could post on the Reef Traders' Trove - Message Board":
Wanted: All types of coral cuttings.
For Trade: Tank raised live rock and sand. Plus misc items. I prefer local trades, but may ship too.
Contact: Rocky in Ohio - RockOn@ReefRockers.com
Wanted: Very green star polyps, tank raised stony corals and a mated breeder pair of Ocellaris or Percula Clownfish. I'm trying to set up a a mostly tank-raised reef and also a 100% tank-raised reef. I would also like to hear from others about your successful and not so successful attempts of making coral cuttings.
For Trade: Xenia cuttings - four varieties. Five varieties of Sarcophyton (Leather Mushrooms). Two varieties of Sinularia (Finger Leathers). 3 varieties of SPS corals. I'm also raising various colors of Actinodiscus (Smooth Mushroom/Disk Anemones).
Contact: Carol Reeves in California at: RUreefcrazy2@coral.com
Help!!! I would like to talk to successful coral propagating hobbyists about the methods that they are having good luck with. All this propagation stuff sounds great, but I'm just having a hard time getting up enough nerve to slice a piece off of my beautiful corals to try to grow more of them. I want to make cuttings of my actinodiscus to start with, but I'm a bit nervous about getting the scissors out.
Contact: Tim Idcutter - New York, New York - SaveReefs@procrastinate.com
Wanted: Contact with other reef aquarists in the San Antonio area interested in trading coral cuttings, ideas and getting together for small informal coral cutting workshops. Also interested in forming a group of aquarists interested raising various marine aquarium fish to trade back and forth. For trade: I raise two types of clownfish, several soft corals and SPS corals that I currently sell and trade with local aquarium stores, but would like to trade some of these with hobbyists for other fish, corals and...
Contact: Anna Nomie in San Antonio, Texas: CutNGrowM@Reef.com