Donor Program Introduction

The idea of the donor program is to generate a pool of coral fragments available to TRAC members, whether they are long standing members or those relatively new to the club. A coral enters this program when a club member has a species which they are willing to fragment. This may be a coral that they have in their tank or a coral which they are purchasing intentionally to enter into the donor program. Sometimes several club members may decide to pool together to purchase a coral for this purpose.

A thread is then started in this forum for that Donor Coral. The first post will give the coral name (scientific and common, when possible), describe the coral, current and recommended tank conditions, lighting, etc. That post should also include one or more photos of the coral. Those who enter the donor coral into the program will put their name(s) under a HAVE list. Those that are interested in recieving a fragment of that coral will then reply and add their name to the WANT list. Also, when adding yourself to the list, include first your TRAC handle and then your real name. If your handle IS your real name, feel free to only list it once.

This coral is then fragmented and distributed to those interested in having this specimen in their tank. Those recieving these fragments are known as Sponsors and should be added to the HAVE list. When these donated fragments have doubled in size, they should be re-fragged and distributed to those that are next on the WANT list.

Donor Program Thread Template

The thread should start with the word DONOR. For example, if I have Strawberry Zooanthids that I can frag, the title would be "DONOR: Strawberry Zooanthids". Below is an exampple of the thread contents, please copy this template and change the details as appropriate for your frag.

quote:

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DONOR: Strawberry Zooanthids

I will have 5 strawberry zooanthid polyp colonies.

Each will be small, but will grow under VHO or MH lights.
Each is free to a member of the club providing that.....

1. They provide an adequate environment for it to grow.
   
2. They are at the next meeting to receive a colony
   
3. They describe how it grows for them under their conditions, and what those conditions are.
   
4. They promise that once they are twice the size they are now, they will donate a colony the approximate size of the original donor colony.

If you wish to be a sponsor....reply to this list. The first five will get a colony. The next people on the list will receive frags from the Sponsors when the colony has doubled.

HAVE:
Aquatic Aquaman (Scott Cline)

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For another example check out how they did it on this thread with the Oklahoma Reef Club..

The Green Star Polyps that Zeeman donated to myself are doing great. Every so often my anemone will try to wave some tentacles at them, and once my brittle star knocks over the small unattached piece of LR the polyps live on, which caused it to fall over, scarring the polyps for a day

But they've been holding up real well, and I think are just starting to spread, I've seen at least 2 new heads that weren't there before

Bumping this up for more activity!

i'll be doin some donating. give me a month or two.

Since there seems to be some people interested in this program again I think I'll give this thread a bump.