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Thank you! Yea it is! I was sold it as a master rainbow chalice, I think that just means 4+ colors. It wasn’t cheap, but it sure is nice. It’s really been taking off lately and getting more pinks, blues, yellows in addition to its metallic orange base color.
I might have to get a frag off of you one day. I'm in the north bay
 
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I might have to get a frag off of you one day. I'm in the north bay
For sure! Where at in the north bay are you? I always love seeing bay people on reef2reef.
 
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same, i'm in the like super south bay area and require delivery tho
Oh that can be done lol, where at in the South Bay? I’m close to the Sunnyvale/Mountain View border.
 

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For sure! Where at in the north bay are you? I always love seeing bay people on reef2reef.
Rohnert park. In between Santa rosa and Petaluma. I usually drive out to Sacramento to buy frags from other hobbysists. A lot of good reefers out that way.
 

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Oh that can be done lol, where at in the South Bay? I’m close to the Sunnyvale/Mountain View border.

like.. just east of Los Angeles

:D:D:D
 
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Rohnert park. In between Santa rosa and Petaluma. I usually drive out to Sacramento to buy frags from other hobbysists. A lot of good reefers out that way.
Nice!
 
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like.. just east of Los Angeles

:D:D:D
Ahh I see lol. My wife’s sister just moved down there, she’s in some area that’s kinda spooky she says, I’m sure yours is nice :) lol
 
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Ahh I see lol. My wife’s sister just moved down there, she’s in some area that’s kinda spooky she says, I’m sure yours is nice :) lol

haha where is she at? the place i live, redlands, is pretty nice.. but right next door is san bernardino which is basically always in competition for worst city in california
 
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haha where is she at? the place i live, redlands, is pretty nice.. but right next door is san bernardino which is basically always in competition for worst city in california
Oh niceee. I know where that’s at. I think I drove through there from Palm Springs to Ontario airport. Or maybe Palm Springs to lax... one of the two. She lives in some place called hacienda heights, it sounds pretty dicey. Lol.
 
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Oh niceee. I know where that’s at. I think I drove through there from Palm Springs to Ontario airport. Or maybe Palm Springs to lax... one of the two. She lives in some place called hacienda heights, it sounds pretty dicey. Lol.

either way you probably rolled through, the 10 freeway runs right through redlands. whenever i try to describe where redlands is to people from far away i just say between LA and Palm springs. idk why everyone knows where palm springs is lol
 
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either way you probably rolled through, the 10 freeway runs right through redlands. whenever i try to describe where redlands is to people from far away i just say between LA and Palm springs. idk why everyone knows where palm springs is lol
Coachellaaaaa lol
 

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Thank you! Yea it is! I was sold it as a master rainbow chalice, I think that just means 4+ colors.

Yeah, that's pretty much what it means. but each vendor/wholesaler is slightly different, so it may not have to do with it's number of colors compared to the rarity of colors (Like true yellows for example) or just how nice it is in general. One wholesalers Master is another's Ultra. It gets most murky at the top, but for anybody wondering these are the grades of wholesale -- Note that not all things are worthy of being graded so are just "Assorted".

"Assorted" Coral ---> B Grade ---> A Grade ---> Ultra ---> Master

Here is an A Grade Red St. Thomas mushroom
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Here is a B Grade Red St. Thomas
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The B Grade is literally 3-4x the size, and is 3-4x cheaper than the A Grade. The B Grade came in as an uncolored / poorly colored Red St. Thomas. It may, or may not, develop red as it's supposed to. This is partially why it was so much cheaper, even though it's significantly larger.
 
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Yeah, that's pretty much what it means. but each vendor/wholesaler is slightly different, so it may not have to do with it's number of colors compared to the rarity of colors (Like true yellows for example) or just how nice it is in general. One wholesalers Master is another's Ultra. It gets most murky at the top, but for anybody wondering these are the grades of wholesale -- Note that not all things are worthy of being graded so are just "Assorted".

"Assorted" Coral ---> B Grade ---> A Grade ---> Ultra ---> Master

Here is an A Grade Red St. Thomas mushroom
c8f8d4e8-84cf-4ce3-8e7f-85ef45a92199-original.jpg



Here is a B Grade Red St. Thomas
678fef90-7915-40e8-b06b-648d7423cc51-original.jpg


The B Grade is literally 3-4x the size, and is 3-4x cheaper than the A Grade. The B Grade came in as an uncolored / poorly colored Red St. Thomas. It may, or may not, develop red as it's supposed to. This is partially why it was so much cheaper, even though it's significantly larger.
Ah thank you for that! I didn’t know true yellows and rare colors could change the grading as well, very good to know.
 

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Coachellaaaaa lol

that's indio!

i suppose there's a lot of famous people that vacation and golf in palm springs, i've just never really understood it. if i'm going somewhere super hot, i need me a large body of water
 
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