Collectors Reserve Stock Limited Edition Frags

[InLimbo87]

Wow! What a beautiful selection of corals.


...Going to buy a lotto ticket

[Dentoid]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Click on the pic of the Million dollar coral.

Damn, I was hoping to buy that coral!

[blue_eyes53813]

Will you buy me one too Scott???? please please please..

[Dentoid]

Here you go Vicki!

[framerguy]

I remember the day Dr. Mac emailed me the story of Peter Choo, I choked up then too. What a terrific young man, I didn't even know him but the world seems a lesser place without him.

[Dentoid]

Whoo is Peter Choo?

[mps9506]

Originally Posted by Dentoid

Whoo is Peter Choo?

http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.co...d%3d83%23T3-36

Here is the quote from the page. Hope you don't mind me pasting it here Dr. Mac....

This amazingly beautiful coral is named in memory of Peter Choo, a special reefkeeping friend.



(Oct. 2007)
A couple of years ago a young man came into my store along with his parents and siblings, an otherwise unremarkable event except that when they left I commented to my staff about what a remarkable young man this person was. At the time I did not know his name and actually commented that I was unsure if this was a child or a very short adult because he was so articulate and had such a passion for reefkeeping. As time passed and the young man returned to my store several times I learned his name was Peter and in fact he was only about 10 years old. He reminded me of myself some 40 years ago as I began my adventure into this fascinating hobby, he shared my intensity to learn and compassion to care about the sea creatures we are fortunate enough to have in our tanks. I always enjoyed seeing Peter when he came in and found him to be a truly remarkable boy, little did I know at the time just how remarkable he was.



Several months ago I received a call from Peter's father telling me Peter wanted to come visit us to celebrate his birthday. Great I said, always happy to see him. But no, this visit would be quite different, it would be Peter's last his father said. Fumbling to find the words to ask why, his father told me that Peter was dying of cancer and the doctors gave him just a few weeks to live. I never realized that Peter was sick, he seemed small for his age but he was always so energetic and enthusiastic about looking at all the corals and picking out a few he liked for his tank. Peter's father told me that visiting us and his love for his reef tank were among the greatest joys of his life and that he wished we could make his last visit special. When I told my staff of Peter's condition we all cried and hoped we could somehow make his visit memorable. A week later when he came in we could all see how his disease was affecting him, it was difficult for all of us to avoid breaking down in front of him. But Peter was his usual cheerful self, looking at, studying, and asking questions about corals for his tank. His cancer had advanced to a degree that he must have been in pain and suffering, yet his smiling face was there as always. After a long discussion on keeping Acropora and Zoanthid corals Peter picked out a few for his tank. He told me how he loved to lay in front of his tank at night and watch the fish interacting and how he was hoping he could grow out and eventually frag some of his new corals. I hugged him when he left and wondered if his visit was more memorable for him or me.



I received a letter today from Peter's father that Peter passed away September 11.



Rest in peace my dear little friend and thank you for touching our hearts these last few years. You helped renew my passion for this great hobby we both, and so many others, share and I hope we were able to make your tragically too short life a bit happier. I know you never did get the chance to grow out those corals, but I'll be thinking of you whenever I'm making frags and wishing you were still here. Goodbye Peter, I'll remember and miss you.





Peter Choo
August 9, 1994-September 11, 2007



Proceeds from the sale of this coral will be donated to:
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Neuroblastoma Research Funds
In Memory of Peter Choo
Attn: Suzanne Hershowitz Dept. of Pediatrics
1275 York Ave.
New York, NY 10065

[Dentoid]

That is truly a remarkable and touching story! Peter is now loved by the angels. Thanks Mike, I missed that!

[Melanie]

Yeah I got misted eyed when I read that too. Sweet that you have a memorial coral for him and also that a LFS cares so deeply about this young man.