About 3x0t1k

3x0t1k is a small coral operation run out of Queens, New York. Every frag on this site was cut here, glued here, and grown out in our system long enough to prove it was going to live.

What one of one means

Almost every listing is a single piece with a stock of one. The photo on the listing is the animal you receive, shot under actinic and again under daylight so you know what you are getting under your own lights. When it sells, it is gone, and it comes back only when the mother colony can spare another cut.

How we cut

Frags are cut from colonies that have been in our system for at least a month, mounted on plugs, and then healed for a further two to four weeks before they are listed. That healing window is the difference between a frag that opens in your tank on day two and one that melts on day five. It is also why our list is shorter than it could be.

The Frag Board

The board is a free trading space for reefers. We do not take a cut, we do not hold anyone's money, and we are not a party to what people arrange there. It exists because most of the corals worth having never sit on a shelf: they move between tanks in a parking lot on a Saturday.

What we will tell you

If a coral is hard, we say it is hard. If a piece is slow, or dark in daylight, or needs feeding three times a week, that goes in the description. We would rather lose a sale than take a payment for an animal that is going to die in your tank, and every care sheet on this site is written to be checked against what actually happens.

Pickup and questions

Local pickup in Queens is available by appointment. If you are new and not sure whether a piece fits your tank, write to us before you order. We answer honestly even when the honest answer is that you should wait six months.