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Fish Guy,



Once again we are getting off topic.



However lets set some things straight. Since I know little about gold. . .



"Not exactly like coral but it does form over time (Yes, it takes a long time)"

--No, Gold is formed in supernovas. On this planet it does not form over time. The amount of gold we have on earth is the amount of gold we have on earth, it does not change. Unlike biomass such as corals.



When I say the price is consistent I mean at the same time. Not over time. You don't have one person pricing an ounce of gold for X amount and another pricing the same amount for XXX amount.



"LOL. Clearly you do not know much about Gold. It is extremely common (Same as Diamonds) If it is so Rare why does almost everyone have it in some form (Same for Diamonds)? They are still pulling it out of the ground. Debeers has a massive vault of zillions of diamonds they just ration it out to make people think they are rare. They also have great advertising and marketing (Just like Cornbred - It is all about your name). Gold is actually everywhere. You can literally go in your backyard and grab a handful of dirt and be holding gold. The problem is it will be microscopic gold and there is no way to extract the gold out and make a profit but it is still literally everywhere in every country on the planet."



The whole reason gold is valuable is because it is rare. Where did you get this idea that it is "extremely common"??

Please do some reading. Here this is from a cursory search:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21969100



Also diamonds have nothing to do with gold.
 
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On one hand I think you would have to have more money than brains. On the other I agree with something I heard Sanjay say(on A podcast) Whatever it takes to keep your interest in the hobby,to each his or her own.
 
When I say the price is consistent I mean at the same time. Not over time. You don't have one person pricing an ounce of gold for X amount and another pricing the same amount for XXX amount.

Fair enough. Well in terms of this Coral we don't see anybody selling the same Polyp as Cornbred now do we. Please show me somebody else selling it cheaper. It appears he has the market cornered and can charge whatever he wants because you are not going to find it elsewhere cheaper. That is why people are paying his prices. It is common snese. Maybe that is why it is truely Rare even though you keep saying it is super common. Go to the LFS with that picture and tell them to order you some. I mean surely they can because you make it out to be as common Xenia. I have worked at an LFS and I know what they have access to and it isn't that. But they can get you a million green zoa polyps even though you say it is just as common as cornbreds 999 polyp. I am serious go to your LFS and tell them to order it for you. If it is as common as you are making it out to be it wont be a problem. But I am guessing you did not comment the previous time I said that because you know it is true but don't want to admit it.

The whole reason gold is valuable is because it is rare. Where did you get this idea that it is "extremely common"??

I didn't pull this idea out of a hat. In the last year I have watched 4 or 5 Documentaries on Gold and I was very surprised to hear just how common it is. You can literally go in your backyard and get it. I can't go in my backyard for zoanthids though (Neither common green ones or rare cornbred ones). Most everybody has gold (Jewelry, electronics, backyard, etc.) Very few people have zoanthids even ones that are common to us. With around 300 million people in this country and most having gold. How many do you think have zoanthids? Any Zoanthid. Not that many So in terms of Gold even super common radioactive dragoneyes are rare in the grand scheme of things. I don't see how you can't grasp this.

Also diamonds have nothing to do with gold.[/QUOTE]

And Watches have nothing to do with Coral but you brought that up.

I was merely trying to make a point.
 
myaerica said:
On one hand I think you would have to have more money than brains. On the other I agree with something I heard Sanjay say(on A podcast) Whatever it takes to keep your interest in the hobby,to each his or her own.
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I agree.

Well said.

There are corals for everyone.

If you want to pay 999 for a coral cool.

If you find that crazy that is cool too as there are many many beuatiful affordable corals.
 
that Fish Guy said:
When I say the price is consistent I mean at the same time. Not over time. You don't have one person pricing an ounce of gold for X amount and another pricing the same amount for XXX amount.

Fair enough. Well in terms of this Coral we don't see anybody selling the same Polyp as Cornbred now do we. Please show me somebody else selling it cheaper. It appears he has the market cornered and can charge whatever he wants because you are not going to find it elsewhere cheaper. That is why people are paying his prices. It is common snese. Maybe that is why it is truely Rare even though you keep saying it is super common. Go to the LFS with that picture and tell them to order you some. I mean surely they can because you make it out to be as common Xenia. I have worked at an LFS and I know what they have access to and it isn't that. But they can get you a million green zoa polyps even though you say it is just as common as cornbreds 999 polyp. I am serious go to your LFS and tell them to order it for you. If it is as common as you are making it out to be it wont be a problem. But I am guessing you did not comment the previous time I said that because you know it is true but don't want to admit it.

The whole reason gold is valuable is because it is rare. Where did you get this idea that it is "extremely common"??

I didn't pull this idea out of a hat. In the last year I have watched 4 or 5 Documentaries on Gold and I was very surprised to hear just how common it is. You can literally go in your backyard and get it. I can't go in my backyard for zoanthids though (Neither common green ones or rare cornbred ones). Most everybody has gold (Jewelry, electronics, backyard, etc.) Very few people have zoanthids even ones that are common to us. With around 300 million people in this country and most having gold. How many do you think have zoanthids? Any Zoanthid. Not that many So in terms of Gold even super common radioactive dragoneyes are rare in the grand scheme of things. I don't see how you can't grasp this.

Also diamonds have nothing to do with gold.
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And Watches have nothing to do with Coral but you brought that up.

I was merely trying to make a point.[/QUOTE]



Actually you brought the watches up.

So you got the idea that gold is common from a documentary? Is that also where you go it the idea that it "forms slowly"?

I'm sorry but you pick apart my post and make all kinds of inaccurate statements.

Gold is a rare precious metal. That is a fact. It may be very well distributed in microscopic amounts (I'm not sure about that) but it is still rare. Sort of the definition of a precious metal.
 
Yea can't agree more this guy isn't ruining the hobby. He has a polyp no one else is selling far as I can tell. So he can charge what he wants. I find that less ridiculous than the fact that many of the most recent posts on this subforum all surround this topic. Would love to see this kind of activity sharing picture and knowledge etc, not ranting about one polyp, and "polyp pimps" and how people have methods of changing polyp colors.
 
sde1500 said:
He has a polyp no one else is selling far as I can tell.
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well that's not really true ......infact he actually had a polyp that a lot of people also lucked into at the same time ....the suppliers well known......its just he named it diff and charged a lot more , its an expensive polyp ill be getting one soon myself but his price was way beyond what others were and are selling them for , these came in on clusters of sometime 50+ polyps certainly not one of a kind or rare more new than anything lol

fwiw that pic actually sucks of them imo , there's others who have posted pics of theirs both businesses and hobbyst and its a nice paly for sure :)
 
reefwars said:
well that's not really true ......infact he actually had a polyp that a lot of people also lucked into at the same time ....the suppliers well known......its just he named it diff and charged a lot more , its an expensive polyp ill be getting one soon myself but his price was way beyond what others were and are selling them for , these came in on clusters of sometime 50+ polyps certainly not one of a kind or rare more new than anything lol

fwiw that pic actually sucks of them imo , there's others who have posted pics of theirs both businesses and hobbyst and its a nice paly for sure :)
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Yup I happened upon another pic the other day and thought it looked even better than CBs picture. Case in point, the Oompas I got from him were in fact more green in the center than his pic showed. Not sure if he was trying to get the skirt to pop more and lost the green center colors, or if it was simply a bad pic.
 
Found it - Something like $150-200pp at LC's group buy or something. It's confusing to me, but there are a ton of them pictured.


 
Tweaked said:
Found it - Something like $150-200pp at LC's group buy or something. It's confusing to me, but there are a ton of them pictured.


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yeah they have a bunch for sale currently under a public group buy sale nation wide , theres also many more who have them on zoanthid fanatics (fb) and many pics of peoples under diff lighting conditions etc. like I say they came in on large disks and cb wasn't the first or the only to get them lol they're better known to collectors as speckled kraks named by rudy batara (golden basket) and it does indeed look that nice its just sad that people like cb go way beyond putting a high price on something fairly new they literally are trying to swipe someone out of a lot of money even if he only gets a few people with it , kinda like going to the lfs and paying $200 for a bucket of IO while you can get it for $40-50 everywhere else lol sure he wont sell 50 overnight but he prob sold a few and I doubt those customers come back once they realized how much extra they were charged.
 
sde1500 said:
Yea can't agree more this guy isn't ruining the hobby. He has a polyp no one else is selling far as I can tell. So he can charge what he wants. I find that less ridiculous than the fact that many of the most recent posts on this subforum all surround this topic. Would love to see this kind of activity sharing picture and knowledge etc, not ranting about one polyp, and "polyp pimps" and how people have methods of changing polyp colors.
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Would be nice wouldn't it? Unfortunately most people aren't interested in those subjects and focus more on what is this and money.


What I find the most interesting of this entire thread is we have gone from one person with a few polyps to large numbers of polyps being around.

Seems like the whole rare or LE needs to be evaluated regardless of the price of the coral.

Little will change though.

Scdp = same conversation different polyp.


It is pretty though.
 
KafudaFish said:
Would be nice wouldn't it? Unfortunately most people aren't interested in those subjects and focus more on what is this and money.





What I find the most interesting of this entire thread is we have gone from one person with a few polyps to large numbers of polyps being around.



Seems like the whole rare or LE needs to be evaluated regardless of the price of the coral.



Little will change though.



Scdp = same conversation different polyp.





It is pretty though.
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Yea. Thread took a turn for the better though. I'm always fascinated when people have some sort of inside knowledge. And to those here sharing more info on this polyp and where to find more/ who had them, thank you! This is the stuff I love reading about.
 
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