How do we Fight the Name Game?

[XSharkboyX]

To be honest theres chucks of this horse on the walls and bits in my hair from beating it so bad. You wanna make it stop and preach the zoa gospal? Then hit other sites n forums. R2r the mecca. Cant just sit here and talk we have to plant the seeds.

You cant post these sort of threads on R2R, they will be deleted...
As soon as someone speaks out, it gets deleted.

 

[Scopus Tang]

You cant post these sort of threads on R2R, they will be deleted...
As soon as someone speaks out, it gets deleted.

Nope, not true at all. There have been a couple threads similar to this over there, and neither was deleted. What you can't do over there is name names or point fingers. If you keep it to a general discussion/topic and keep it civil your thread will remain in play.

 

[650-IS350]

Frags help because you pay more attention the detail please speak more in detail and how a frag helps instead of a large colony??? :hmm2:

 

[mwladdicted]

Don't get me wrong a large colony of zoanthids is awesome. I'm just saying when you only have a few polyps to look at you pay more attention to the detail of eah polyp and not just the big picture. Though I was pretty clear. There is always a bright side.
Cheers

 

[SIR PATRICK]

To be honest theres chucks of this horse on the walls and bits in my hair from beating it so bad. You wanna make it stop and preach the zoa gospal? Then hit other sites n forums. R2r the mecca. Cant just sit here and talk we have to plant the seeds.

Seeds have been planted in many forums- and I am already seeing things change. Colonies/mini colonies are getting popular again, per polyp pricing is going down, and many times has a minimum of 3 polyps, instead of just a single, and I am hearing the words "trying to grow a reef" a whole lot more.

Seeds have been planted- now they just need to be taken care of and grown.

 

[SushiGirl]

I think seeds have been planted with some coral sellers, as well.

Last Saturday we went to pick up 3 nice sized zoa frags (more like small colonies) my boyfriend bid on and won. The guy is local so we picked up. Spent 2 hours talking to him. He sold them by name for ID, but not for price. He said when he orders zoas the order just says "zoa rock" only and there's a flat price regardless of what kind he gets (he doesn't know what he's getting till he gets it). We paid $26 for all 3, plus a small rock with about 10+ little blue mushrooms on it that he was asking $10 for but threw in free cuz it was my boyfriend's bday.

We will be going back to this guy for sure, he had some amazing colonies of softies, LPS, SPS, and some great large combo rocks that won't fit in our tank LOL.

Can't take topdown shots in my tank, so you can't see how covered all sides of the rocks were. Oh, and the best part? They weren't all on frag discs!!!! haha!

 

[SIR PATRICK]

Seeds have definitly been planted with some coral sellers. Many are listening to these threads.

 

[chads120]

I have been in and out of this hobby for 10+ years. Not an expert, just a reefer that can't quit. The availability of colorfull corals has exploded in the last five years. Fragging has allowed a small colony of coral to be propagated and dispersed to aquariums all over the world.

That having been said, I can see the benefits of naming a coral. And having lineage can tell the hardiness, color, and other attributes of a coral. The name game has down sides as well. The biggest is that many have slapped a "cool" name on anything slightly differently colored and jacked the price.

The way I see it is if you want the "newest" coral out there, and are willing to shell out the cash do it! If it does well the price WILL drop! There are so many types of coral that have a proven track record of sustainability that no one has a big enough tank for them all. Soon I will get the same coral at my local frag swap.