How is the Bay Area reef scene doing as of late?
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I been around for three years or so and feel its been on the downswing the entire time.....I always here "good ol' days" stories and a bunch of reefers like yourself taking a break.......I figure it only takes one or two and the rest will come tumbling back in.
I think overall the industry is changing (has changed) and there are more people with more diverse interests that can be isolated.
(I am under the theory that as we learn more about the needs of each coral type, tank biotopes are getting more specialized for what we are keeping. SPSers hang with SPSers and etc)
....but you have to remember, its a large learning curve and not all who try make it, I see a bunch of "newer" people with a passion and excitment some may have lost........I think this energy is contagious and good for the "old guys" who have been there and done that. Here is Sac, a bunch of stores have opened in the last few years and we seem to have a steady influx of new people on the forum.
The well informed people with tons of knowledge who lurk is what makes me mad..........when learning to play pool, I was told always play with someone who was better, makes you a better player in the process.
I think overall the industry is changing (has changed) and there are more people with more diverse interests that can be isolated.
(I am under the theory that as we learn more about the needs of each coral type, tank biotopes are getting more specialized for what we are keeping. SPSers hang with SPSers and etc)
....but you have to remember, its a large learning curve and not all who try make it, I see a bunch of "newer" people with a passion and excitment some may have lost........I think this energy is contagious and good for the "old guys" who have been there and done that. Here is Sac, a bunch of stores have opened in the last few years and we seem to have a steady influx of new people on the forum.
The well informed people with tons of knowledge who lurk is what makes me mad..........when learning to play pool, I was told always play with someone who was better, makes you a better player in the process.
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The scene has changed quite a bit from when I first started. The zooanthid thing is pretty weird. It seems to me that people are picking up just about any colony and giving it a weird name. I was joking with a friend the other day as I pointed to a softball sized rock covered with plain old brown zoos, I siad "I'm going to buy that, call them monkey nipple zoos and sell them for 20 bucks a head." my friend responded with "They have gorilla nipples". The rock was 65 bucks, 3 years ago it would have been 25 and 5 years ago it would have been 20.
Prices are high here too. I was in LA a few months ago and I bought a nice size (3"x4") Acans Lords for 30 bucks and I wasn't charged "per head".
I think people are much more informed now. When I first started slaughtering corals nobody would even attempt to use Latin binomial nomeclature to identify corals. Latin was for the cichlid guys. It's common place now.
I like zoos I think some a very cool but come on, "gorilla nipples"?
-K
Prices are high here too. I was in LA a few months ago and I bought a nice size (3"x4") Acans Lords for 30 bucks and I wasn't charged "per head".
I think people are much more informed now. When I first started slaughtering corals nobody would even attempt to use Latin binomial nomeclature to identify corals. Latin was for the cichlid guys. It's common place now.
I like zoos I think some a very cool but come on, "gorilla nipples"?
-K
MorandiWine
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I agree with Keith the whole naming thing has gotten out of control! But you gotta love some of these names ...... "Gorilla Nipples, Blue Orgasm, etc etc." I was thinking about naming this little colorless Paly "Brown Septic Tank CLosed Alien Eye Radioctive Moose Nipple Paly". What do you think??
But seriously, there seems to be a re-surgence in reef keeping with the addition of some newer products out in the market. Now that everyone and their uncle is making a Cube Tank of one type or another, there is something out there to satisfy anyone. The potential problem is that I feel that getting corals (wild) will get harder and harder as each month passes. There needs to be more emphasis on captive production.
There is my view,
tyler
But seriously, there seems to be a re-surgence in reef keeping with the addition of some newer products out in the market. Now that everyone and their uncle is making a Cube Tank of one type or another, there is something out there to satisfy anyone. The potential problem is that I feel that getting corals (wild) will get harder and harder as each month passes. There needs to be more emphasis on captive production.
There is my view,
tyler
HKSTurbo28
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