ReefDoctorMicromussas
In Memoriam
Yup its micro
I do want to see a pic of the new one..
The Aussie dilema still haunts many of the clients looking for quality Amakusensis morphs... This is the first morph from Australia that I have found to actually fit all of Vernons defining traits. There are of course many determining factors in identifying micros.. and I really never had to use them much until the influx of the Aussie stuff... but over all, the stand by definition, Vernons definition of Amakusensis is about 90% on target ... polyp diameter not more than 8mm (Heck, most are more like 5mm). Many of the Acans listed on my site were sent to me originally by the divers as Micromussa.. I refused to sell them as micros and have upset a few importers, polyp sizes 10mm to 15mm yes small acans but NOT micromussa. One of the Aussie importers wanted me to sign a declaration that I would not challenge thier definition of what they were importing or they would no longer be able to sell to me.. They said that it could endanger thier CITES permit, I refused and can no longer receive Aussie pieces from that distributor LOL what I think happens is this....
(I am useing hypothetical numbers here for ease of explaination)
Aussie Collector/importer/distributor "A" has a CITES permit to allow import/export of 100 Lord colonies and 25 micro collonies... before the end of the CITES collection period they have collected thier quota of lords.. and theorhetically would be finished (as they have not found 25 micro colonies, a challenging task) now they lable "Small Lords" as micros so that they are able to import the additional 25pcs... If someone understands CITES better than I please help me to understand this process better.. But so many of the misidentified pieces are obviously NOT MICRO that I can only think this practice to be deliberate...
I do want to see a pic of the new one..
The Aussie dilema still haunts many of the clients looking for quality Amakusensis morphs... This is the first morph from Australia that I have found to actually fit all of Vernons defining traits. There are of course many determining factors in identifying micros.. and I really never had to use them much until the influx of the Aussie stuff... but over all, the stand by definition, Vernons definition of Amakusensis is about 90% on target ... polyp diameter not more than 8mm (Heck, most are more like 5mm). Many of the Acans listed on my site were sent to me originally by the divers as Micromussa.. I refused to sell them as micros and have upset a few importers, polyp sizes 10mm to 15mm yes small acans but NOT micromussa. One of the Aussie importers wanted me to sign a declaration that I would not challenge thier definition of what they were importing or they would no longer be able to sell to me.. They said that it could endanger thier CITES permit, I refused and can no longer receive Aussie pieces from that distributor LOL what I think happens is this....
(I am useing hypothetical numbers here for ease of explaination)
Aussie Collector/importer/distributor "A" has a CITES permit to allow import/export of 100 Lord colonies and 25 micro collonies... before the end of the CITES collection period they have collected thier quota of lords.. and theorhetically would be finished (as they have not found 25 micro colonies, a challenging task) now they lable "Small Lords" as micros so that they are able to import the additional 25pcs... If someone understands CITES better than I please help me to understand this process better.. But so many of the misidentified pieces are obviously NOT MICRO that I can only think this practice to be deliberate...
