Is my friend right or wrong?

[timdam]

My friend told me that no name SPS corals usually lose their color. He is kinda a coral snob. But to his credit, he has alot of experience. So is he right or wrong?

 

[bluecoyote79]

He's wrong. Corals are not cars and price/brands do not affect their performance.

 

[triggreef]

He's wrong. Corals are not cars and price/brands do not affect their performance.

+1

2 of my nicest acros are no name and very colorful. mostly white when i first got them.

 

[Bpb]

What's in a name

 

[PaleHorse]

Is the "name" of the coral "no name" ? Then maybe as i have never seen it. who sells it?

 

[dtum]

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

 

[ocram]

Names are just given so that shops can sell them more expensive. Remember, they are all natural and the only thing that counts is the scientific name/genus and species. Right?

 

[Tweaked]

There is a side to that in regards to aquacultured vs maricultured. Aquacultured acros do really well in my tank, where as the other are hit and miss and typically not as colorful for me. Aquacultured corals also happen to be the named ones.

 

[timdam]

Is aquacultured the ones raised from a tank? And maricultured from the wild?

 

[rovster]

There is a side to that in regards to aquacultured vs maricultured. Aquacultured acros do really well in my tank, where as the other are hit and miss and typically not as colorful for me. Aquacultured corals also happen to be the named ones.

This. Your friend is partially right in the sense that aquacultured corals that have been in tHe hobby for a while have a proven track record of maintaining color. The wild stuff is a bit of a gamble, but doesn't necessarily mean it won't hold color. At the end of the day, even the aquacultured stuff was wild initially, it's just been prescreeened for you.

 

[PaleHorse]

"a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

lol

 

[planedoc]

Just name your unnamed corals and they will get more colorful.

 

[invertinoob]

+1 on adding a name. Every time i named one of my pieces it colored right up

 

[ZON]

Is like adding stickers on cars for raising hp!! Ahah

 

[CleverD]

+1 on adding a name. Every time i named one of my pieces it colored right up

Lmafo that just made my day.


More established coral that is grownout and healthy will retain color from one tank to another in some respects. Lighting is the big factor and so is water quality. With that being said there is no difference between a names acro and not named in the sense they are all pulled from the ocean. The only thing is the $$$$ tag .

 

[GreshamH]

Is aquacultured the ones raised from a tank? And maricultured from the wild?

No... People in the hobby seem to think aquacultured means tanked and maricultured means in situ, but its not so.

Mariculture is a specialized branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater

The only real difference between aquaculture and mariculture, is mariculture is marine only while aquaculture covers both fresh and marine.

Yup, I work in the aquaculture industry :lol:

 

[dvanacker]

No... People in the hobby seem to think aquacultured means tanked and maricultured means in situ, but its not so.



The only real difference between aquaculture and mariculture, is mariculture is marine only while aquaculture covers both fresh and marine.

Yup, I work in the aquaculture industry :lol:

Well your work in the aquaculture industry is the reason why you don't know that the generally accepted way of distinguishing ocean cultured and captive (aquarium cultured) is ocean cultured = maricultured and aquarium cultured = aquacultured. Im not saying its right but its the generally accepted terms on this forum.

+1 to aquarium cultured having a higher success rate than wild or mariculture.

 

[SaltyWalter]

All named corals once came from the ocean. There are still new colorations of corals being imported in all the time. Once that piece gets into someone's hands that has great luck in growing it and keeping its colors(aquaculture), it gets a name and become the hottest thing for a while until another new one comes along.

An aquacultured coral in this case is more likely to adapt to your aquariums lighting and conditions than a wild specimen that has only seen the sun and ocean water.

With that said, that maricultured piece you go buy a week after import might color up to be a one of a kind coloration for that species, and you can be the next big name lol So keep your tank params steady and acclimate a wild piece to your light correctly and you will have success.

 

[buy_baff]

That has to be the stupidest thing I have herd all day lol

 

[PaleHorse]

Lol,I like this thread.