tekknoschtev
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Lately, I've seen some disturbing trends with zoanthids (and many other corals for that matter) where by someone aquires a small frag of the latest fad coral, and as soon as any growth appears, its fragged in two and sold supposedly to "reover the cost" of the original frag that was hyped to rediculously high prices anyways. I see collections consisting of dozens of 2-3 polyp frags and while they are spectacular looking, and while I recognize that with the escalated prices some of these corals are getting this may be the only way to get your collection started, there have to be people who collect these to actually grow them out into larger colonies. So I am encouraging anyone and everyone to post pictures of their large colonies of zoanthids. Come on, I know they're out there. Even if its some "ugly" browns, I know there are some larger sized pieces that people have had for months, years even just growing.
I'll have to dig deeper into the troves of photos that I have but here's what I was able to find fairly quickly. Unfortunately, a few of them I no longer have due to a water quality issue at the end of summer and beginning of fall...
Also, please note that it is not my intention to offend anyone with this thread. If thats how you like to run things in your tank/system, thats your ideal, I just find it sad that people are getting more and more concerned with the potential $$$ they see crossing their eyes when the lates limited edition this, or rare that is flashed in photos online. The "I've got to have that" kicks in, and after spending a small fortune on it, people see the potential money sitting there and have to have a piece of the action before the fad is over and they no longer command such a high price. If you're offended, instead of flaming me here, or starting some off shoots of discussion feel free to take it up wth me via PM. Its my goal to see some of the larger colonies people have grown out, not to start a war over individual practices in the reef tanks.
I'll have to dig deeper into the troves of photos that I have but here's what I was able to find fairly quickly. Unfortunately, a few of them I no longer have due to a water quality issue at the end of summer and beginning of fall...
Also, please note that it is not my intention to offend anyone with this thread. If thats how you like to run things in your tank/system, thats your ideal, I just find it sad that people are getting more and more concerned with the potential $$$ they see crossing their eyes when the lates limited edition this, or rare that is flashed in photos online. The "I've got to have that" kicks in, and after spending a small fortune on it, people see the potential money sitting there and have to have a piece of the action before the fad is over and they no longer command such a high price. If you're offended, instead of flaming me here, or starting some off shoots of discussion feel free to take it up wth me via PM. Its my goal to see some of the larger colonies people have grown out, not to start a war over individual practices in the reef tanks.
