<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11700111#post11700111 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capture
It has been brought to my attention that the act of selling frags per polyp has been coined "pimping" for those of you unaware. If you aren't sure why I am bringing this up, continue reading, and for lack of anything good on television and seeing as it's the weekend, read on anyway.
May I ask why you or anyone responsible would buy one polyp, or why someone would sell one polyp?
I obtained a frag about 2 weeks ago with about 5-6 polyps and they have deteriorated to 2 and still havent opened. What if you get the one polyp home and it doesn't make it? That would seem a waste of $10-15 or more, not to mention the loss of a polyp. Unless you can get a guarantee from your source of the frag, it seems pointless and cruel. I could understand if a single polyp obtained were free and/or loose at the bottom of the tank. Things have definitely changed from 3 years ago when I took a break from this hobby.
Why are people so stingy that they have to sell by the polyp instead of offering healthy multiple polyp frags for resonable prices?
It seems as though responsility in this hobby has deteriorated and making a quick buck or two is more important than helping a fellow reefer and instilling the idea of a healthy reef. Listen, we all would like to subsidize our hobby by selling frags but who is being held responsible for the poor judgement of a living creature?
We cycle, we test our water, we go through multiple, expensive and excruciating processes to ensure that our ecosystems are sufficient to sustain living creatures...then we buy single polyps.
Slow down, enjoy, and relax. There are plenty of Tub's Blues, AoG's, and everyother annoyingly named polyp out there to make it into your reef.
