sde1500
Active member
Lol I do love the "back in my day" posts. I could go back through years of posts here and probably see the same theme following through. Rant about prices, blame certain groups or people, predict the death of the hobby. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I don't see any issue naming the corals. Sure they get crazy muddied and it would be nice to have more consistency but with the different color and looks why not give them an identifier? There are plenty of places that sell large colonies that I've found, some with absurd naming or ultra ultra über rare tags but whatever. If I feel the price is right, I'm paying for it. And that's the bottom line. If someone sees it, wants it, and can afford it good for them. To in one sentence say prices are crazy and killing the hobby, and in another say you never pay them because you have sources that you can use to get cheaper corals is ridiculous. That right there proves that things are fine. It's when no sources are cheap that there is an issue.
Don't blame the sellers, if no one was buying they wouldn't be selling. Want to fight it? Provide your sources. Name names, where do you find your reasonable priced coral? Or sell some coral yourself. Start a business, take the risk, buy all the equipment to raise them and sell colonies at a reasonable price. We all know it's cheap to build a set up for that right....
I don't see any issue naming the corals. Sure they get crazy muddied and it would be nice to have more consistency but with the different color and looks why not give them an identifier? There are plenty of places that sell large colonies that I've found, some with absurd naming or ultra ultra über rare tags but whatever. If I feel the price is right, I'm paying for it. And that's the bottom line. If someone sees it, wants it, and can afford it good for them. To in one sentence say prices are crazy and killing the hobby, and in another say you never pay them because you have sources that you can use to get cheaper corals is ridiculous. That right there proves that things are fine. It's when no sources are cheap that there is an issue.
Don't blame the sellers, if no one was buying they wouldn't be selling. Want to fight it? Provide your sources. Name names, where do you find your reasonable priced coral? Or sell some coral yourself. Start a business, take the risk, buy all the equipment to raise them and sell colonies at a reasonable price. We all know it's cheap to build a set up for that right....