Ah- I see what you mean....I never looked at it from that angle....
Lets see....where to start....
You would be surprised how many people actually do know about these methods. About 12 years ago, all these were common practices, and many people doing it, unwittingly I am sure, shared what they were doing with the general public, not expecting the backlash from us hobbiests and enthusiests. They thought they were making cool polyps for us.....but really they were harming/killing coral, and selling morphed polyps with very poor survivability odds.
It all started very inoccently really. just some reefers trying to get some cooler polyps to share, not taking into consideration the big picture and impact of what they were doing. Selling polyps near death/on the verge of melting. Morphed polyps by these extreme methods have very poor survivability rates.
I wont be buying any $1000 polyps....ever....and for those that do, and get their hands on some of these "hypermorphed" polyps will have to learn a hard earned lesson when they melt....thats why I am sharing this information. yeah- it may increase the # of people trying to scam some quick bands, but will also teach some valuable lessons to the consumers.
I am hopping that anyone spending a chunk of change will do their research first, before buying a polyp with an insane price tag....."hypermorpher" are usually "one hit wonders" in the hobby, taking advantage of the current situation of comercialism of the hobby. They dont last long selling polyps for a ton of $$$ that melt. They are usually exposed rather quickly and people stop buying from them....as I said- sucker born every minute and someone born every 2 minutes to take advantage.
There are many high end coral sellers out there that are legit.....dont get me wrong....
Like I mentioned above, there are some serious vendors out there with top notch stuff, that get the best of the best maricultured polyps, or have mastered offering individual types of corals their best pristine conditions to look their best and survive.
Not all insane corals are a scam, and just to be clear- cornbred corals (and many other high end coral sellers) in my experience is legit as far as methods of husbandry. I lost count of how many cornbred peices I have seen first hand....but its still a zoa polyp....I can understand the prices on some of the LPS....but a single zoa polyp? Its a weed.....very pretty weed, but still a weed....any weed given long enough to survive will grow a flower if given a chance, but will you buy it for top dollar and plant it in your bluegrass front yard? Thats insane....
I am hoping the pro's overide any con's that may become of this thread, but you know me- Ive never been afraid to "rattle the cage"
