Scott, you have a good point.
Previously I had started to giggle a bit when people throw out half [or all] their Acropora with species names ... now as my head spins in terminology and the actual process of `being sure'.
[you mean you believe the seller ... who got it from where? IMO, most likely their
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I'll just realize in the future that this attempt to define species is just part of the `competitive reefing circuit' that it's fun to observe but I never want to fully join. I'll just name all my Acros human names.
But the whole `what species' conceals an underlying point, I think. Origin, general info on where/what reef it's from, conditions .... this is huge information. For captive frags, source of import and the captive history IMO would be great to track. Knowing how long it's been aquacultured, the origin, and something about it would be wonderful to have. A database, heck I've been tempted to compile a little `info sheet' about all my frags I pass along. I tend to think that's what people are aiming at with species ID [or showing off]. And knowing source location info is great - it's a real shame the collector can't write 2 sentences on where it was previously thriving. Anyway ...
I'm just trying to figure WTF with the frag I have and digest capitose and a number of other new words. Sure, I looked at them before [Veron, etc] ... but it's definitely an eye-opener. The hand lens and bleached branch have definitely filled me with even more wonder at the beauty and complexity
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