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mps9506 · 09-08-2006, 07:29 PM

Again JMO but if someone wants to pay $100 for some brown polyps, that is their choice. It's not like people are using the names to describe some unseen corals, they plaster the images, usually nice clean close up macros at that, along with the description size and price.
Also some vendors do go overboard on the naming of corals, but I can think of two places that do it simply for fun. They would still charge the same price for the corals with just a picture and price tag next to it.
I just really don't think it is the name that drives up the prices at all, I think it is demand...

09-08-2006, 07:29 PM	#14 (permalink)
mps9506 Totally stoked dude Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,518 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Coral Slang Names... Detrimental to the Hobby? Again JMO but if someone wants to pay $100 for some brown polyps, that is their choice. It's not like people are using the names to describe some unseen corals, they plaster the images, usually nice clean close up macros at that, along with the description size and price. Also some vendors do go overboard on the naming of corals, but I can think of two places that do it simply for fun. They would still charge the same price for the corals with just a picture and price tag next to it. I just really don't think it is the name that drives up the prices at all, I think it is demand... __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors