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Got a kick out of this add
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That ad was on the Edmonton Kijiji not long ago and I LMAO :pound:
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wow, uber rare terrestrial corals, lol
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Ya....and you cant buy coral anymore as it is restricted:lol:
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What a joke. That guy needs a slap for desecrating out hobby
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i want what he is smoking
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Long ago before when reef tanks, LR and trickle filtration were new to North America, dead corals were a must for a marine tank, or so we were told. Without the dead coral the pH would drop etc etc. Every year the hobbyist would swap out his dead corals, bleach them with chlorine and sunshine and put them back in his tank pristine white and biological filtration was handled but undergravel filters. :)
He is probably right in that you cannot buy coral skeletons easily anymore. |
The sad part is that there probably is a sucker or two out there with a fresh water tank that thinks this is the route to take when they go SW.
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They would be suckers for that purchase. Kevin |
offer the guy $20 for his fancy reactor media.
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I got a steal of a deal then for my rare albino acro just paid $10 for this one this w/e:lol: Not my pic http://typicalfish.com/images/forsal...e/IMG_3862.JPG
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Large pieces of coral skeleton are fairly expensive from stores, more than he's asking for. You'd have a hard time finding these from retail for less, in the hobby we might be able to score a deal on someones misfortune but that's pretty rare for large sizes.
People look at things differently, I've had plenty of people laugh at me for spending X amount of dollars on a small piece of coral less than 1" long. And I recall a thread not too long ago where someone was laughed at and ridiculed for asking what was apparently too much for what some call "rare" corals. |
I think the humour here is stemming more from his wording and fibbing in his ad more than anything else.
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Ok he claims you can't buy coral anymore. I don't really need to elaborate ;)
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Well he never specified dead which is why I found the posting funny. I've never really seen dead coral for sale no.
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Does someone wanna buy the big one I just got?:mrgreen:
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Alright you win. It wasn't a funny ad =)
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I dont think that it is really all that rare to buy coral skeletons. The LFS in red deer has them in on many occasions. And no its no petland or petsmart. We have a Salt water store here in Red Deer. And it is real coral skeletons. Yah, but they have them in quite abit and fair priced to as well.
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The sad thing, is some sap will fall for it and buy it.
Wow, lovely calcium deposits they are. |
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I got a box of 18 acro colonies that came in dead. I didn't know they were worth more dead than alive. I have a great deal for you. No permit required. Kevin |
HAHAHAHAHA TOO FUNNY!:lol:
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It's pretty easy to point and laugh at someone else but put yourself in his shoes and you'll think different, I don't know anyone that likes to have others tell them what they should sell their own stuff for. |
was it your ad, sphelps?? :lol::lol::lol:
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Im thinking about buying them.....how long do you have to cycle the tank before you add them? When things settle down I'll add a few of these http://calgary.kijiji.ca/c-pets-acce...AdIdZ158804944 (by drip of course)......hopefully I can talk him down a bit.:mrgreen:
Cmon ....I posted the add here thinking that the majority of us peeps who strive to keep our saltwater tanks full of life, would find the idea of paying $500 bones for dead coral to put in a saltwater tank , funny.....was I wrong?....unfortunately people have varying degrees of senses of humor |
Doug my thoughts exactly. We're in the lounge to boot. I don't really care to debate about it and clearly you and I both got the same innocent enjoyment out of it without pondering the intense and complex issues behind a big pile of dead corals someone wants $500 for.
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I thought the ad was very funny......
As far as the poor sap trying to recover some of his money.....give me a break. By the way, J&L has huge dead colonies in for sale for less than 30 bucks each. |
Me thinks the responses are funny,not the ad.
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Well, I thought it was funny for the same reasons Doug.
Sphelps' comments are like a critic discussing a good braincandy action adventure movie and saying something like "that movie was garbage because it was sooo unrealistic..." Take Doug's post for what it was intended to be...a funny commentary from a certain point of view. :lol: |
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Did anyone consider that maybe some people are willing to spend this kind of money on coral skeletons. Perhaps not everyone enjoys robbing the natural reefs, fyi "90 percent of some of the most popular coral species collected from reefs die before or soon after they reach the aquarium owner". But that's OK, why buy dead when you can buy live for the same price apparently, haha too funny :neutral: |
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Also, the person who posted the add on kijiji is obviously here....or knows someone who is.....wonder why they didnt post it for sale here????
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LMAO. Dude that was exactly what I *wanted* to post but I left it alone. The reason they might not post it here is certainly related to the humour I found in the ad to begin with.
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Hey he is down to $400!!!!
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Are you insinuating that if you buy a dead coral that you're not "robbing" the natural reefs like the people who prefer to buy live coral? Even if you harvest a dead coral..... you're stealing the home/building blocks of another. Some might even argue that tank kept corals may be the key to re-introducing a given species once it's extinct. What I found sad when reading this thread was that I sent 2-5 gallon buckets of these gems to the dump a couple of weeks ago.:sad: |
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