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Old 10-01-2009, 10:08 PM
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And here I was going to take this colony out this weekend, guess I should just leave it in the tank and save the environment

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Well this has gotten pretty intense. I think if someone found the post funny perhaps it was because they thought the dead corals weren't worth anywhere near $500. I still don't which is independant of all this chatter.
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Old 10-01-2009, 10:34 PM
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And here I was going to take this colony out this weekend, guess I should just leave it in the tank and save the environment

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Screw the environment, thats like a $700 piece of dead coral make some money

This has been quite the read.
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Finding something funny is one thing but when it results is harsh criticism and unnecessary comments I believe it crosses the line, which is the only reason I piped up in the first place.
Do you ever get those funny emails?...You know, the ones your friends forward you.....maybe you dont... Thats all this was......I posted it because it made me snicker and I thought some here might feel the same....and they did....if you didnt think it was funny....fine....keep your mouth shut and let us have our fun....is it hurting anyone?....if anything I just got a thousand more people to look at the add then would have before....just blows me away how something so innocent like my original post can get so intense because of one or two .....people.... poo poo on someone else's parade *just my 2 cents.*
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Shelps I am talking colony to colony. The dead pieces have just as much impact on a reef as live ones do. Removing a piece whether live or dead can and most likely will have a major impact on a reef.

Can you please explain this logic to me.

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Its my understanding a dea coral is already dead so how does it live forever in an aquarium?
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Old 10-01-2009, 11:22 PM
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Shelps I am talking colony to colony. The dead pieces have just as much impact on a reef as live ones do. Removing a piece whether live or dead can and most likely will have a major impact on a reef.

Can you please explain this logic to me.



Its my understanding a dea coral is already dead so how does it live forever in an aquarium?
Haha too funny, I knew you'd pick on that part of my post, you got no argument left so you try picking on my wording, classic! It's pretty clear what I meant, dead corals stay the same forever, live corals don't. To say the impact is the same is laughable.

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How is it laughable? Both live corals and dead skeletons have a role to play on a reef. Removing either of them will disrubt that. Other dead skeletons form a base for the new ones to grow on. If you take out the dead ones where will the live ones grow?

I am not trying to pick your words apart I am just shoing the flaw in your logic.
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Do you ever get those funny emails?...You know, the ones your friends forward you.....maybe you dont... Thats all this was......I posted it because it made me snicker and I thought some here might feel the same....and they did....if you didnt think it was funny....fine....keep your mouth shut and let us have our fun....is it hurting anyone?....if anything I just got a thousand more people to look at the add then would have before....just blows me away how something so innocent like my original post can get so intense because of one or two .....people.... poo poo on someone else's parade *just my 2 cents.*
Have fun at your own expense not someone elses who had no choice. Yes I think someone got hurt, seems people think the author has seen this thread how does he feel? Emails are private, public forums are not.

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How is it laughable? Both live corals and dead skeletons have a role to play on a reef. Removing either of them will disrubt that. Other dead skeletons form a base for the new ones to grow on. If you take out the dead ones where will the live ones grow?

I am not trying to pick your words apart I am just shoing the flaw in your logic.
Yes the cycle of life exists but life conquers death, rock can be replaced, live coral not so easy. Even now when they attempt to rebuild reefs they don't have any problems making the structures to hold the corals, it takes hardly any time to make them yet it takes many years to grow the coral.

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Have fun at your own expence not someone elses who had no choice. Yes I think someone got hurt, seems people think the author has seen this thread how does he feel? Emails are private, public forums are not.
The original poster of the original add posted it on a public forum....He probably thinks "wow...people who know a bunch about reef tanks, think my price is out to lunch....maybe I should adjust my price a little"....hmm what do you know?...he did.... I have a top of the line (in the 90s) dual cassette deck....really sweet unit at the time....cost, like $500....I imagine they are fairly rare now...would you give me $300 for it? Times change and so does the value of things.

So your saying that we shouldnt post links to anything? Ive seem numerous links to things meant to be funny and things that arent meant to be funny. We then post and laugh and cry and talk and argue about the link. Why is what I posted any different?
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