Coral experiments

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by MitchM

Sorry, but what was the point of this?

Please stop.



There are proper studies being done regarding the effects of water temperature on coral.

This does not give our hobby a good name by any means.

i will send in your concerns to the caring parties for sure , thanks though

[reefwars]

so if i were to stick a rock outside with aiptasia on it you would you say its sad and to stop?


how about if i wanted to kill off some hydroids or get rid of a large predatory crab?

its amazing whats cool and what isnt in this hobby and how many hypocrites there are lol

who are you to sit up there and do one thing while you cast your opions downward huh?

the fact that anyone even has a tank makes your arguments void

amazing indeed lol

[reefwars]

lets see if i got it though eh?


aiptasia: not allowed life

bristle worms: not allowed life

crabs: not allowed life

caulpera : not allowed life

zoanthid polyop: allowed life

so if its pretty its a sin but if its ugly then its " ok " right?



would love to hear the reasoning behind this...... though i doubt its sound

[MitchM]

I'm going to ask that this thread be locked.
This is not the way that you or anyone else should be treating the animals in our care.

[reefwars]

haha


well i fragged a zoanthid yesterday and well one of them died ,its true i admit it...... i didnt frag it to preserve life or the reefs or to help out a person in disaster i fragged it because i wanted two instead of one just as most do and i thought hey i could sell two instead of one....


one of the two polyps died from my fragging

so for the one that died its a cruel experiment isnt it? but for the one that survived its saving the reef and stopping from collections etc . lol

ok .....ya sure.........



anyways like i mentioned my next experiment will be even more interesting regardless lol


stay tuned!!


cheers

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by MitchM

I'm going to ask that this thread be locked.
This is not he way that you or anyone else should be treating the animals in our care.

did you not read my last post ?


how is it any different then throwing out a rock with aiptasia?

isnt it knowingly throwing out an animal?


why should this thread be locked , the results for the poll are interesting and fairly even , so while you think hey thats sad others dont and had given an answer/vote and are interested in the findings , if you dont believe me read the RC link i posted but im guessing you didnt do that either right?


lock it if you like........ its not gonna bother me or stop me from going about my business lol


geesh

[reefwars]

putting a blowtorch....laser.....kalk.....epoxy....etc etc etc to my rock and killing all life is fine , killing a single polyp of zoanthids is wrong.

got it lol

[kien]

[MitchM]

Denny, you are a nice guy but you are not a scientist.
You cannot just think up a fun experiment to try out without having a basis of understanding of what you are doing.
Corals are not meant to be frozen for fun "to see what happens".

If this is what you want to do, then learn about what it is you are observing, learn about what it's limitations are and THEN, only THEN, carry out your ideas after ensuring that the coral will not be harmed by what you want to do.

These are not playthings. They are animals, just like aptasia, just like cyanobacteria, just like hydroids, just like nuisance crabs, just like flatworms, ect.

I'm not saying that all of these animals are desirable in our tanks, and I agree that to control some populations of creatures is acceptable, but to try out situations without a basic premise is just cruel.

Sorry buddy.

kien, put the popcorn away....

[jorjef]

I don't think I can bring myself to cut the grass this year.... Trim hedges !!!! Oh the carnage. I have to quit feeding the squirrels too. I'm sure I'm giving them some type of heart disease feeding store bought food. I will thou snare the stupid rabbit if he doesn't vacate by spring. Might eat him too. Top of the food chain, what a glorious place to be. Who loves Labradoodles?..