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This whole post is prejudicial and aggravating. The vast majority of programmers and IT people don't know anything about photography or Photoshop, and the vast majority of people jacking with these photos aren't programmers.It’s blatant misrepresentation point blank. I go into several shops and see there corals, than see their Facebook pages and say, many, they must have a different holding facility, cause those sure are not it .
Then when you get to know more of these vendors from behind the screen you find out they are tech/computer guys. A few on here are former programmers, now they have the coral with colors no one else sees, that is until they show up at your door.
Come to think of it, one of the bigger zoa guys on Facebook has “IT” as his profession.
You mean names like.You know, I get a kick out of reading threads like this. You guys complain about getting ripped off for photshopped colors, smaller then expected frags, etc.etc. But yet you have no problem getting fleeced for a coral with some stupid name given to it by a vendor.
You mean names like.
OUT OF THIS WORLD INDO FLORESCENT LEMONLIME PEE IN YOUR PANTS TOXIC GREEN BLUE-PURPLE PAINTED ULTRA COLORED HAMMER.EXTREMELY EXTREMELY RARE.
I agree names are needed to identify. But some vendors go overboard with names IMO. Lots of the common names for corals are pretty standardized across the hobby without writing a paragraph to name a coral. It’s all a selling point.IMO names keep it interesting in this hobby and is a fun way for hobbyist to collect all these different types of corals
If it weren't for names then how would we describe an acro we have?
"Hey do you have that bright green tenuis with hints of pink and yellow poylps?"
Because once started doing, others have to play catch up otherwise they will lose the “game” of selling. Just like in sports, who doesn’t take steroid.Not sure anything can irritate one more than misrepresentation of anything in life.
These coral photos that circulate the web of corals you know dont really look like that are beyond frustrating.
Was at an lfs the other day and he should em me some wholesale corals from a coral place I will leave unnamed.
On the frag plug a zoa was on, was a snail. Not just any snail, a completely “gold” snail.
The picture was shopped so hard and careless they didnt realize they turned a turbo snail gold.
Why can’t we just sell things as is,
Not pose them as something they are not?
I’m with you just take the pic normal how the coral looks I won’t even buy from places that do it, it’s like thinking your buying a corvette and you get a ford pinto!Not sure anything can irritate one more than misrepresentation of anything in life.
These coral photos that circulate the web of corals you know dont really look like that are beyond frustrating.
Was at an lfs the other day and he should em me some wholesale corals from a coral place I will leave unnamed.
On the frag plug a zoa was on, was a snail. Not just any snail, a completely “gold” snail.
The picture was shopped so hard and careless they didnt realize they turned a turbo snail gold.
Why can’t we just sell things as is,
Not pose them as something they are not?
Mama said “corals are like a box of chocolates”
Here’s a 400$ orange hammer I purchased.
And this is what it looked like in my tank.
Talk about a little disappointment. Is what it is though. Photo edited heavily? Who knows. But not even close to the picture. Maybe it expelled all of it zooxanthellae during shipping. Lol. Now that’s funny! We live and we learn.