Scoly by the slice

[HudsonReefer2.0]

In a recent live sale I saw scolymia corals being offered like pizza slices. It was labeled as a rescue. Later in the thread, additional pictures were shown of others prepared the same way. More rescues and all different morphs? Possible, but the way vendors try to increase profits these days, seems like they are moving into new area of the fragging realm. Any one else see this? Hope it’s not a new trend. I like my scoly whole. Just sell the coral the way it is as in nature. If it is indeed a real rescue then kudos for saving the coral. However, I do have my doubts.

 

[blaxsun]

Are they 1/6 or 1/8th the price? If so, maybe a rescue. But if the price of the "slice" is disproportional, you might be right about the marketing attempt.

 

[IKD]

In a recent live sale I saw scolymia corals being offered like pizza slices. It was labeled as a rescue. Later in the thread, additional pictures were shown of others prepared the same way. More rescues and all different morphs? Possible, but the way vendors try to increase profits these days, seems like they are moving into new area of the fragging realm. Any one else see this? Hope it’s not a new trend. I like my scoly whole. Just sell the coral the way it is as in nature. If it is indeed a real rescue then kudos for saving the coral. However, I do have my doubts.

Ive seen frags of scoly’s at the World Wide store, so that is occurring.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

A lot of rescues for a vendor w access to quality livestock. Just sayin.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Getting hungry. Thinking about a slice of scoly.

 

[homer1475]

The green one I could possibly see it being a rescue. The other, you can see the nice define cut with a bandsaw. There would be no reason to cut that much of the skeleton off since when they recover, they can take over the old skeleton.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

From observing trends, If there was one company that would do something like that just for extra $ it would b this one.

 

[polyppal]

They’re cutting them up and calling them ‘rescue’ to present an excuse beyond $ to butcher a scoly…

they need to get Sara McLaughlin to help promote this ‘scoly rescue program’ in the arms of an aaaangel…

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I saw that in the recent WWC event. I didn't believe it from the very beginning.

It took multiple pages later until they finally came out and said it would take two years for this coral to look normal again.

The price was disproportionately high given it is a quarter cut if that.

It smelled Super Fishy to me. Why would WWC be taking in "rescues"? That isn't their business model. They have dibs and cherry pickers all over the place paying top dollar for coral.

 

[BirdFish5000]

It's WWC; they're a branding & marketing company first; reefing is secondary, if not tertiary.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Wholly Scoly. That’s nice. Imagine what they would do to this beautiful coral.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Wholly Scoly. That’s nice. Imagine what they would do to this beautiful coral.

Respect to CK for keeping it whole

 

[DHill6]

I purchased a ‘rescued’ scoly from WWC. Using my points, I had to use them up on something. I have no idea if it’s a marketing ploy or if indeed had a problem. No different than the two little pieces of welso scoly or whatever it was from CB years ago. He said the colony had a pest eating it from within. I don’t know there either. All pieces have done well. Current one is doing fine.

 

[Opus]

To go way back in time when Scott was still around, some great insights. I used to love all his ramblings.

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Scolymia have always enjoyed a dedicated following, and they are among the most compelling and "collectible" of all corals, in our opinion. They do require some care and knowledge of their needs, and are not just "set and forget" corals. If there needs are understood and met, however, Scolymia...

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[Steven Garland]

Wholly Scoly. That’s nice. Imagine what they would do to this beautiful coral.

If that were anywhere else they would chop all the "rainbow" colors out and sell.each slice for $1k. Maximum profit I guess. #cowardsofreefing

 

[Chrisv.]

On one hand, we could think of this as greed. On the other hand, with this approach, 4-6 reefers get a scolly for every individual scolly removed from the reef. It's not sustainable aquaculture, but it substantially decreases the impact of people owning a scolly. Although I was annoyed when I first read this, when I frame it this way, I actually prefer it.

 

[Reef2Land]

I do it. But IMO it seems better. We started doing it to see if it could be done and haven't lost a single one. We don't consider it much about profit as much as what's being brought in off the reefs. Honestly this is probably one of the most bizarre ones we've gotten.

 

[Chrisv.]

I do it. But IMO it seems better. We started doing it to see if it could be done and haven't lost a single one. We don't consider it much about profit as much as what's being brought in off the reefs. Honestly this is probably one of the most bizarre ones we've gotten.

Exactly. If one coral comes from the reef but six people get it in their tank, this is a win win. I'd love to see them actually cultured long term, but given their recovery time it's probably not realistic.

 

[DHill6]

To go way back in time when Scott was still around, some great insights. I used to love all his ramblings.

Scoly Propagation- Round Two

Scolymia have always enjoyed a dedicated following, and they are among the most compelling and "collectible" of all corals, in our opinion. They do require some care and knowledge of their needs, and are not just "set and forget" corals. If there needs are understood and met, however, Scolymia...

www.reef2reef.com

More Fun with Scolys..here come the grafts!

Hey everyone, Sorry to have been a bit absent yesterday, but we were a bit crazy after Reefapalooza and our Columbus Day Sale! Had the usual out-of-town reef celebrity friends dropping by our facility, including Tony Vargas, Marc Tetrault from Marco Rock, Ike Eichenbride from Ecoxotic, and my...

www.reef2reef.com

Oh yes, Scott. Interesting conversations a few times. I also cut the above mentioned scolys in half, with a scalpel. They recovered fine. I didn’t sell them, wasn’t out for profit.

 

[Opus]

Oh yes, Scott. Interesting conversations a few times. I also cut the above mentioned scolys in half, with a scalpel. They recovered fine. I didn’t sell them, wasn’t out for profit.

His is the only lecture I've set thru at a reef show. Very interesting and entertaining. All the rest I last maybe 5 minutes and then I walk out due to boredom.