the future of "LE" corals

[bamachamp92]

I would like to see SE = Special Edition given to LE corals that have been out for a while or no status what so ever. Tyree pink lemonade is not limited but it is a special coral in a tank full of corals certain corals stand out and should have the respect of a long lasted aquacultured coral but not LE.

 

[lReef lKeeper]

I would like to see SE = Special Edition given to LE corals that have been out for a while or no status what so ever. Tyree pink lemonade is not limited but it is a special coral in a tank full of corals certain corals stand out and should have the respect of a long lasted aquacultured coral but not LE.

hell of an idea !! i wish i had thought of that !!

 

[droblack]

I think the LE thing is being taken very literally. True, corals grow and are thus not "limited" over time. I don't really take the term seriously myself, just know that it means someone liked a coral enough to name it.

 

[Reef Goddess]

Now just go out and tell the rest of the reefing community what SE means and I'll start labeling my corals that way. ;p A lot of people still don't know what LE means. Its just another one of those things we do in hopes to bring in more money.

 

[Ian]

FWIW, Steve Tyree started the LE thing wayyy before there were any internet vendors.

Limited in the sense of a coral doesn't mean the same as a car like there were only so many built, at the time it meant you could get on a list. One person on the list would get a frag and the next person would have to wait for their frag to grow out before it is distributed, making the coral 'limited' in distribution...

Now that every other internet vendor has adopted the LE term, it's taken a whole new meaning...

 

[johnanddawn]

I would like to see SE = Special Edition given to LE corals that have been out for a while or no status what so ever. Tyree pink lemonade is not limited but it is a special coral in a tank full of corals certain corals stand out and should have the respect of a long lasted aquacultured coral but not LE.

:) i like that. it may be just semantics but at least it is more truthful

and the beauty is this works on both the new and the long time "LE's" because there are some corals that are just plain special

- the lemonaid is a good exp. (however i believe their are a ton of just as pretty A. nasutas out there that are look alikes) the one on my list would be the ice fire echinata - that is one special coral! and even though it is still expensive it is more readily available and i might just own one one day

and as far as these new corals coming in it works for them as well. i think it would upset me a lot less if someone said "hey I have this coral and i am fragging it. i only have a small colony so i will only be able to offer x number of special edition frags at this time"

but then again it is just another label right?

as far as the aquaculture vs wild caught debate - that is a whole different subject. of course it would be easy to say that we should only buy aquacultured stuff but it's not that black and white. many forget that there are local economies that are supported by our hobby and when a local resource becomes valuable there is more reason to protect it. buying wild caught corals may actually end up protecting more reefs then it destroys, because as the locals become informed and start to value their asset, they become more conscientious in their collection process.

but that is a subject for a new thread

 

[FaviaFreak]

As stated before LE was a term used back in the day, sorta like a coral vine, one person get's a frag, grows it out and then passes it on to the next person, there was a smaller faction of high end collectors back in those days so LE actually meant something, nowadays it's just a word used in the industry and amongst hobbyist to describe a nice coral more or less. This hobby has grown by leaps and bounds since the early days, nowadays hot pieces are the norm

 

[bamachamp92]

Now just go out and tell the rest of the reefing community what SE means and I'll start labeling my corals that way. ;p A lot of people still don't know what LE means. Its just another one of those things we do in hopes to bring in more money.

If someone does not know what LE means they are probably not to the point of purchasing these corals yet IMO. Im just talking about a way to let people know which corals have been in the hobby and aquacultured for many generations, hardy and very likely to keep their colors under good conditions, so if we as honest hobbiest only call the ones SE that fall into this category we can let new hobbiest know which corals are more likely to survive for them. Every coral that comes in and gets chopped up now is called LE and that is not what the term was meant to be. I would like to get past getting wild colonies in and calling them LE, I have some nice unnamed corals that have been in my tank and I am aquaculturing them, but when I sell a frag I dont call them LE such and such.

 

[snk713]

Plus one on SE

 

[colbrunn123]

I like how people on ebay also use the word RARE on all thier corals.

Is it rare on thier part like i'm running out of this type of coral.

And the sad thing People pay big bucks for very comman corals.

I should start putting Rare in front of all my sand polpys,Pompom xenia and star polpys.
I just give this stuff away for free i have to much of it.