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I’m also happy to report that
all of the equipment is working well
and the numbers are stable. Hopefully,
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It
wasn’t...  Not that anything
really, REALLY bad happened; there
was just a little more going on this
month than I would’ve hoped.
As usual, it all started with Reef
Central…
[In
my own defense here, I’m really
not on RC as much as I may lead you
to believe. In fact, the more its
main board seems to be taken
over by kids who seem to post
the same questions over and over
again, the more I find myself
relegated to the ‘specialist’ forums to seek any real information. I’m also frequenting the many smaller boards and cumulatively, I probably post there even more than I do RC. But the vast majority of my correspondence is through one-on-one emails from you guys, which I continue to appreciate. What gets me into ‘trouble’ on Reef Central however is my participation in its “Show me your ___________” threads. Now, I enjoy showing off my corals as much as I love seeing what other people have, but I understand that sometimes, this comes with
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they really like, they’ll quite naturally want a frag andthere’s nothing wrong with
that, especially if they’re
willing to pay. Unfortunately,
as of this writing, there are
currently 80,000 members on RC
and if just 1% saw something
they really like, that’s
80 frags. Do YOU have any corals
large enough to glean 80 frags?
Actually,
the largest request I’ve
ever gotten for any of my stuff
was approximately 50 (Acanthastrea).
But my point is, these are the
kinds of problems I get myself
into when I post in my favorite
kinds of RC threads so it’s
one of the reasons I don’t
do it as much as I used to.]
Well,
what happened this time was I posted
in a thread entitled “Show
Me Your Birdsnests” or some
such. Well, my Birdnest is
certainly no prize; what with its
chronic infestations of cyano and
Valonia algae deep within its branches.
But I must’ve been bored that day; so I posted it. The next day I get a private message requesting a frag. At first I thought this was pretty funny since there were some truly stunning examples of this coral posted by other people. But this person was interested in mine because the blunt tips on its branches made it unusual and he wanted to study it.
Now,
if you follow the boards at all and
especially Reef Central, I’m
sure you’ve seen this guys’ ‘handle’.
He goes by Bomber on RC and he’s
a long time
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