Bad hobby terms.
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Hmm, a little lost with that one.
Rick.45cal
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Might be the best, but you may be disqualified as it doesn't seem very easy.
Rick.45cal
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elfda
Active Member
Same troubles in the tarantula hobby! Saying you have/want a birdeater is useless. There are so many that are called bird eaters -- heck, the German name for tarantula literally translates to bird spider!
Or "red rump"; you could be asking for a nice Brachypelma, and get a bugnuts crazy Thrixopelma! [emoji23]
More latin!
I even sneak them in, at work.
The hermit crabs they send me? Labeled as "small hermit crabs". That's all the label says.
My PO listed them as "dardanus sp." so I added an extra line with the label maker, so my customers could make informed decisions.
(Labeling the green leather corals with sarcophyton sp seemed overkill, but I did it anyway.)
elfda
Active Member
I use the most ridiculous and incorrect term of all; butt.
Mostly when I'm annoyed (just sit yer butt down and stop wandering the tank)!
I know it's foot/pedal disc (i.e. foot disc), but... butts are funny
Nick stokes
Community Member
Do you have a Dory fish
You're statement is a matter of personal preference.
IMO there's absolutely nothing wrong with generalizing Hammer Coral aka Euphyllia Ancora. [emoji16]
I agree, with some. like saying "hammer coral/E. ancora or branch hammer coral/ E. paraancora" that's totally fine, it makes sense and isn't a fluffy gimmick name. Those aren't the one's we're talking about, it's the others that aren't just generalizations, a lot of them tell us absolutely nothing about the species they're talking about. And as has been stated, they could be several species, or even from a different genus altogether. Scientific names are important
Bleh. That's a bad one. "No, my reef does not have all the main characters of finding Nemo/Dory in it"
I also disagree with doing away with the terms LPS and SPS. They aren't intended to be taxonomy tools. They're hobby tools that I think have some use to describe some general traits and care consideration.
That said, it makes me chuckle to see the difficult time vendors have deciding where to put cyphastrea.
That said, it makes me chuckle to see the difficult time vendors have deciding where to put cyphastrea.
DANG RIGHT!
We never said hobbyists would ever decide to go away from using SPS, LPS, and Softy. We're just saying they aren't exactly accurate and, I do need to argue that they tell us nothing in regard to their care needs.
and, I do need to argue that they tell us nothing in regard to their care needs.
Rick.45cal
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Euphyllias 25 years ago were some of the most confused taxonomically. Their skeletons all share such similar traits most are indistinguishable from other species based solely on skeletal structure. Only by studying the physiology of the soft tissue has their taxonomic places changed.
If we are going to jump on LPS, SPS, softies, let's just go ahead and get rid of "mixed reef" too, because everyone here has a mixed reef, unless you have a singular species, it's pretty much mixed.
If we are going to jump on LPS, SPS, softies, let's just go ahead and get rid of "mixed reef" too, because everyone here has a mixed reef, unless you have a singular species, it's pretty much mixed.
Nick stokes
Community Member
Euphyllias 25 years ago were some of the most confused taxonomically. Their skeletons all share such similar traits most are indistinguishable from other species based solely on skeletal structure. Only by studying the physiology of the soft tissue has their taxonomic places changed.
If we are going to jump on LPS, SPS, softies, let's just go ahead and get rid of "mixed reef" too, because everyone here has a mixed reef, unless you have a singular species, it's pretty much mixed.
And the subspecies of the species [emoji23][emoji23]
