Colors look to good to be true!!!

[Amberjade53]

Supposedly called "neverland" anyone else think it looks like something else?
Colors are ridiculous.

 

[CC13]

Supposedly called "neverland" anyone else think it looks like something else?
Colors are ridiculous.

Ask the vendor to take pictures under other lighting and see what it looks like. Lots of vendors edit and enhance colors its becoming somewhat of a problem.

 

[Amberjade53]

They are coming to live with me so well see. Just never heard of Neverland. Thought they could be called something else also. Of they look half as good once in the tank I will be happy.

 

[CC13]

They are coming to live with me so well see. Just never heard of Neverland. Thought they could be called something else also. Of they look half as good once in the tank I will be happy.

Ya vendors are also in the trend it seems to name corals whatever they like so they can claim they are 'rare'. If the price fits your budget and you like the color then buy it, but I wouldn't be too caught up in the names. Most of it is just hype started from the vendor.

 

[5altkreep]

Wow! Please post pics when they're home!

 

[Stickboy15]

where did you get these and how much?

 

[theKoolAidMan]

Ya vendors are also in the trend it seems to name corals whatever they like so they can claim they are 'rare'. If the price fits your budget and you like the color then buy it, but I wouldn't be too caught up in the names. Most of it is just hype started from the vendor.

This is the WORST. There are no agreed upon naming conventions in the hobby and MANY vendors and shops take advantage of this by just creating new names whenever they feel like it to charge more. It's a form of lying IMO. I'd love to see a group of reputable vendors get together and create a name registry of some sort with enough industry weight behind it, so there's some sort of standardization.

 

[Amberjade53]

where did you get these and how much?

$80 Ebay living reef orlando

 

[Amberjade53]

The only reason I was asking about another name is so I could Google photos like them and see patterns. Not that I care so much about name

 

[dantimdad]

This is the WORST. There are no agreed upon naming conventions in the hobby and MANY vendors and shops take advantage of this by just creating new names whenever they feel like it to charge more. It's a form of lying IMO. I'd love to see a group of reputable vendors get together and create a name registry of some sort with enough industry weight behind it, so there's some sort of standardization.

Man, you hit the nail on the head!

I literally had zoas that look just like that years and years ago. No what? They were "Misc. Zoanthids" On the sheet from the wholesaler.

I paid $10 for about 15 polyps wholesale.

Again though, if you like them and can afford them...

 

[Swav8tor]

I have stopped by their store many times, they generally have a lot of stock and all of it looks healthy. As far as naming conventions are concerned, I go with if I like it and the price is right I’ll buy. I don’t need the Gucci or Prada coral names, sure it would be nice, but some of the prices these days are out of hand. I will not pay more than $50 for a frag of anything.

 

[littlebigreef]

They look really nifty!

 

[CC13]

This is the WORST. There are no agreed upon naming conventions in the hobby and MANY vendors and shops take advantage of this by just creating new names whenever they feel like it to charge more. It's a form of lying IMO. I'd love to see a group of reputable vendors get together and create a name registry of some sort with enough industry weight behind it, so there's some sort of standardization.

Man, you hit the nail on the head!

I literally had zoas that look just like that years and years ago. No what? They were "Misc. Zoanthids" On the sheet from the wholesaler.

I paid $10 for about 15 polyps wholesale.

Again though, if you like them and can afford them...

Ya this is just a money grab and is lying IMO. "Rare" has nothing to do with the name of a coral but they charge a premium because they slap a name on the front; its a joke.

 

[Amberjade53]

Ya this is just a money grab and is lying IMO. "Rare" has nothing to do with the name of a coral but they charge a premium because they slap a name on the front; its a joke.

Just so there is no misconception on behalf of living reef Orlando this was a auction and not a buy it now. It was bid up to this from .99
I just dont want people to think they were asking 80 for it.

 

[CC13]

Just so there is no misconception on behalf of living reef Orlando this was a auction and not a buy it now. It was bid up to this from .99
I just dont want people to think they were asking 80 for it.

It's not directly related to your purchase at all, vendors in general have started doing this and inflating prices because they stick their store name on the coral and somehow they pass it off as being rare.

 

[Cliff717]

I would love to see it when it gets home. Either for good or bad. I end up falling for the named zoa’s ( although not the crazy expensive ones). Then I can never remember the names. So after six months they just become “the nice ones with the pink skirt back there” then I end up selling frags for next to nothing because I don’t care what their name was I just like the color lol

 

[MT. Reefer]

I don't care what they're called. If those colors are true, They're gorgeous!

 

[CC13]

I would love to see it when it gets home. Either for good or bad. I end up falling for the named zoa’s ( although not the crazy expensive ones). Then I can never remember the names. So after six months they just become “the nice ones with the pink skirt back there” then I end up selling frags for next to nothing because I don’t care what their name was I just like the color lol

How did they end up looking??

 

[dochou]

Any pics?

 

[CC13]

Any pics?

Lol hopefully they were good.... he made them his display picture.