The term "cooking"

[UFreefer]

Does anyone else find it obnoxious?

 

[Downbeach]

Although I have what I think is an understanding of its meaning, I think some people take it literally. I think the term gets confused with others like: curing, cycling, cleaning. I think its definition, the way we use it, is changing/has changed over time. I think that there is no "authority" to clearly define what all these terms refer to specifically.

 

[thegunslinger]

Although I have what I think is an understanding of its meaning, I think some people take it literally. I think the term gets confused with others like: curing, cycling, cleaning. I think its definition, the way we use it, is changing/has changed over time. I think that there is no "authority" to clearly define what all these terms refer to specifically.

Yup. I have only been in SW for about a year (have been in FW for a few) and when I was first starting off I had no idea what those terms meant and it was a little confusing. I'm probably still not getting it right, but the rock has probably been in my tank long enough that the point is moot lol.

 

[den75]

I don't find it obnoxious, but it could be potentially dangerous. Someone may take it literally and try and "cook" their rock winding up with paly toxin poisoning.

 

[thegunslinger]

I don't find it obnoxious, but it could be potentially dangerous. Someone may take it literally and try and "cook" their rock winding up with paly toxin poisoning.

Disclaimer: I didn't do that lol. I just piled it up in my tank and let the nitrogen cycle run its course (a concept that I did fortunately understand from my experience in FW). But I did not clean or do a separate cure/cycle just for the rock.

 

[twilliard]

Since this is under SPS are we talking about "cooking" the coral from lighting?

 

[Chrisfish]

Since this is under SPS are we talking about "cooking" the coral from lighting?

I have to honest when I pulled up this thread that's what I thought too.

 

[CarolinaReefs]

I think it means make something better over time. Like cooking a meal. You take all ingredients and cook them over time and you get something good in the end. Obnoxious, not really.

 

[UFreefer]

Since this is under SPS are we talking about "cooking" the coral from lighting?

I have to honest when I pulled up this thread that's what I thought too.

Yeah I meant it in regards to SPS. When people are marketing their corals and fishing for frag sales inquiries

 

[larangcon]

Cooking or in the oven simply means the owner or vendor has the SPS for a while before presenting it in the forum and with the colors finally starting or has changed to a more vigrant colors.

 

[PeterErc]

how about way for vendor to get more money? I can only "release" one frag, mother is still "cooking" or something worded along those lines. Then somebody drops a stupid amount of money on a 1/4" frag? Is this what ya mean? In reality the colony is big enough to cut ten 1/4" frags, but if they put them all on auction at once they won't get as much money. Supply and demand, a sucker is born every minute.

obnoxious fits, lol

 

[BryanS4]

Yes, I agree with you 100%. An absolutely obnoxious term. No one is cooking anything in a tank.

 

[Diesel]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I remember this term from a while ago in a LS on here.

And here's how the cookie crumbles............

 

[Marquiseo]

lol this is used on Facebook a lot. It gets annoying. "This one been cooking for a while". <Inserts pick of a maricultured sps frag with a small patch of color change> or <shows pic of sps> Still needs to cook a little longer before I can release it.

 

[larangcon]

Yes, I agree with you 100%. An absolutely obnoxious term. No one is cooking anything in a tank.

That's not true, yes when a vendor makes up the cooking phrase to make money, yes this I will agree with you, but there's others out there that say this when a wild coral is kept until the full potential of the corals comes out he has kept the coral in the oven and waited for the corals color to come out. You can actually see the before and after pictures. This vendor I will buy from.

 

[BryanS4]

That's not true, yes when a vendor makes up the cooking phrase to make money, yes this I will agree with you, but there's others out there that say this when a wild coral is kept until the full potential of the corals comes out he has kept the coral in the oven and waited for the corals color to come out. You can actually see the before and after pictures. This vendor I will buy from.

Ok

 

[Marquiseo]

That's not true, yes when a vendor makes up the cooking phrase to make money, yes this I will agree with you, but there's others out there that say this when a wild coral is kept until the full potential of the corals comes out he has kept the coral in the oven and waited for the corals color to come out. You can actually see the before and after pictures. This vendor I will buy from.

You do know that those corals tend to lose their color faster than aquacultured pieces? They get brown corals for dirt cheap then color them up to a hint of color (the point where color starts mixing in the coral) and sell nubs at 3x's for profit.

 

[UFreefer]

lol this is used on Facebook a lot. It gets annoying. "This one been cooking for a while". <Inserts pick of a maricultured sps frag with a small patch of color change> or <shows pic of sps> Still needs to cook a little longer before I can release it.

Yes, this is exactly what I was referring too. Good to see that I'm not the only one