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JB63
02/03/2010, 06:31 PM
Think about this for a minute. Except for softies, most of the Corals out there, be it favia, goniastrea, blastomussa ..... consist of a very THIN layer of flesh (alive), and a big piece of skeleton that 95% of it is no longer used (just like a snail, coralites keep on building their skeleton and move to the upper layers.

So, the piece of Favia you just paid $80, in fact 1% of it is flesh, 5% is water it sucked from your tank, and the rest of it is dead skeleton.

The next time you see a big boulder coral, only the outer thin 'skin' is alive.

Kinda like our good ole' earth, a radius of 64000 km, and yet life exists only in a tiny fraction between the deepest of oceans and the atmosphere.

Just putting things in perspective.

Imzadi
02/03/2010, 06:34 PM
cuz knowledge is power!

blrrobinson21
02/03/2010, 06:36 PM
Ouch wish you wouldnt of said that lol. All well, they are beautiful though. Hey, you think I could use that argument at my local lfs to get a cheaper price. :)

JB63
02/03/2010, 07:08 PM
hahaha ... I'm only paying for LIVE stuff, the carcass of the coral, you can charge me the going price for your live rock.