Bi weekly disscusion ..... what's in a name

[tims]

HI Gang,
we have not had a bi weekly in a little while, now that summertime and vacations are over i figured it is time to start up again.

So What's in a name?

i figure we can break this in to Two parts..
the first part...

what are some of the names we use for things in our tanks
example.. SSB shallow sand bed

[carym]

Never heard of a a swallow sand bed before, now shallow yes....sorry couldn't resist....

[know-it-all]

I've heard thingamabobber coming from my wife when she pointed something out in the tank

I have yet to figure that one out

[know-it-all]

Originally Posted by carym

Never heard of a a swallow sand bed before, now shallow yes....sorry couldn't resist....

it's what you call a sandbed with a powerhead pointed at it

[fyrfytr1717]

I've got this strange feeling that this bi-weekly is intended to head toward the SPS / LPS debate and whether or not stony corals should be categorized by these over-generalized names... Or am I reading too much into it only four posts in?

[tims]

hahah thanks guys pointing out the typo...


hmmm i am not trying to head it that way

[ChilisREasy]

LR = Live Rock
DSB = Deep Sand Bed

theres 2 names

[leveldrummer]

not sure about the sand bed names, but as far as the lps/sps debate, they are pretty much very general terms that help hobbyists know general care for corals, but they sure arent a good way to divide the corals, and there are also many corals that fall between the lines, and show characteristics of both genre, what really gets to me is the extreme prices being generated by giving a coral a "cool" name, and calling it rare, or LE. some of these corals may be worth a bit more, simple from being tank raised and fragged for many generations, they are much hardier, and sometimes more colorful. but 300/polyp, or for a 1/2 inch frag is a little much imo.

[Hop]

This topic is going to challenge the critical thinking side of me I feel like I'm over thinking the topic at hand

[tims]

hahah Run with it Hop.
i was not thinking of the LPS /SPS naming but that is a good start.

another thing to think about too.
how many times have you seen a coral called ......... and you research it and it is also called........... and if you knew that it would have sved you time on researching it...

[Viv]

How about those named after a figure...like that new one Superman monti....or Orca corals or Tyree Blue.

[fish.freak]

How about common name vs scientific name & species vs color morph?

[ChilisREasy]

Originally Posted by tims

hahah Run with it Hop.
i was not thinking of the LPS /SPS naming but that is a good start.

another thing to think about too.
how many times have you seen a coral called ......... and you research it and it is also called........... and if you knew that it would have sved you time on researching it...

Neospongodes Also known as, carnation, tree, lemon coral, silk coral, lemnalia

Nepthyigorgia = also known as = Strawberry coral, Fat Finger, Red Finger, Chili, Cactus, Red Finger Leather.

Turbinaria = Also known as Cup coral, Yellow Scroll, Golden Scroll & '' That Yellow flat thing there'' lol

[ChilisREasy]

i got more

[Doug1]

Taxonomy is a Byatch