It’s all in the name. The name says it all. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. We have all heard countless phrases that extol the importance of a name. Last names like Miller or Baker referred to the family business while Jackson or Johnson referred to who the father was. So from this it is easy to see how names are there for clarification and to show lineage.
Organisms are classified or named down to genus and species using ‘二项式命名法‘,以便可以相对容易地与另一个秩序相对分开。在业余爱好的早期,当大多数珊瑚是棕色时,我们许多人都知道我们所保留的每个珊瑚的属和物种。
Many of us could look in a tank and readily point out theAcroporavalida来自Acropora Nasuta或者Acropora humilis来自Acroporagemmifera,即使那样,我们大多数人都无法保持生命。知道这一点的名称实际上很有用,因为我们可以在Veron的书中看这些珊瑚,看看这些珊瑚在哪里增长,他们喜欢什么条件以及可能显示出什么颜色。
最后一部分通常是一厢情愿的想法,因为我们经常会出现错误的印象,即如果珊瑚在尖端显示一点点颜色,而其余的殖民地则是棕色的,那么整个殖民地实际上可能有一天会显示出该颜色,如果我们提供的话适当的条件。但这也使我们了解了这些珊瑚一旦将它们种植成更大的殖民地,这是当时的主要目标。
However over the past few years things have changed, and they have changed rather dramatically. No longer are genus and species used to describe our corals, but now every coral seemingly has to have its own name and often these names have little relevance to any characteristics the coral possesses. The names provided to the corals now are done so with the idea ofbeing able to market珊瑚而不是帮助人们了解珊瑚的实际是什么,这有助于最大程度地利用所出售的小碎片的利润。
现在,我非常感谢营销,在整个职业生涯中都从事销售工作,我也感谢赚钱的愿望和需要。我认为,在这方面,对于珊瑚的名称游戏,事情已经失控了。
珊瑚的命名不是一个新现象。它至少在过去20年中一直在进行。但是,现在发生的事情与珊瑚的命名如何以及为何开始明显不同。正如我提到的那样,二十年前,大多数进口的珊瑚是棕色的,而不仅仅是柔软的珊瑚,而且大多数SPS甚至LPS珊瑚都是棕色的。
LED lighting had not even been thought about for a saltwater tank and most of us were happy if we could just keep the corals alive and growing. However, even under these circumstances every now and then a colorful and for lack of a better term, “special” coral would make its way into the hobby.
在此期间Reefer’s Codewas much stronger then, so many of us who knew our limitations for keeping a coral alive indefinitely in our tanks knew that if we came across something special we needed to share it lest it die and we never see it again. One of the first people to start naming corals was the lateLeroy Headlee。
勒罗伊(Leroy)有一份礼物,可以使任何珊瑚活着,即使它只有几个息肉。因此,既然我们知道这一点,我们当中的一些人将碎片送给了勒罗伊(Leroy),以确保保存。勒罗伊(Leroy)长大后,他卖掉了他所进入的许多彩色珊瑚的碎片,并要跟踪他们来自何处,他以他们的来源命名。
因此,有Paletta Blue Acropora和Garf,这是Leroy公司Purple Bonsai的名称Acropora。我想指出,我从来没有以自己的名字命名过珊瑚。我的名字与它们相关的大多数珊瑚只是珊瑚,我很幸运地遇到了我通过贸易传播和分享的珊瑚,或者与其他业余爱好者共享,因为这就是我们将稀有珊瑚保持在业余爱好中的方式。
此后不久,史蒂夫·泰瑞(Steve Tyree)也是一位收藏家和五颜六色珊瑚的狂热者,然后开始营销“命名”珊瑚。我们都熟悉Leng Sy Cap和Tyree Purple Monster。史蒂夫(Steve)经常以“发现”这些五颜六色的珊瑚的人或商店的名字命名珊瑚,他通常不仅包括他们的名字,还包括那种珊瑚。
这很有用,因为它至少提供了有关动物偏爱的饲养的一些信息。由于这些珊瑚在大多数情况下很少见,因此比可用的更常见的珊瑚要高。尽管有些人抱怨,但当时这是我们许多人有机会获得这些五颜六色珊瑚的唯一方法之一。
但是,现在,我认为事情已经完全失控了。现在,当我几乎每个珊瑚都有一个名字时,可悲的是,大多数名称与珊瑚的微小碎片成长为一个殖民地无关。在某些站点周围简单看,我发现了一个普通的绿色Acroporamilleporalisted as a Green Mamba, a Leprechaun’s Wish and a Green Fuzzy Mammoth.
And while I understand how this marketing may excite hobbyists into buying a cool named coral, I also think it does a disservice in a number of ways. First often the name has little to do with what the coral will look like when it grows out. As I mentioned in a previous article many of these frags are photoshopped to such a degree that there is virtually no chance that they will look anything like the frags that are seen in the pictures they are sold from.
我很想在相对“正常”的照明下看到这些珊瑚的母亲殖民地,看看它们看起来像他们的名字以及碎片如何与母亲殖民地相比。同样,由于每个储罐的照明和参数都不同,因此许多珊瑚在着色方面取决于存在的条件。
实际上,如果某些珊瑚在同一水箱中获得不同量的光线,则可以在同一水箱中显着变形。因此,即使照片是对珊瑚的真实表现,即使在每个水箱中看起来都会有所不同。结果,特别是对新业余爱好者来说,这是不公平的,让他们认为珊瑚看起来像是如此或更糟糕的是他们做错了什么,这就是为什么它看起来不像他们从图片中购买的珊瑚。
我真的不在乎珊瑚的名字是什么,老实说,我不记得我拥有的大多数珊瑚的名字,尤其是因为大多数人看起来与我从中购买的图片明显不同。但是,我确实认为这个名字应该反映出有关珊瑚的东西,例如物种,起源或它可能成长的颜色。
但是,这只是我命名似乎每一个珊瑚的命名问题的原因的一部分。正如我所说,我无法跟踪珊瑚的名称,但由于每个人都可以给出同一珊瑚的名称,因此这使它变得更加困难。我们的大多数珊瑚来自相同的来源结果,任何一次珊瑚都有一些有限的珊瑚。
因此,当收藏家或马里一个养殖设施送入一组珊瑚时,他们经常会散发出许多相同的珊瑚。然后,当批发商,商店或在线供应商获得这些珊瑚时,他们都从同一批批准了珊瑚。因此,为了使自己彼此区分,每个人都会为珊瑚提供不同的名称。
再次,我了解进行营销的必要性,但是我很想进一步加剧了关于珊瑚是什么以及它实际上会是什么样的困惑。当许多这些珊瑚在½“或较小的插曲中碎片碎片时,这种混乱就会进一步添加到进一步Photoshoped。
当珊瑚被简单地称为紫色的蜡层或绿色灯笼时,这也是一个不利的Acropora Plana和Acroporasuharsonoirespectively, and not tell the hobbyist that these are deeper water corals. So for newer hobbyists who think these look like typical high light loving corals, without their name having any relevance, they may put them in a typicalAcroporaspot where they will unfortunately often bleach out without the hobbyist understanding why.
I realize that we are not going back and that corals will continue to be named and that this is done for the most part to enhance their value. I also will admit that I have bought a lot of named corals over the years from just about every online vendor and shop I have visited. What I hoped to do in the article was to not only point out how this started and how crazy it has gotten, but also to try and get people to look at what a coral may become and how to keep it before they buy it.
Also I should point out that you do not have to keep the multi-dimensional rainbow orgasm coral in order to have a great looking tank. Colorful healthy growing corals, are still an impressive sight to behold whether they have a name or not.