Be Careful Buying the Hype

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

Lol check out my new prism favia!

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

The original is much less disco-esque unfortunately. Still a beautiful coral though.

clowns101 · Feb 17, 2011

akabryanhall said:
Lol check out my new prism favia!

Why did you post that?HAHA!You know I want that thing BAD!haha!

It would look that nice under a LED strip though!

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

Thought I'd give this a shot too... can you guess which one is enhanced?

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

clowns101 said:
Why did you post that?HAHA!You know I want that thing BAD!haha!

It would look that nice under a LED strip though!

Haha, you know, under royal blue crees, this would look that bright!!

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

dougers31 said:
Thought I'd give this a shot too... can you guess which one is enhanced?

Excellent work my friend, you did a great job of blingin up those acans!! TBH, they look awesome without the "touch ups"

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

akabryanhall said:
Excellent work my friend, you did a great job of blingin up those acans!! TBH, they look awesome without the "touch ups"

I still have the parent colonies and can make a few more frags of them if you are interested.

Dave3112 · Feb 17, 2011

Here are some of my examples......
This one was right out of the camera no editing at all

now for a little "responsible" photoshop so it looks exactly like it does in my tank

finally what too many vendors try to do

Maximus · Feb 17, 2011

Haha I love this thread!!! This thread is precisely why my coral buying days over the internet are mostly over. I will only buy coral from trusted members that I know of and will limit myself on buying coral from most online vendors.

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

I'm glad akabryanhall posted this... while I knew photo shop(and leds for that matter) was overused at times, it really does show how hard it can be to tell the difference. That last favia/goniastrea pic looks legit to me....sucker

Dave3112 · Feb 17, 2011

dougers31 said:
I'm glad akabryanhall posted this... while I knew photo shop(and leds for that matter) was overused at times, it really does show how hard it can be to tell the difference. That last favia/goniastrea pic looks legit to me....sucker

HAHA I'm good like that! :wink: But when I sell/trade with someone I send examples like the first two or one taken with my phone. LOL

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

Dave3112 said:
Here are some of my examples......
This one was right out of the camera no editing at all

now for a little "responsible" photoshop so it looks exactly like it does in my tank

finally what too many vendors try to do

That is a sick piece for sure, I even love the first pick!! That last one is just too much!!

akabryanhall · Feb 17, 2011

Maximus said:
Haha I love this thread!!! This thread is precisely why my coral buying days over the internet are mostly over. I will only buy coral from trusted members that I know of and will limit myself on buying coral from most online vendors.

I think most vendors will post true to life pics of the coral they have for sale, there are a few exceptions of course. The last thing I want to do is have this be a vendor bashing thread, just warning people what to watch out for. i suppose also as a reminder to all of us to try to post realistic depictions of what our coral looks like!

Dave3112 · Feb 17, 2011

akabryanhall said:
That is a sick piece for sure, I even love the first pick!! That last one is just too much!!

Thanks! It looks better now that it has decided that it wants to grow!

Wy Renegade · Feb 17, 2011

Maximus said:
Haha I love this thread!!! This thread is precisely why my coral buying days over the internet are mostly over. I will only buy coral from trusted members that I know of and will limit myself on buying coral from most online vendors.

Its not just a few of the vendors you have to watch, I've seen some obviously shopped pictures posted by individual sellers as well. I think asking for multiple pictures as well as daylights vs. blues is always a good idea, unless you know the seller of course.

nixer · Feb 17, 2011

Wy Renegade said:
Its not just a few of the vendors you have to watch, I've seen some obviously shopped pictures posted by individual sellers as well. I think asking for multiple pictures as well as daylights vs. blues is always a good idea, unless you know the seller of course.

thats why you want to see it on white egg crate.

dougers31 · Feb 17, 2011

I think it's hilarious when a seller actually gets called on it with comments like "forget the coral, where do I get some of that Ultra sand"

RogerWilco357 · Feb 17, 2011

and that is why you always see tight macro shots and very little full tank shots , alot of online vendors do it and like they say if it looks to good to be true it probably is ..can you do some acans that seems to be a favorite macro shot done in radioactive colors till they go in my tank lol