Not sure where they came from but who's to say that they couldn't be collected from the wild again? This whole exclusivity thing just seems a bit silly to me. But to each his own. They definitely are awesome polyps.
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I still share but only to those in the inner circle now and to folks that I've thoroughly researched on their history, I don't give to people that I know sell a lot or have a history of being a seller in the hobby. Saw the GWVs so I only chimed in and wanted to tell the story in this. So in the future when you get this polyp you know what the story about is and see the darker side of reefkeeping where folks are there just for profiteering and gain.
The whole white velvet drama is starting again? Dang, this was when I was just starting to collect zoas too.
I can understand setting requirements for giving them out for free, but keeping them in the bay area only, seems like something that is kind of rude and elitest. People are capable of keeping a promise just as easily in other places, and just because you cannot keep tabs on every move they make, just points to being overly paranoid.
Zoas usually grow out pretty easily in most systems, if you really cared about not having them hyped and overpriced, you should have sold them for a dollar or two a polyp, then they would be more readily available, in more systems as a cheap polyp, rather than you saying that you knew this would happen, but still decided to do it anyway, and being upset that they are charging this much for them.
Are you really attacking the guy for giving away something for free? Seriously? I commend him for giving away such a awesome coral and not asking for a penny in return. We need more of this in the hobby as far as I'm concerned.
Not sure, but I did get them from the Bay Area. I don't exactly go around trying to verify the lineage of Sunny Ds and Rastas, so not sure what the big hassle about this one it.hmmm wonder if those were linaged pieces :tongue: