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HorseyStripe said:RGH69 said:karlo said:If I had some SPS to give (which I have) I would want to know if who I'm giving it to has a system to grow it out and not a new setup and just kill it in a few days.
I agree, it is critical that we qualify folks or they have a freind with a more mature tank keep the coral until their tank is mature enough. For example, I am keeping another members frags in my frag tank until his tank matures.
i agree with that to an extent...question is: who gets to qualify each member? and where are we going to keep this log? this question has been brought up before...if you want to make someone the "qualifier" it would have to be someone who volunteers and can be dedicated to it...that's a LOT of pressure...
the only way i see to effectively, and efficiently do this is to make each member responsible for whomever he/she gives the piece to...that way we don't have to play "the big green meanie" and label each other publicly...i would say that if you see something that doesn't look quite right, shoot that person a PM and see what thier plans are, or post under their request...
it is the responsiblity of both the recipient and the donor to ensure proper care will be given to the coral...just like buying something from the store...
and Robert, i'm glad to hear that i figured thats what was going on, and debated on saying something myself, i'm pretty sure i know what/who you're talking about...
I could not agree more and since I know you guys are talking about me allow me to defend myself by saying I've only asked for softies
But seriously, I know I make myself responsible for my livestock, heck there are times when I see people post some stuff on here that I almost want to wish we had to go to school or have a liscence to have our tanks.
My father in-law wants to make the jump into sw and I almost talked him out of it I think by telling him how he should do things and so forth.
I know I usually ask members i.e. when Ron had that finger leather I pm'd him and asked him if and how to care for these, I also did that with horsey with the zoas, I explained to him my lighting and whatnot and we discussed where to place them and whatnot.
While it is mostly up to personal discretion I think the responsibility weights more on the giver then the taker and we should be more careful, this is FREE coral period.
The system should have precautions allowing people to work themselves out of it, if we are going to do it club-wide, we don't want anyone going to John demanding their membership $ back because we labeled them as coral killers LOL!