TJL
copod
Hey North Sound Reefers, just wanted to clarify and more accurately label my idea/reasoning behind having a club Coral data Bank. There was some confusion to my wording as this is not an actual Coral Bank in which all species are collected and kept at a single location. What I had expressed to those at the last NSR Get Together was IMHO a few important reasons behind collecting this data (*for club use only).
#1 A back up support system for members who have lost coral colonies to crashes etc...
#2 To have an accurate way of spreading out some of our favorite corals (to support #1)
#3 To have dated/documented data for certain corals that may become listed as endangered become illegal to import and even possess. kind of a Grandfather Clause
#4 To further educate our club in properly identifying Coral species.
I have started a spreadsheet that will have coral be broken into separate Family with Genus followed by common name(s) , below that individualspecies then variant/morph (with pic?). The last column box will have the NSR members online names posted ( color coded ie: black = have, blue = willing to trade/sell when available, green = available now for sale/trade. *This information would only be shared with NSR members in the form of a Club News Letter or ??? Once I get the groundwork set would love some assistance in collecting and maintaning data. Lorrie (IPisces) had a beautiful list of corals with pics which I intend to utilize, but with potential file size will need to have separate files for Family ie: SPS, LPS, Softies and Zoa/Paly. Which inturn should/could make it easier to share maintenance responsabilities with other members.
Cheers, Todd
#1 A back up support system for members who have lost coral colonies to crashes etc...
#2 To have an accurate way of spreading out some of our favorite corals (to support #1)
#3 To have dated/documented data for certain corals that may become listed as endangered become illegal to import and even possess. kind of a Grandfather Clause
#4 To further educate our club in properly identifying Coral species.
I have started a spreadsheet that will have coral be broken into separate Family with Genus followed by common name(s) , below that individualspecies then variant/morph (with pic?). The last column box will have the NSR members online names posted ( color coded ie: black = have, blue = willing to trade/sell when available, green = available now for sale/trade. *This information would only be shared with NSR members in the form of a Club News Letter or ??? Once I get the groundwork set would love some assistance in collecting and maintaning data. Lorrie (IPisces) had a beautiful list of corals with pics which I intend to utilize, but with potential file size will need to have separate files for Family ie: SPS, LPS, Softies and Zoa/Paly. Which inturn should/could make it easier to share maintenance responsabilities with other members.
Cheers, Todd
