is Cornbred's stuff really that incredible? or is it just lights?

[FlyrodTodd]

Anyone follow Cornbred on ebay? His stuff always looks out of this world (almost too good), but he's got great ratings. Is it all lighting/photography? Is there different "color quality" levels in the same type of coral??

I did an experiment.....I googled the types of coral he's selling to see what it looked like "normally"....then Cornbred's

War and Peach Favia
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[SynDen]

I havent bought anything from him myself but everything I have heard about his stuff is all good. I know that Chad has some stuff from him and a few other may have some as well

 

[MikeM]

I know Rich and I have bought directly from him. His frags are incredibly small but he does a great job marketing everything. Lights are always going to change corals no matter what. None of his pieces are cheap; everything is pricey. But at the end of the day, his stuff is incredibly unique and I have never been disappointed with anything I purchased. He will work with cost on package deals.

 

[Rumen]

From my experience the frag I get the color is far from the same from the picture I seen.... I don't know if the color change from shipping or not but I did order twice from him and the the out come was the same. ...

 

[jda123]

He is far from the worst about doctoring photos, IMO. The ones on the left look too washed out. Reality is typically somewhere in the middle. I do have some of his Z&Ps and they are nice and I would get some more.

 

[FlyrodTodd]

Thanks, appreciate the feedback. So is there "A" grade and "C" grade of the same coral or are they pretty much the same? I lowered my intensity of my lights and my Miami Hurricane went from a purple with grey dull eyes to a really cool teal/blue with neon green/yellow/red eyes within a matter of weeks.