crusso1993
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I was trying to think of an analogy.. people give me a fair amount of compliments on my fungia coral, but to me it’s the exact same as when I got it, it’s very easy, doesn’t need much attention, similar to when you buy a house with a full grown beautiful hardwood tree on the property. Family and friends stop by, they may compliment your massive tree, but you didn’t grow it yourself, it doesn’t mean as much. Acros are like the freshly hatched bird that fell out of the tree in a storm, anxiously chirping and battered on the cold earth, awaiting greatness or death, and you make the call. You take the baby bird inside, make it a perfect temporary home, warm a towel to keep it warm, feed it cream of wheat through a syringe and pray it regains enough strength to live and grow into a beautiful bird. Let’s say it lives past this stage, no one coming by your home is going to complement this goofy little “frag” of a bird you saved, it’s the most work you’ve done recently for an animal and the only one who knows the time and research you put in is you. Your bird is strong now, it’s getting some adult bright beautiful feathers, you release it. This bird still could run into a few sliding glass doors and rtn but in general it’s healthy and every time you see that bird sitting back up in that tree as an adult, an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment overcomes you. That’s acros for ya.
Very well said.