Chop shops bad for the hobby?

I'm in Australia, so we dont see this as much here with SPS (although there are a few...)
Mostly see it with Goni and other soft coral's.

I can buy wild colony's for around $40 AUD, there is no way you can chop them up and sell straight away though, I have found they take 3-6 months at least to colour back up.

It is fun rolling the dice with them to see if you get some great colours, I have had some that have come in brown and turned out amazing! (Wont spam this post with pics though).

One thing I do though, is take a couple of frags of each colony when putting them in, as the frags will colour up faster. I don't sell these though unless they fully colour up and completely encrust themselves onto the plug (and even then I only sell to local reefing buddies, or swap for other coral :-) )
 

TOP 10 Trending Threads

WHAT FIRST SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN REEFING?

  • I saw a reef tank that hooked me

    Votes: 14 23.7%
  • I was already keeping freshwater aquariums

    Votes: 22 37.3%
  • A particular fish got me interested

    Votes: 8 13.6%
  • Corals and inverts were the draw

    Votes: 10 16.9%
  • A friend or family member introduced me

    Votes: 8 13.6%
  • The science and ecosystem challenge appealed to me

    Votes: 13 22.0%
  • I stumbled into it… and here we are

    Votes: 5 8.5%
  • Other (Post in the comments)

    Votes: 9 15.3%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new