need pricing help

[b0bby1]

hey guys, i think i might be getting out of the hobby soon before its to late. i'm getting so busy with my girlfriend, applying to colleges, fall baseball and baseball scholarships, etc. and i just don't have time for my tank. i have two things in my tank that i want to get a price i should sell it at. first is a grape watermelon chalice that i bought at about 3/4 of an inch and has grown to about 2.5". second is a nuc green mini colony of 20 polyps, 5 of which are a little bigger than babies. how much should sell each for?

 

[AquaWorldPSC]

Grape Watermelon $80 per 3/4"
Nuclear Greens $40-$50 per polyp (Cheapest I have seen them for is $35

 

[ss7]

I've fragged a lot of chalice and I tend to lose many frags. Just a heads up if you're weighing options to cut it up.

Sam

 

[fishes2889]

Nukes go for 15-25$ a polyp now in my book.

 

[revhtree]

Nukes go for 15-25$ a polyp now in my book.

Agreed. Those and PD's have come down considerably!

 

[Nate82]

yea i've seen nuc's as low as 10 bucks a polyp depends on where you live i guess i'd say no more than 20 bucks a head...

 

[b0bby1]

ya i was thinkin 15-20 on the nucs a polyp, any other input on the chalice?

 

[Hypertek99]

Yeah i would sell the nuke's for $20 per polyp. Do you have a pic of the grape watermelon??

 

[b0bby1]

i have an old pic of when it was a baby frag, looked exactly like surfn's little frag. but now it matured and has developed yellowish eyes and is not a solid purple body but purple w/pink scattered on it. its legit, trust me. i bought it from pazzaz a while back, sold as a grape.

 

[reefboy]

I sell mine for 40.00 for 1/2 inch or better 60.00+ for inch or better on all my grape watermelons but mine grow fast so if yours is slow def 80 range and is well colored.

 

[Reef Goddess]

Why does it seem like Nuc's are going for more than PD's? PD's are purple for goodness sakes. Personally I'd cut up the nucs unless you don't have time. Its a lot harder to sell large colonies of that sort of thing then it is smaller frags.

Take it from me, it happens all the time. I get in a rock of really nice zoos and price them for $100, it doesn't sell. I frag the same rock up into 20 frags priced at $15 each, they sell way faster. It doesn't make sense in the grand scheme of things but most people don't think about it that way when they buy corals.

20x $15 is $300, it may be hard to find a buyer for that compared to $100 or less for smaller frags.

 

[Hypertek99]

To me the Nuke's are way cooler than the purple deaths. I love the bright green it gives off. I would definitely pay more for nukes than purple deaths.

 

[reefboy]

they both have grown fast for me I do 15 a polyp for both

 

[FaviaFreak]

you could actually get more for the Grape Watermelon Chalice, more like $120-150 easily

 

[rocko918]

I can't get 10 per polyp on my nuclear greens local. Got a frag for sale local 8 polyps for 70 bucks! NO one interested!

Anyway, IF you are willing to ship you will get more for your corals.

Good luck.