Scolys

[The Ugly Phase]

Are you guys/girls able to get full scolys in america? this is what we have in the uk i have just bought this 1 i probs paid 1/5th for this though if it was in its true form and it will be fun watching it grow :D

 

[Biokabe]

Yes, in fact full scolys seem to be a lot more common than pie-slice scolys. Button scolys have also started becoming popular.

How much did you pay for that slice of pie? That's my biggest annoyance with scolys, is how much they are relative to similar corals. That, and the fact that quite a few things think they're tasty.

 

[KrisReef]

Are you guys/girls able to get full scolys in america? this is what we have in the uk i have just bought this 1 i probs paid 1/5th for this though if it was in its true form and it will be fun watching it grow :D

Lots of vendors are "aquaculturing" frag's of scoly's and charging full price for these mutilations. It reminds me of some countries where prisoners have to pay for the cost of their stays. It's a crime if you like scoly's now.

 

[TikiGreg]

never seen a fragged scoly at a lfs here in California

 

[KrisReef]

https://aquasd.com/indo-captive-spawned-scoly-3e137a05d/?searchid=0&search_query=scoly

 

[The Ugly Phase]

Lots of vendors are "aquaculturing" frag's of scoly's and charging full price for these mutilations. It reminds me of some countries where prisoners have to pay for the cost of their stays. It's a crime if you like scoly's now.

i hope they dont start doing this with acanthophyllia tho

 

[The Ugly Phase]

https://aquasd.com/indo-captive-spawned-scoly-3e137a05d/?searchid=0&search_query=scoly

any clue on how long they will take to become a full scoly again ?

 

[KrisReef]

any clue on how long they will take to become a full scoly again ?

People who grow these successfully seem to be happy with the results. My success rate with scoly's has been abysmal, so I don't have a time for recovery.

 

[KrisReef]

i hope they dont start doing this with acanthophyllia tho

Your hopes are shattered already, but they have not become popular as scoly choppers have. A few LFS near me have Scoly bites for sale.

 

[EnterName]

i hope they dont start doing this with acanthophyllia tho

It's all just a matter of time.
They already normalized selling non-encrusted SPS frags or selling single zoanthid polyps. If they can get away with selling half or a quarter of a polyp, they will do so for all corals that survive this treatment

The demand seems to be too high and the whole import process appears to be very loss heavy for certain corals. I think the prices will get even higher and frags even smaller.

 

[KrisReef]

It's all just a matter of time.
They already normalized selling non-encrusted SPS frags or selling single zoanthid polyps. If they can get away with selling half or a quarter of a polyp, they will do so for all corals that survive this treatment

The demand seems to be too high and the whole import process appears to be very loss heavy for certain corals. I think the prices will get even higher and frags even smaller.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/booger-sized-frags-what-are-your-thoughts.113251/post-1266614

It's been with us for awhile, just getting mainstream and due to the squeeze on importation from the natural sources.