Stellaria Chalice, different types?

[IKD]

Hey, just curious if there are different types of Stellaria Chalice. I see WWC selling them for $299 while TCK Corals have them for $60. The WWC picture is more orange and the TCK picture is more yellow/gold.

WWC Stellaria Chalice

WYSIWYG and fully aquacultured by WWC!

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ALL WYSIWYG

TCK Corals specializes in the growth and sale of aquacultured premium grade corals from our coral farm in Buffalo, New York. We aquaculture Acroporas, Chalice, Goniopora, Plate Corals, Zoanthids, and Mushrooms. Also famous for our TCK Master Torch, TCK Indo Gold Torch, TCK Inferno Torch.

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[blaxsun]

There are so many factors that go into pricing that it’s hard to say. My advice is buy the coral you can afford to lose.

 

[IKD]

There are so many factors that go into pricing that it’s hard to say. My advice is buy the coral you can afford to lose.

Agree. Just curious about the huge price difference for the same coral

 

[Cell]

All I know is @PedroYoung has the nicest Stellaria I've seen and I purchased one, but it wasnt nearly as nice.

 

[PedroYoung]

All I know is @PedroYoung has the nicest Stellaria I've seen and I purchased one, but it wasnt nearly as nice.

Thanks for the kind words!! In my experience you'll pay more from the "original" vendor of a named coral and you're paying for the knowledge it's the same as the original. For example the WWC bounce mushrooms are more expensive from WWC than from most other vendors, even though it's PROBABLY the same coral lineage. When I got my original Stellaria it was from Unique Corals. It was my understanding that the original colony was split between Unique and WWC. Unique suffered some losses to their frags and only got a couple out. I've seen good pieces from many vendors. The last one I got was from Brandon at @Zoanthids , he always has great quality at fair price. I've had some major losses lately to my chalice collection, among them my big Stellaria colony. I was able to frag a couple pieces before the end and getting them slowly back. Here are some of my fav Stellaria pics

lil stellaria-8 by Peter Young, on Flickr

Stellaria-69 by Peter Young, on Flickr

stellaria-67 by Peter Young, on Flickr

stellaria-56 by Peter Young, on Flickr

stellaria-25 by Peter Young, on Flickr

stellaria-33 by Peter Young, on Flickr