These coral prices are starting to push me out the hobby
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dank reefer
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This is what turns my stomach into poop
It ain't even pretty
It ain't even pretty
elorablue
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Yup, and in a couple of years it will be under $100 or gone from the hobby because nobody could grow it or colour it upThis is what turns my stomach into poop
It ain't even pretty
littlebeard
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Yeah things have changed. No longer can we buy giant colonies at the LFS for $40. To do this hobby I must do frags.
Some luck can be had at LFS but it can also be VERY expensive. I got some nice hammer frags that are growing like weeds for $20 at my LFS.
I have yet to find luck from hobbyists locally. Covid doesn't help.
The live sales is where I live. The latest WWC event I spent $30 on shipping and another $100 on corals. I got my 2 $5 frags and a few that were in the $10-25 range. Averages out to $22 a coral.
It can be done, it's just not as cheap as it used to. If you want to do the crazy named, crazy coloration corals, I agree prices are insane.
Some luck can be had at LFS but it can also be VERY expensive. I got some nice hammer frags that are growing like weeds for $20 at my LFS.
I have yet to find luck from hobbyists locally. Covid doesn't help.
The live sales is where I live. The latest WWC event I spent $30 on shipping and another $100 on corals. I got my 2 $5 frags and a few that were in the $10-25 range. Averages out to $22 a coral.
It can be done, it's just not as cheap as it used to. If you want to do the crazy named, crazy coloration corals, I agree prices are insane.
OcellarisClown
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I check websites pretty often and it’s been on there for a while. I would be interested in buying it at a slightly lower price hahahahThis is what turns my stomach into poop
It ain't even pretty
A lot of my frags from TSA have not done well in my tank for some reason while other frags from other places have flourished. BMF signature Corals has one of the best packaging IMO.
SPS2020
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They named it correctly though...Insanity.This is what turns my stomach into poop
It ain't even pretty
GHOSTLY
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May I suggest craiglist and ebay? They're trustworthy, high quality sites
dank reefer
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But you can pay 59.99 a month to have this Acro in your tank....
Financing a freaking Acro!!!!! lol
jcosta98
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My LFS sells SPS 25-35€ a very generous frag ! Now and then they have 50€ frags, but nothing like 100+ for a Acro frag. I've seen some ridiculous prices on some shops online, asking 200/300€ for a frag when I saw almost the exact one or with very similar coloration on my country shops for 30€ .
Here this is what 95€ can get you :
Here this is what 95€ can get you :
vtecintegra
Valuable Member
I was in WWC and TSA the other day. A one head torch for $500. Who's buying this stuff? $300 for a 1" frag of acro. All I ended up buying was a frag of zoas, and that was $40. Sometimes I feel like just doing the entire tank with gsp.
lol, i hear ya.
but this has been around for years,
and most people lost theirs.
so the price has actually held steady!
supply and demand…
tsa’s overpriced version looks like crap btw…
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OcellarisClown
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At least with GSP you know it won’t die for some unknown reason unlike acros xD
BanjoBandito
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I've got so many wonderful "10 buck chuck" corals in my tank from Live Sales and swaps...the most expensive coral I own is my hammer (paid 65 for it), my torch was only 40 bucks (purple w/ green tips - stunna)!!!
OcellarisClown
Active Member
There were some other high-end acro websites selling their Vivid Insanity 1”-1.5” frags for $300-380 that were actually mostly colored up already whereas TSAs Vivid is mostly green.
After sinking $1K+ of frags from TSA, their acros just aren’t as healthy, vibrant, or colored up as other acros from other vendors from my experience. I do like SBB, TCK Corals, BMF signature, POTO, or Unique Corals since they sell their frags after they’ve fully colored up and the frags handle shipping well and are “healthier” if that makes any sense.
DocRose
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I’ve seen a lot of suggestions to look around at fellow reefers for bargains. I’ll admit even fellow reefers can be greedy. Okay, maybe not greedy, but also not willing to offer an actual bargain. I’m not going to call anyone out in particular, but I’ve seen many people offering frags of similar size and appearance to the online boutiques and only taking $10-$20 off the price. For a $50 frag that’s a steal, but when you only take $20 off of $300…that’s not a bargain at all.
Sometimes the answer is to just settle for the corals (frags) that are in the price range you’re comfortable paying. And then, with time, if you’re willing to learn how to frag, hold, and sell; you can use your growing corals for fuel the growth of your budget to afford the more pricey ones.
Sometimes the answer is to just settle for the corals (frags) that are in the price range you’re comfortable paying. And then, with time, if you’re willing to learn how to frag, hold, and sell; you can use your growing corals for fuel the growth of your budget to afford the more pricey ones.
FragFarm
Frag Farm
Hey I am a new vendor here. I started my company because years ago I had a shop and fast forward I could not believe how this business became. Although I can’t fix wholesale prices or shipping which has become out of control due to this “pandemic” I try to go out of my way to keep prices down and offer coral not tiny little fragments of what was once a coral and work with people. Give me a look and maybe our shop we a good fit for you
Thanks
Nick
Thanks
Nick
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Plenty of options in the far sale sale section on r2r
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