They gotta pay for all the new stores some how. lol. Won’t be from me though! That frags gotta be a mistake. lol.
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I’m not doubting that they have a rigorous routine. I saw their shops, and they are fantastic. However, I did purchase a handful of frags from them a couple of months ago, and two out of six came in with colonial hydroids on the skeletons and plugs. I simply epoxied over those areas, but I did lose a lot of coral tissue in that process.
I’m not speaking negatively about WWC; I simply wanted to state that even some of the best can charge high prices and still be vulnerable to pests.
I stopped ordering corals from online vendors, and I now purchase them from local hobbyists so that I can inspect them and see how their husbandry affects their systems. It also has a benefit of building personal relationships with locals, which can be a benefit when you need help while on vacation or during maintenance or moving.
I'd be more inclined to say the sucker who pays that much for that frag is the insane one. Also, screw that person for helping drive up costs.Does anyone think that companies have gone insane?
I have been around aquariums since I was born and was one of the first customers in WWC when I started my reef tank in 2011-2012. I bought many things from them, some that I still have today. When I started prices were reasonable on corals and there were very very few coral frags over $100 and the ones that there were were based on size or super rare. Now it seems like everyone has gone crazy and thinks that their stuff is worth $$$.
I was looking at WWC today and noticed this hilarious piece, one of the worst I have seen in a very long time.
First off, quality Acropora frags should at the bare minimum be starting to encrust the plug and shouldn't be fresh cut.
Second, this is not even close to XL and should be listed without a size at all or listed as small. This is the minimum size any Acropora should be purchased at which is about 1.5 inches with a new branch starting. The frag is hardly any bigger than the dang plug! An XL frag would start to look like a mini colony with like at least 5 branches like this one from AquaSD.
Third, this price is insane. I don't care how rare a coral is the price should never be over $500 for a frag of anything, honestly, even over $200 is getting expensive. People are forgetting that this would be about 3-6 months of growth of an Acropora in an established system.
You can argue all day that it's rare or looks nice or whatever but this is just silliness.
I'm not here to throw hate just on WWC either they just happened to be the ones I saw today.
https://worldwidecorals.com/collections/acropora/products/walt-disney-tenuis-acropora-2842
If there’s a consumer their has to be a supplier. Lol either they take advantage of the customers or someone else will..No simply because the market sets the price. YES it does suck that frags cost that much but as long as the consumer is willing to pay a price then I don't think a company should undersell the product just to make people like you happy.
That's not greed,that's supply and demand.Greed is definitely running rampant in this hobby.
Plenty of supply,Mostly greed. Just saw a neon green plate coral on here for mid $400. Called it a rare yellow. Yeah, OK
Its a 50/50 scenario. Some are basing pricing on supply and demand while some and ive seen a few are simply taking advantage of having supply and listing at insane prices and changing names to give it value.
I warn many and expect to see a trend whereas many will elevate their prices even higher due to tax season and I can say anyone who overpays or purchases a coral that is overpriced without researching typical market pricing or walking away . . . . . IT'S ON Y O U !!
Haha yes but I think it was dutch and tulips.Kind of what happened in Denmark in the 1600s with Lillies. The costs of everything, especially coral has gone just crazy. Even for tiny, tiny pieces. The hobby is fast approaching in the past 2-3 years, unaffordable.