$600 Per Polyp?!?!?

[kass03]

I keep my reading glasses next to my nano to look at my chalice frags lol.

I remember when the EO came out also. I thought they were nuts cuz it was'nt that great looking to me.
I also remember when acans were going for 2k and they were the indo ones not the nice aussie colors. I said to my hubby I gotta see what kind of coral is selling for that much money.

Now it seems to be the norm for anything cool looking to cost an arm and a leg.
I usually wait a few years till the price goes down.

I do like the names for identification purpose but the prices have gotten outa hand.

kass

 

[khaosinc]

LOL... with the prices of everything else in the hobby, its the only way to afford some of this stuff..

Personally I'm lazy and sticking with yard sale stuff and car parts until I have about 10 sq ft of Zoas because I'd rather look at them in the tank.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

My god, I remember when EO came out. Everyone wanted a piece,but as it turned out, it was just another morph of a paly.

I agree, it was just another orange polyp that was hyped up like it was the Hope Diamond.

Mucho, we agree that the naming of these corals has taken them to another dimension... What do we zoas enthusiasts do to reverse this trend?

What do we do? We, I and the many reefers who have seen the light will refuse and continue to refuse to pay these sky high prices. I'm encouraged by the many PM's and emails from reefsers who are now on board and have seen the light and will now refuse also to pay these prices.


Mucho Reef

 

[Maximus]

Ahh, just taking a stroll down memory lane. I miss JC.

 

[CLINTOS]

I remember all the jokes people use to make about propagating and making money.

Now the less financially challenged people can see the light at the end of the tunnel they too can achieve a awesome tank if done right.

 

[organism]

I think another problem is the glorified mentality that if you have such and such piece you're as a result a better and more accomplished reef keeper. Honestly I don't think it's about anything other than separation through classes. Can't afford high end pieces? You're a weenie with a crappy tank.

The other side of the coin is that once people buy into that they need to protect their investment, no one that bought a chalice for $300 per eye or a zoanthid for $120 per polyp is going to even entertain the idea that they're not uncommon at all. Which ends up making it even worse as the scammers marking up 100,000% profit (which is how nearly every pricey coral in the hobby started off) brainwash the buyers who attack the people saying they're not rare or not worth it...

 

[CLINTOS]

quality not quantity?

pest/predator/irritant free?

I agree with the insane prices but they always come down.

aqua cultured many times over

no new depletion of the reef.

 

[CLINTOS]

I have thousands of dollars worth of coral's.

just so I can buy large quantities of sic diseased irritant, pest, predator infected rock full of decent looking zoas/palys for 90% less.

no thanks. been there done it, I am tired of the perpetual roller coaster.

just like graded fish.

coral too should be graded, a lot of the coral's I received in the last 7 years I would say 80%= fail

sure the coral survived but guess what else survived lol.

 

[organism]

coral too should be graded, a lot of the coral's I received in the last 7 years I would say 80%= fail

sure the coral survived but guess what else survived lol.

Sounds like what really survived was the dust on the bottom of your quarantine tank

 

[rogersb]

sounds like what really survived was the dust on the bottom of your quarantine tank

 

[jayfl77]

Quarantine tanks can be a livesaver, I've learned my lesson a few times

 

[rekn]

welcome back to high school. our whole society is " look what i have and what you dont". its sapien behavior and it wont ever change.

I think another problem is the glorified mentality that if you have such and such piece you're as a result a better and more accomplished reef keeper. Honestly I don't think it's about anything other than separation through classes. Can't afford high end pieces? You're a weenie with a crappy tank.

The other side of the coin is that once people buy into that they need to protect their investment, no one that bought a chalice for $300 per eye or a zoanthid for $120 per polyp is going to even entertain the idea that they're not uncommon at all. Which ends up making it even worse as the scammers marking up 100,000% profit (which is how nearly every pricey coral in the hobby started off) brainwash the buyers who attack the people saying they're not rare or not worth it...

 

[organism]

welcome back to high school. our whole society is " look what i have and what you dont". its sapien behavior and it wont ever change.

Yeah? Well I've got the Tyree Squishy LE and you don't so there.

 

[rekn]

i do too actually. and eww, you said the T word

 

[jmproductions]

What do we do? We, I and the many reefers who have seen the light will refuse and continue to refuse to pay these sky high prices. I'm encouraged by the many PM's and emails from reefsers who are now on board and have seen the light and will now refuse also to pay these prices.


Mucho Reef

This is the answer to the whole thread, but i love all the crying. I don't think anyone was twisting anyone's arm to buy expensive zoa's, there are plenty of other zoa's and look-a-likes cheap (fake red hornets etc) Ride that train!