Bounce mushrooms

[theshaman]

Hi reefcentral!
I have been in this hobby for a while now and have seen lots of corals and had access to a lot of the wholesalers in los angels all around lax airport.
I just can't see the beauty or understand the high price of bounce mushrooms.
I see bounce mushrooms listed for sale at crazy prices and don't think anybody buys them. It seems like a gimmick to me.
I would rather spend 200-300 on a few nice pieces of sps, lps, ricordeas/yumas, or softies.
Is there something I just don't get? I know beauty is subjective but I really don't see any justification for the price of bounce mushrooms.

 

[Greaser9999]

I could never justify that either!! Coloration, rarity, bubbles, whatever.... To each their own though, to some peeps it's worth every penny. I would rather drop that kind of dough on a nice tie dye

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[tonykahrs]

Coral popularity is interesting. It seems through my research, that the bounce mushroom is created by messing around with lighting and water parameters to get diffrent effects. Wait a month or too, and the price drops. Maybe it will be softies next.

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[theshaman]

I just don't get it? I have never seen a bounce mushroom that made me think I want that in my tank or that mushrooom will draw a lot of attention in my tank.

 

[jda]

They are pretty. They are unique. They die for a lot of folks. This keeps the price up. If they were pretty, unique and easily propagated, the price would come way down.