Dustin1300
Reefaholic
Those chalice prices on yours are reasonable....You know which ones we are talking about!
Has this hobby GONE NUTS!!!!!
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ryshark
Active member
I agree with you, and in my opinion too many of them just clutters up the sanbed and doesn't even look that good. Under a macro lens, sure they are very nicely colored/vivid and sweet looking. With that said, I do have one LE Chalice..... I'm just glad the prices for acros and chalices are not reversed.
ryshark
Active member
Actually, I have some large, nice "named" chalices, glued to my rocks. But why the heck are we talking about this in the SPS forum?
Thats true, on the rocks looks nice. Also true, I think this was a thread for the LPS forum because there are not many SPS that are "200,300,400 for tiny frags" as stated in the original post.
rogerwilco357
Active member
the hobby or the hobbyist? I recently had a transformer go bad on the pole and blew some equipment out due to the surge followed by the brown out and when i put the claim in my insurance agent looked at it like i was crazy lol.. 450 dollars for a pump vortechs 3 of them and my controller 900 bucks etc .. luckily i have all my receipts ..
Maximus
Active member
IMO, some Chalices that are sold for $50-$60 a frag is a very fair price if it looks very nice. Like this MT Hear Breaker Chalice that I have(this is a frag I sold not too long ago, I've got a mother colony which is where this frag came from) And, the Chalice is grown/picture was taken under 150 watt HQI 14k Phoenix bulb that runs 8 hours a day, no supplemental light/actinics either.
Hmm, this frag seems familiar.:spin3:
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
lol How is it doing for you so far?
Maximus
Active member
Doing great so far.
nbsdsailor
New member
Yea I am actually changing my tank from lps to sps just so I am not tempted to buy those $300 frags anymore.
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I think if you really took a look around you would see that prices
are close to half retail on rc and other hobbist type markets
with the exception of people that are new to selling there frags
$50-$75 named sps frags can be bought in a multiple piece frag packs for under $200
as for the expensive chalises wwc's my miami goes for $1000
I've seen about 3 in the past few months here for $500
all corals are not created =
the price of a birds nest frag should not be compaired to
a " add your fravrite coral here"
are close to half retail on rc and other hobbist type markets
with the exception of people that are new to selling there frags
$50-$75 named sps frags can be bought in a multiple piece frag packs for under $200
as for the expensive chalises wwc's my miami goes for $1000
I've seen about 3 in the past few months here for $500
all corals are not created =
the price of a birds nest frag should not be compaired to
a " add your fravrite coral here"
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
Not as many as you stated but the most recent sps I've seen overpriced is the 'red dragon'. Because of that cool name it has to be worth $200-300?
Not that I'd pay that price, but I have to admit that the shape and color of that coral are pretty unique, IMO.
Dustin1300
Reefaholic
I love the 'red dragon' too but not the price. I can wait for the hype to wash over.
serpentman
part time superhero
We probably haven't seen anything yet. Sooner or later they are going to make it much harder to get wild corals. When that happens, you can bet that the price of captive propagated corals will go through the roof.
Personally, I kinda miss the days when folks preferred to trade vs. sell.
Personally, I kinda miss the days when folks preferred to trade vs. sell.
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Got any pictures of the coral?
ryshark
Active member
Pictures of it are here http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1871062&highlight=red+dragon
it is the only one I know of where frags cost close to what the orginal post said.
The pieces I have seen in person of the red dragon are cool, but more of a pastel pink/red...closest to the 3rd pic
it is the only one I know of where frags cost close to what the orginal post said.
The pieces I have seen in person of the red dragon are cool, but more of a pastel pink/red...closest to the 3rd pic
What really gets me are the tiny stubs that some of these people are selling. I would be embarrassed if someone came to my house and I sold a 3/4 to 1 in. frag. I hear people say that they need to trim there colonies and end up selling these tiny little things.
When I sell frags, I like to give folks some value w/ 2 1/2 to 3 inch branching frags, and usually throw in freebies galore.
If you want to get rich, this is not how to do it.
Herb
When I sell frags, I like to give folks some value w/ 2 1/2 to 3 inch branching frags, and usually throw in freebies galore.
If you want to get rich, this is not how to do it.
Herb
