How can I get started selling/trading coral?

[jessipoof]

My corals are very mature, and they have outgrown my tank! I have a huge mauve chalice I was going to break up a little because it's the size of a large dinner plate, a bunch of green trumpet coral, and 3 different colors of hammer coral that are growing like crazy.
Since I have only 2 fish at the moment, I was thinking I could start to trade coral for fish, and perhaps make some money back from when I had to buy all the quarantine gear for the great ich-ageddon of 2017.
How do I go about starting this?

 

[rocsec1]

Best place to get your start is at the coral swaps. The Lear swap is coming up soon.

 

[elecbzerk]

Try to find out if there is a local reef club in your area, that would be a good start. Also, most LFS will take coral and give you store credit, which you can use to trade for fish. Creating a good relationship with at least one of your LFS is also a great benefit. Good luck.

 

[nereefpat]

Are you willing to ship?

Craigslist and Ebay work too.

This site is a great place to buy and sell livestock. After 50 posts and 90 days, you will see that forum pop up.

 

[oldhead]

Set up a frag tank, start fraging and put an ad on craigslist. I buy frags from a guy near me off craigslist. Its cheaper than the LSF but I also buy from them too.

 

[MondoBongo]

i trade lots of my coral in to my LFS for store credit. i also like to trade it with other hobbyists.

i don't really sell anything i have, partly because most of my things are fairly common, and partly because if it's just between myself and another hobbyist, i prefer to barter.

it takes a lot of work to actually make money doing it (a lot more time and effort than i care to invest), but it can be done.