pink lemonade annd pink smoothie acro
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9598040#post9598040 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
Gorgeous, Hugo!
Could you describe the lighting in that pic? For the life of me, I can't get the polyps to pink-up like that on mine
Ditto what Unarce said
I love the colors....
I recently sold a frag pack with the Pink Lemonade as one of the corals and my prices came to $34 per coral with many of the corals being Tyree LE's. You know, I see both sides but I do not begrudge any hobbyist selling their corals for whatever they choose to sell it for. The bottom line is supply and demand and we are all adults making our own finacial decisions. I have a waiting list 6 deep for frags from my colony, some for trade some for cash...definately a lot lower than the going rate. I bought my frag last summer for over $100 and I was most happy to have it in my collection. I really like the coral. I will most certainly make my money back and then some in time. I have also given away a frag to a friend...but in truth we always give each other corals so it is more like a trade. That is what the hobby is all about, giving, trading, and selling. I find nothing wrong with making a little cash back on my corals. In the end it helps offset some of the costs to keep up a tank.
snipersps
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9598040#post9598040 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
Gorgeous, Hugo!
Could you describe the lighting in that pic? For the life of me, I can't get the polyps to pink-up like that on mine
Tha color is tha usually be on 400 w 20k 15 inchs from the bulb and i love tha color
reefgeek84
In Memoriam
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9598010#post9598010 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snipersps
3 years ago
For some one to say that this coral is just another coral is crazy. That is absolutely beautiful...
I would love to know where you have this placed in your tank, how far from the lights and the kind of lights you have along with the type of flow you have it in?
reefgeek84
In Memoriam
I used to have the attitude of frag prices are to high...but now I am confident in my tank and the stability of it. I have made the decision to purchase this coral and quite a few others that are very expensive. Two reasons, they are beautiful and I will for sure be able to sell them and make money back and maybe a little more then that.
Things are expensive in this world and things are cheap...It depends where you want to sit and spend some money. People complain about this hobby and how some things are so much money. Do you do this with the price of some cars or homes or places to eat? I hear people complain they are in college...good for you going to school...but do not forget you are in college and that usually stipulates you being on a budget...or maybe BMW should sell their cars for 3g so everyone could have them.
This is the world we live in, things are going to be more expensive then otheres...some people can afford them and some can not...that is life...
Things are expensive in this world and things are cheap...It depends where you want to sit and spend some money. People complain about this hobby and how some things are so much money. Do you do this with the price of some cars or homes or places to eat? I hear people complain they are in college...good for you going to school...but do not forget you are in college and that usually stipulates you being on a budget...or maybe BMW should sell their cars for 3g so everyone could have them.
This is the world we live in, things are going to be more expensive then otheres...some people can afford them and some can not...that is life...
Unarce
Unshackled
Well said, Alicia. This is what many fail to grasp.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
-John Burroughs
A lot of work goes into raising these prized pieces. Can't blame anyone for selling or trading at market.
WayneL333
New member
I usually don’t like to get involved in RC drama, but I can hold my tongue no longer.
I love this quote:
Shame on us for what? Trying to recoup some of the thousands of dollars it took to grow out our frag to size where we can frag it ourselves? It’s really simple people. The prices are the way they are because people are willing to pay for it. You can either buy it or not. But if you chose not to buy it, don’t raise your judgmental nose to the people who decide it’s worth buying.
I am a hobbyist. I don’t have a huge frag tank or a frag tank at all that I’m using to cultivate thousands of tiny frags; one day dreaming of the Ferrari I’m going to buy with all my profits. Please, I don’t even think shop owners make that much money relative to all the work they put into making it successful. I sell or trade frags at market value to make a little dent into all the money I dump into my hobby. Why as being a hobbyist, am I all of a sudden now responsible to make my hobby more affordable to every other hobbyist? Because that is what it really boils down to - weather you can afford to buy a coral and enjoy watching it grow out like the rest of us or not. Don’t give me the BS about propagating existing captive corals to save wild corals. Do you know how much green house gasses are created by our inefficient home aquariums? With the hundreds of watt light bulbs, pumps, heaters and the chillers we need to cool them down with. Please if you really want to save wild corals, start first by taking your aquarium down and reducing the CO2 output that’s causing the ocean’s temperatures to increase.
Trust me. If everyone started to charge $20 or $40 for a sought after piece and frags become 3â€Â+, you’ll still find haters out there complaining that frags should be free and half a colony. We live in America where Capitalism rules. This is not the Republic of Everyone Gets to Have What Everyone Else Has. If you want to create your own little coral commune â€"œ more power to you. But don’t chastise the rest of us for not participating. For all the old school reefers out there, I understand how it once was. But this is how the hobby evolved. That is the problem when a hobby becomes popular â€"œ demand for corals that once seem plentiful for a handful now becomes scarce for the general public.
I love this quote:
Shame on us for what? Trying to recoup some of the thousands of dollars it took to grow out our frag to size where we can frag it ourselves? It’s really simple people. The prices are the way they are because people are willing to pay for it. You can either buy it or not. But if you chose not to buy it, don’t raise your judgmental nose to the people who decide it’s worth buying.
I am a hobbyist. I don’t have a huge frag tank or a frag tank at all that I’m using to cultivate thousands of tiny frags; one day dreaming of the Ferrari I’m going to buy with all my profits. Please, I don’t even think shop owners make that much money relative to all the work they put into making it successful. I sell or trade frags at market value to make a little dent into all the money I dump into my hobby. Why as being a hobbyist, am I all of a sudden now responsible to make my hobby more affordable to every other hobbyist? Because that is what it really boils down to - weather you can afford to buy a coral and enjoy watching it grow out like the rest of us or not. Don’t give me the BS about propagating existing captive corals to save wild corals. Do you know how much green house gasses are created by our inefficient home aquariums? With the hundreds of watt light bulbs, pumps, heaters and the chillers we need to cool them down with. Please if you really want to save wild corals, start first by taking your aquarium down and reducing the CO2 output that’s causing the ocean’s temperatures to increase.
Trust me. If everyone started to charge $20 or $40 for a sought after piece and frags become 3â€Â+, you’ll still find haters out there complaining that frags should be free and half a colony. We live in America where Capitalism rules. This is not the Republic of Everyone Gets to Have What Everyone Else Has. If you want to create your own little coral commune â€"œ more power to you. But don’t chastise the rest of us for not participating. For all the old school reefers out there, I understand how it once was. But this is how the hobby evolved. That is the problem when a hobby becomes popular â€"œ demand for corals that once seem plentiful for a handful now becomes scarce for the general public.
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Karl, Why don't you run a combo 20K and 10K, maybe 20K and 14K. Do you only run one light??? Maybe you do, I am trying to imagine your lighting setup from the last time I was at your place. My piece is up high under 14K phoenix and I get a lot of yellow with the pink polyps...even bordering on reddish in the polyps. The base that is shaded is definately green and all the new growth branches come in more yellow on the tips. There is a slight purple to the leading edge on one side of my base, it is hard to see though as the polyps are really hairy 
. I would like to get that great color that Hugo's pic depicts. I am going to try a frag a bit lower one of these days and see what I get out of it.
Wayne, Sweeeeeeet pics and well said.
. I would like to get that great color that Hugo's pic depicts. I am going to try a frag a bit lower one of these days and see what I get out of it.Wayne, Sweeeeeeet pics and well said.
DaddyJax
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Well said Wayne, Unarce, Slojmn and all the others who share this point of view. I know LOTS of LFS owners and more than a few online retailers and I can promise you that they are NOT making alot of money and on top of that they are working their behinds off. If you cant afford it, dont buy it and if you can't stop whining about it then consider getting out of it. This is not a hobby for people who don't have some sort of disposable income no matter how much anyone wants to justify it.
I am not trying to pick a fight just trying to put things in perspective.
Let the flaming begin.
I am not trying to pick a fight just trying to put things in perspective.
Let the flaming begin.
Unarce
Unshackled
Another good point, Wayne!
The funniest part is when naysayers whine with such disdain, then claim to not bitter about it at all.
Not that I'm singling you out, flasher1. I respect the other hobbyists decision not to buy, so called 'rare' or 'LE' coral. But I wouldn't stoop so low as to criticize someone else's approach to the hobby.
Rays
Premium Member
Wayne, awsome pics, and if I might add, how about the losses we incur. I've got a beautiful PL that so far has done a great job of encrusting horizontally (six months now) hoping it's going to go vertical soon. But I digress, I got another PL frag last Thur. and it RTN'd overnite Sat.. These are some of the pitfalls, and setbacks.
Rays
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Flasher belongs on this thread:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1079160
rutz81
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I have a frag coming next week of the PL and I paid over $100 and I think it is worth it. It is one of the nicest corals I have seen. Maybe it isn't the absolute nicest piece I have ever seen, but, if I found another coral that was nicer, I can't imagine it would cost less...Even if you want to throw in that maybe in a year it won't be as popular therefore might not be fetching as steep of a price, it will always look nice. And that is ultimately what is important, IMO.
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