pink lemonade annd pink smoothie acro
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reefgeek84
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I am getting a frag of the pink lemonade from atlantisaquarium.net, These are very hard to come buy and expensive...100 bucks just for this frag... Your best bet is checking out frags.org and seeing if someone has one there...that is where I found out that atlantis had one, cause their website says they are unaviable.
Rhodesholar
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Is this what your looking for?
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128714acro1.JPG
I am told it is a Pink Lemonade. If not sorry.
I bought it because I felt sorry for it. It was all brown and alot smaller when I got it, so I had no idea what it was till it colored up in my tank.
Special care? Easiest SPS and fastest grower I keep. High flow, and 300 watts of MH 10k.
I am sure if I had more light the color would be better.
If this is not a Pink Lemonade I am sorry, I am told it is. I really don't know and I am really not worried if it isn't. It was my first Acro so it will always be special to me.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128714acro1.JPG
I am told it is a Pink Lemonade. If not sorry.
I bought it because I felt sorry for it. It was all brown and alot smaller when I got it, so I had no idea what it was till it colored up in my tank.
Special care? Easiest SPS and fastest grower I keep. High flow, and 300 watts of MH 10k.
I am sure if I had more light the color would be better.
If this is not a Pink Lemonade I am sorry, I am told it is. I really don't know and I am really not worried if it isn't. It was my first Acro so it will always be special to me.
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Look at the pic with the sunset and superman the pink lemonade is in the back on the right. I purchased it from Snipersps when it was 1/2 inch.
Look at the pic with the sunset and superman the pink lemonade is in the back on the right. I purchased it from Snipersps when it was 1/2 inch.
reefgeek84
In Memoriam
Jay4robin...very nice...I can not wait for mine to end up being like that.
dots
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Im a fan of the smoothie myself....and rather elusive even in these parts.
http://www.exoticreefs.us/farmer_tubs.htm
http://www.exoticreefs.us/farmer_tubs.htm
ezcompany
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i think the pink lemonade is a very overrated coral. the only one i've seen that was nice is Hugo's, and maybe someone I know in socal. i seriously think we need to start getting our mindset together and stop driving up the prices on a 1/2 inch frag to triple digits, but of course i'm probably just being bitter for not having one 
reefgeek84
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9595477#post9595477 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
i think the pink lemonade is a very overrated coral. the only one i've seen that was nice is Hugo's, and maybe someone I know in socal. i seriously think we need to start getting our mindset together and stop driving up the prices on a 1/2 inch frag to triple digits, but of course i'm probably just being bitter for not having one
I agree and honestly, people buying it, I think will in the long run, drive the prices down...There more people who have it and frag it to sell, will sell it for lower then anyone else to make a sell, thus it getting into other people's hands and them doing the same thing...
Dog boy Dave
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If the pink lemonaid isnt a nice coral then why does anyone care how much it costs?
flasher1
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I don't understand why hobbyists pay $100 for a 1/2" frag, let it grow out, and then prune it and sell those 1/2 -1" frags for what they paid for it. The whole point of propogating corals is to help preserve the wild coral reefs and to help drive the price of this hobby down.
For those of you who have bought this coral and sold a frag for close to if not all of what you paid for it, shame on you!! Even if you took 3 frags from your colony and charged $33 for it, you made the hobby that much better for everyone else and made your money back. For most of us, this is a hobby (one of collecting beautiful creatures and observing them from the convenience of your living room).
Bottom line is, if you are in this hobby to make money, then open up a shop. For you true hobbyists out there, if I ever get this coral (whether it be for $100 or $25) you can bet your a-- I will frag it and sell it for $20-$25 a frag.
For those of you who have bought this coral and sold a frag for close to if not all of what you paid for it, shame on you!! Even if you took 3 frags from your colony and charged $33 for it, you made the hobby that much better for everyone else and made your money back. For most of us, this is a hobby (one of collecting beautiful creatures and observing them from the convenience of your living room).
Bottom line is, if you are in this hobby to make money, then open up a shop. For you true hobbyists out there, if I ever get this coral (whether it be for $100 or $25) you can bet your a-- I will frag it and sell it for $20-$25 a frag.
rleechb
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I think we're still preserving reefs, just not preserving our bank accounts
Unfortunately, it's all supply and demand. I recently sold a bunch of frags of my sunset locally for a fraction of what stores are charging. The result being my pm box being flooded, people from around the country asking me to ship (even though the thread was local/no shipping), and vendors offering $$ for the whole colony. Next time I'm charging more, not because I want an extra couple bucks, but to avoid the above situation. You'll know what I mean if you charge 20-25 for the PL.
flasher1
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Really though rleechb, it's a small annoyance that comes with selling your frags on reefcentral instead of at your local reef club or local reef club forum. Just think, if you sell that sunset to 4 people, arent those 4 people more inclined to sell their frags at a reasonable price?
It's a cycle and if you keep tolerating the small annoyances, then eventually they disappear because that sunset monti will be more readily available eventually. That is what the vendors are trying to prevent because they are making pure profit on these corals and have been since the 10th frag of it.
Steve Tyree for example has scheduled pruning dates well into 2010 with people paying for that date. If all the people who bought his frags were to sell frags of their colonies for a cheaper price, not only would that entice him to find more rare corals to charge premium dollar for but it would also bring down the price of everything else.
I understand that some corals grow slowly and that will keep the prices up from the vendor, but if we hobbyists get together we can bring down prices and all enjoy the nicer looking corals from our couch.
It's a cycle and if you keep tolerating the small annoyances, then eventually they disappear because that sunset monti will be more readily available eventually. That is what the vendors are trying to prevent because they are making pure profit on these corals and have been since the 10th frag of it.
Steve Tyree for example has scheduled pruning dates well into 2010 with people paying for that date. If all the people who bought his frags were to sell frags of their colonies for a cheaper price, not only would that entice him to find more rare corals to charge premium dollar for but it would also bring down the price of everything else.
I understand that some corals grow slowly and that will keep the prices up from the vendor, but if we hobbyists get together we can bring down prices and all enjoy the nicer looking corals from our couch.
rleechb
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I understand where you're coming from, but I don't really think selling a few frags for a low price would end up lowering overall prices. Now, if you had a gargantuan colony of PL and flooded the market with $20 frags, you'd drive demand down and consequently, prices. Honestly, I think that those lucky enough to receive a cheap piece from you would be more "inclined" to sell frags from their growouts for a lower price, but more than likely, they'd be sold for market value, or a little below market value. The thought would be, "Why sell this frag valued at $100 for $20, when I can sell it for $80 just as easily?"
It's like the RBTA situation from back in the day. 4-5 years ago, I'd have to pay $200 for an RBTA, if I was lucky enough to find one. After the market got heavily flooded with RBTAs, prices dropped drastically. Now, people are practically giving away the things.
It's like the RBTA situation from back in the day. 4-5 years ago, I'd have to pay $200 for an RBTA, if I was lucky enough to find one. After the market got heavily flooded with RBTAs, prices dropped drastically. Now, people are practically giving away the things.
flasher1
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I wouldn't say giving the things away. I purchased mine for $70. That may be nothing to you, but I am in college and will take anything I see for the right price.
Lets say 20 frags of PL have been sold and they all grow out to fragable colonies. Worst case scenario, 40 frags are produced from those 20 original. You just doubled the availability of this particular coral. Out of those 40 will come 18, then 160, then 320, etc... There is your market flood and it will take 1-2 years because from what I have heard this coral grows quickly.
Lets say 20 frags of PL have been sold and they all grow out to fragable colonies. Worst case scenario, 40 frags are produced from those 20 original. You just doubled the availability of this particular coral. Out of those 40 will come 18, then 160, then 320, etc... There is your market flood and it will take 1-2 years because from what I have heard this coral grows quickly.
rleechb
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$70 is pretty cheap compared to $200. I picked an RBTA up for $20 about 8 months ago. I've seen them for free in "pay it forward" kind of propagation threads. Point is, they're availability has skyrocketed, which has driven prices down.
I understand that selling 20 frags will spawn 100 frags or whatever (increasing availability exponentially), but selling your 20 frags for $20-25 bucks doesn't necessitate lower overall price. If anything, lower prices would be caused by the fact that you increased availability, not from the prices that you sold those frags for. More than likely, 19 of those frags will grow out to be colonies with frags sold for the usual $120-150.
I'm with you on the high prices; I think LEs are ridiculously overpriced as well. However, I don't see much changing in the near future.
I understand that selling 20 frags will spawn 100 frags or whatever (increasing availability exponentially), but selling your 20 frags for $20-25 bucks doesn't necessitate lower overall price. If anything, lower prices would be caused by the fact that you increased availability, not from the prices that you sold those frags for. More than likely, 19 of those frags will grow out to be colonies with frags sold for the usual $120-150.
I'm with you on the high prices; I think LEs are ridiculously overpriced as well. However, I don't see much changing in the near future.
flasher1
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You also live out in the land of plenty (California) where everything golden is cheap.
Law of Supply and Demand is simple:
Supply goes up demand goes down and so do prices.
If people are buying there frags from on here for $25 a pop and very few people are buying from atlantis or other fish stores, they will drop there prices to compete with the hobbyists. Essentially we have control of the market if we group together and do something about it.
Law of Supply and Demand is simple:
Supply goes up demand goes down and so do prices.
If people are buying there frags from on here for $25 a pop and very few people are buying from atlantis or other fish stores, they will drop there prices to compete with the hobbyists. Essentially we have control of the market if we group together and do something about it.
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