I've looked around and most sites list the "name brand" zoas for insane prices.......I MEAN INSANE. Do you all really pay that? I think it's zoafrag.com.......nice stuff, but man thats nuts!!!! I love these things but I am not willing to pay $85 a polyp for something that spreads like wildfire in my tank. I was given some eagle eyes that are spreading like mad.......at least 5x the size I recieved in a few months. Just wondering? If I knew these things were worth this much I would have a zoa tank...man. Thanks everyone!
Prices, do you really pay that much?
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yellowslayer13
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i under stand lps and things rhat grow slow but i got some armor of god palys and they have tripled in two months
pledosophy
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If I like it and it is that cool, I'll pay it. I know it will grow like wild fire so then I ca trade that frag for something else I want. I try to mostly get frags from fellow reefers which keeps the costs down.
I.E. I just paid $25 for 8 polyps of eye of rah, good deal IMO, but from a reefer not a site.
I.E. I just paid $25 for 8 polyps of eye of rah, good deal IMO, but from a reefer not a site.
Azurel
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It's an assumption that when you get them that they will spread like wildfire. Till you get them you don't know if they will or they won't. I have a bunch of the "named" zoanthids and palys some do grow fast and some just sit there. Now if I sent you some they might grow fast or they might not, you can't be so sure. I have a frag of PPE that I have had for 2 years and have had only one polyp spout in that amount of time. While I now guys that get a polyp every few weeks each situation is different. Allot of those color morphs on Zoafrag.com are not heavily distributed as he and a few others cherry pick from the wholesalers so before the can even make it into normal lines of distribution they have already been sucked up by a minority of retailers wither it be on-line or in a brick and mortar. I personally wouldn't pay some of them prices just because I don't need them that bad. But if he had one that I had to have in my tank the cost of having it is what you will pay. I can guarantee you that he would charge those prices wither he put a name on them or not.....
I work at a LFS. We don't get these super nice zoanthids but get nice looking ones....blues, greens, oranges, yellows, etc.......nothing "named". We buy a large rock for CHEAP........lets put it this way, we sell the rocks for 54.99.........a rock the size of your fist. I know these are just run of the mill zoanthids but they still look nice....not as nice as some I've seen. So, I guess if you want RED, PURPLE, NEON GREENS, ORANGES, PINKS, you do need to pay a premium on them..............run of the mill is super cheap. We cannot find a wholesaler who has these nice zoanthids? If you know of one would you be willing to share? We order from a few places, one in Michigan, 2 in California....if you are willing to share but want it to be private just PM me..............or just blow this off 
Twisted
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When it comes to the really expensive stuff, here is what we do, and it works pretty good, atleast the couple times we have done it.
If you find something online that you like then you get thre or four other people to look at the site and find something they want, once you have all agreed on the items you all pay 25% of the total bill...if there are four of you...
Then when you get it, you all take home the piece you chose, but the first three frags from those pieces are already owned by the other three people you went in with....
Of course complications can arise, a piece dies, a persons tank crashes etc... but so far no complaints.
If you find something online that you like then you get thre or four other people to look at the site and find something they want, once you have all agreed on the items you all pay 25% of the total bill...if there are four of you...
Then when you get it, you all take home the piece you chose, but the first three frags from those pieces are already owned by the other three people you went in with....
Of course complications can arise, a piece dies, a persons tank crashes etc... but so far no complaints.
wicked_NaCl_h2o
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my zoas were only $24 and thats with the rock.
George Grogan
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Thanks everyone. Everytime we get these at the store I WANT to buy some. Problem is that I of course want the really nice colorful ones, I get a discount, store makes less, so I don't even bother asking. We just got some REALLY bright orange and yellow zoanthids I would love to have.........nicest ones in the tank, I am not asking . Of course I could ask if I can buy a couple polyps....it's a big rock and see what they say. 5 polyps for 5 dollars would definitely be a profit......looking at it from total polyps on the rock...maybe I'll give it a try? I LOVE looking on those sites with the named frags...........do they really look THAT good? Thanks again.
. Of course I could ask if I can buy a couple polyps....it's a big rock and see what they say. 5 polyps for 5 dollars would definitely be a profit......looking at it from total polyps on the rock...maybe I'll give it a try? I LOVE looking on those sites with the named frags...........do they really look THAT good? Thanks again.
I think you should/can order one or two 'cool' zoas, grow them out and THEN start to trade. I've seen first hand you DO get better stuff through 'those' sites. But if you are in CA you can get lucky and they will be local so it's not really much different than going to a LFS -- most of these guys will give you a big discount when you are local. I've done this both with reefready and with ultimatefrags -- both guys are REALLY cool, helpful, and have great setups.
Yeah, I've payed a lot for some zoas.
I look at it this way: do I love it? Do I love it enough to pay that much for a polyp or two, in the hopes that it will grow? Will I still be happy if it doesn't? If the answer is yes, and I have the cash, I'll buy it.
If I don't have the money, or I don't want that particular Super Duper People Eater bad enough to pay that much, I don't buy it. No one's twisting my arm to make me buy these things
I look at it this way: do I love it? Do I love it enough to pay that much for a polyp or two, in the hopes that it will grow? Will I still be happy if it doesn't? If the answer is yes, and I have the cash, I'll buy it.
If I don't have the money, or I don't want that particular Super Duper People Eater bad enough to pay that much, I don't buy it. No one's twisting my arm to make me buy these things
berniekyle
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I just bought some envy orange ppe's. These are probably the
most expensive polyps out there. It comes down to how bad you
want it and whether you'll pay for it. The problem is too many
people (myself included) are willing to pay the prices people are
asking. I justify it to myself thinking I'll frag it and make my
money back. I think thats what everybody does. It just never
seems to work that way.
most expensive polyps out there. It comes down to how bad you
want it and whether you'll pay for it. The problem is too many
people (myself included) are willing to pay the prices people are
asking. I justify it to myself thinking I'll frag it and make my
money back. I think thats what everybody does. It just never
seems to work that way.
berniekyle
New member
First it wont post, then it shows up twice. Sorry
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