Prices, do you really pay that much?

[Entropy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10713050#post10713050 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Anemone
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-Anemone

Neither is typing faster than me! :mad2:

(oh wait I just made that up).

 

[luke33]

FWIW, itsn't fragging the future in this hobby as its getting harder and harder to harvest corals? And isnt' it better to frag than to pull from nature. This thread doesn't make sense to me in this aspect, why would you disagree with selling frags.

 

[dustin Combs]

Who is responsible for the high priced corals? Vendor or Hobbyist or both? I surely don't think you can lay it at the door of the vendor.

 

[Azurel]

I don't think it is that simple to blame either entity, there are to many factors on the supply side that dictate price as well as people who can afford it and those who can't and complain about it on the demand side. I bet you know who wins in the end? Both, the guy that sells the coral and the guy that finds the coral worth what is paid. It all comes down to personal choice if you find the coral not worth it then why would you spend the money? There are those that find corals and reefing to be a form of collecting unique specimens wither it be SPS, LPS or softies those who collect the many different color morphs or species tend to spend the money to get said corals. There are others that just want a variety and don't have the collection mentality, they usually won't spend the cash because it isn't worth it to them. Either way it's a personal choice and when it comes down to that, neither side is wrong wither you on the collecting or the general reefer. It's just two different philosophies on the way you want to go about reefing and what you are willing to spend on corals...