red carpet

[brycerb]

live aquaria has a red carpet for sale in their WYSIYG. Looks awesome. Don't see the red ones often.

 

[this is me]

I see more red haddoni than any color gigantea. My lfs has a gorgeous XXXL red haddoni sitting in his tank for almost 3 weeks now. The size limits a lot of potential buyers.

 

[brycerb]

really? I have never seen one in a store.

 

[this is me]

pics taken this weekend when I was there. I would say 16"-20" when fully open. There's about a quarter section of the anemone behind the rock. Extremely healthy IMO.

 

[addictedreefer]

I think the popular conception regarding the rarity of red haddonis and the price they therefore demand are very much out of touch with the reality of supply (at least on the East Coast of the U.S.). Although things may have been different years ago, IMO, today, red haddonis are not nearly as rare as they are chalked up to be. I typically see one or more available in at least one of the LFSs I frequent at least once every month or two and they are regularly available online. IME, it is actually much harder to find true blue or purple haddonis than it is to find reds, but they perplexingly command lower prices than reds, likely due to popular misconception regarding rarity and the attendant "mystique" of reds. Nick also correctly points out that IME, giganteas of any color are indeed rarer than red haddonis, yet they often sell for a fraction of the price.

This issue has perplexed me for some time and it will be interesting to see how long it takes the market to respond.

 

[brycerb]

That's a beautiful carpet. You could easily build a tank around that guy.

 

[Pinkskunk]

i had a few opportunities to buy red carpet for half that price, but on both occasions I didnt purchase.

No dont PM me and ask where, because they are sold.

 

[Bristle_Worm]

Looks nice!

 

[geckoejon]

i see red haddoni on a semi regular basis locally. they usually go for about half that price as well. i would agree that it is much less likely to find a healthy gig then an overpriced red haddoni, imo

 

[OrionN]

I got my Red Haddoni at less than 1/4 of the price of that one. Although I don't think my red is as nice at some red I see. It is better than that red. I do think the red price is very much inflated also. I do think my blue is a much nicer color than my red one