Scolymia owners, question?

[staindsoul]

They look great in pictures. But the prices! Are they worth it? Are they easy or difficult to care for? What makes them so expensive? I have purchased a acan 5 or 6xs the size of a scoly that is 3x the cost on average.

They're several I have seen and have wanted to purchase, but the price always deters me hard.

 

[nphsmith]

they provide an extraordinarily vivid splash of colour, but for me the clincher is their fascinating feeding self reversion. Along with fungia, I think they exhibit the mist interesting behaviour of all corals.


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[lgull1]

maybe?

maybe?

Most Scolymia today, at least the very sought after colorful ones come out of Australia. It mostly comes from the permits that are given each season to be able to collect them. Only so many get harvested each year, and of course,the rarest and most colorful ones go for the most money. I believe that most corals no matter what species it is, is all dependent on the person. If you believe that it is worth it to own something that nobody else has, then be all means it is worth the money to you. Only you can feel if it is worth it. Me personally, i want to buy one, but what keeps me from buying is the price. I just can't justify some of the prices they ask, but to each his own. :lolspin:


The only problem i have been seeing since they first started to be sold is the size of them. They used to be huge, but i believe since they are so sought after, they might be over harvesting them. That i can't know for sure.

 

[staindsoul]

Feeding self reversion?

And gull, that makes more sense if they have to have permits. I wanted to make sure it wasn't the latest craze. So pretty much for a bleeding apple scolymia, I am always going to be looking at $150+? Or $100+ for most unless dull coloring or butt ugly?

 

[MechEng99]

lgull is right. They also are a bit difficult to frag (and who would want to frag a $150+ coral in the hopes both frags would survive...then be smaller and take forever to heal?) Acans grow fast and are easy to frag (which is why the price is lower.)

Sadly, the scoly size is decreasing...meaning they may be getting overharvested (or maybe the divers are selecting smaller ones hoping we'll think overharvesting is driving the price.....bum bum buuuuummmm!)

 

[rogersb]

They are very bright and the feeding is neat. I fed mine last night just to see it turn inside out and what not. I think mine would be labelled war paintbeing purple and red with little bits of green and I paid about $50. He's 2 inches across.

 

[MBIETZ]

Keep your eye out for a damaged scoly i dont see them often but if you want a good looking scoly for a good price then just wait for one to pop up i got my bleeding apple scoly for $5 it was pretty beat up but it made a full recovery. Always buy within reason tho i figured for $5 any shape scoly is worth a try.