$520 for a single polyp?

acropoora · Jun 11, 2019

Already encrusted. Will be colony in no time.

Bluedore · Jun 11, 2019

TopShelfAquatics said:
Gonna let them settle in and we'll make a couple frags. I went ahead and added you to the request list

Please help add me to the JD list. Thanks.

Ariton · Jun 11, 2019

Never buy corals from cornbread especially auctions on e bay where he has few accounts and increases the bid ... my2cents

Tamberav · Jun 11, 2019

Nope...not the price...just too dang small.

TopShelfAquatics · Jun 11, 2019

Bluedore said:
Please help add me to the JD list. Thanks.

Sending you a PM for contact info

MombasaLionfish · Jun 11, 2019

I never buy corals online that size over 15$. If it is at my LFS then I might buy one that is 30$ that size.

EmptyWallet · Jun 11, 2019

Like everything that is available for sale, the price is determined by what the market is willing to pay. Just yesterday we saw Gem Tangs for $499 USD (down from ???). If people stop paying ridiculous prices, people will stop asking for them. Especially when it comes to frags, looks like pedigree breeds are all the rage now, won't be long before lineage certificates sell with them

Zeal · Jun 11, 2019

Ariton said:
Never buy corals from cornbread especially auctions on e bay where he has few accounts and increases the bid ... my2cents

waoh what? Is this true?

TARHEEL78 · Jun 11, 2019

TopShelfAquatics said:
Sending you a PM for contact info

Me too.

tehmadreefer · Jun 11, 2019

Its people that are the problem not just vendors, for example a thumbnail size purple monticap on wwc Ebay auction ended at $41. Now it isnt a lot of money but that is a $15 coral at most... plenty more examples and it isnt going to change unless the hobbyist changes.

Its everyone that is buying at stupid prices for crap corals and even higher end ones that is too blame. Vendors only price the way they do because there are those that will pay stupid prices for some reason. If there wasnt a robust market you we would not see threads like this weekly.

smilinteddy · Jun 11, 2019

TopShelfAquatics said:
You can also wait a month or two. I hear TSA got two frags to grow out

I didn't look at the name of the poster and thought TSA referred to Transportation Security Authority... Like TSA snagged two of these frags going through security at an airport and kept them to grow out and sell [emoji28]

Coral4coral · Jun 11, 2019

Just give it time frags like these go down in price and also give the hobbiest a chance to make a little money back. it makes the hobby more fun for me knowing I have something special in my tank actually worth something, and to be able to grow it and give back for a fraction of the price. Would I ever pay this for even a single frag though probably not it would have to be something very out of the ordinary

Ariton · Jun 12, 2019

Zeal said:
waoh what? Is this true?

It was on fb pages for reef scammers ...
he was banned from some fb auction pages as well for same reason. Well known for his bs

Zeal · Jun 12, 2019

Ariton said:
It was on fb pages for reef scammers ...
he was banned from some fb auction pages as well for same reason. Well known for his crap

Wow what a bummer, He lives about 4 miles from me. When I first got into the hobby I bought my first coral off him. Didnt know he was a scammer...

Has awesome stuff tho but at crazy stupid prices.

bluprntguy · Jun 12, 2019

Ariton said:
Never buy corals from cornbread especially auctions on e bay where he has few accounts and increases the bid ... my2cents

I bought 6 corals from cornbred via eBay. It was about $200 total and he threw in a couple of free frags. I feel like I got a good deal. I also knew when to stop bidding on things that were getting too high.

kapnkush608 · Jun 12, 2019

TopShelfAquatics · Jun 12, 2019

smilinteddy said:
I didn't look at the name of the poster and thought TSA referred to Transportation Security Authority... Like TSA snagged two of these frags going through security at an airport and kept them to grow out and sell [emoji28]

LOL!