Black Widow

Douglas Wattier · Sep 9, 2017

I have been reading through different forums and want to ask why when people pay 150+ for a black widow or some sunburst anemone, people tend to say its a crime to pay that much. "Stupid people will buy anything these days," type of answers are common.
Are there actually places that sell these types of anemones at the same cost compared to the more common types?

Amoo · Sep 9, 2017

Douglas Wattier said:
I have been reading through different forums and want to ask why when people pay 150+ for a black widow or some sunburst anemone, people tend to say its a crime to pay that much. "Stupid people will buy anything these days," type of answers are common.
Are there actually places that sell these types of anemones at the same cost compared to the more common types?

Probably for the same reason most of those forums lost their popularity.

drtrash · Sep 10, 2017

Not sure what you are asking? You want a lexus ay hyudia price or wondering if its worth paying more for rare morph?

Douglas Wattier · Sep 10, 2017

drtrash said:
Not sure what you are asking? You want a lexus ay hyudia price or wondering if its worth paying more for rare morph?

No thats not what I'm asking at all. I realize certain corals for instance are way more valuable than others. I imagine its the same of anemones.

Yuki Rihwa · Sep 10, 2017

Well, I saw a huge colony for sale in my LFS for $189 and even I'm new to these reef coral thing I still seeing it's worth the money. You don't pay 189 bucks for a tiny frag, it's a huge freaking dang rock roughly 6x8 shape filled up with beautiful palythoa. I agreed that something meant so valuable to someone but seem like garbage for others, it's all depend on the individual point of view so no point to argue over it.

JaimeAdams · Sep 10, 2017

Rare anemones are expensive, just as rare coral or rare fish are expensive. I don't generally see comments talking about the price being too high.

Douglas Wattier · Sep 10, 2017

JaimeAdams said:
Rare anemones are expensive, just as rare coral or rare fish are expensive. I don't generally see comments talking about the price being too high.

Thats what I figured. I'm picking up a black widow as soon as this storm passes and regular delivery can resume.

hart24601 · Sep 12, 2017

With how much some coral have shot up I don't think many people bat an eye at most nem prices anymore. A lot of BTA seem to change colors quite a bit more than even sps, so I wouldn't spend big bucks on one for the idea of propagation unless it was a very established name and lineage, but when acros are selling for a grand plus per inch get what you like! I have been shopping for some bta recently and it seems that rose are going for 60-100 depending on size, colors and intensity.

2-3x that price for a unique individual seems perfect reasonable to me in the current market.