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Nobody really sells colonies. I guess the best way is to look for reefers selling their setups, or breaking them down. OfferUp, Craigslist. Sometimes you can get colonies on AquaSD
 
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DothanReefer said:
Lots of places sell colonies...quick Google search....just a matter of $$$$$$$$$$$...lol

Example:

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Not sure I’d call 5 shrooms on a rock a colony nor 15 zoa polyps but I guess the definition is in the eye of the beholder.
 
Yes many places sell colonies and i am sure many more are willing to if you are willing to pay the $$$.

A few places:
@ReefChasers
Pacific east aquaculture
Corals.com
Extreme corals

Or if you wanting to buy several to make it worth me shipping pm me i can get colonies
 
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You can check Pacific East Aquaculture also.

here is their colony page

pacificeastaquaculture.com

Coral Colonies

Explore our unique coral colonies for sale. We have small and large coral colonies for sale including SPS, LPS, and Soft colonies. These gorgeous colonies will transform your aquarium into a colorful, vivacious aquascape. Buy large and small coral colonies for sale from Pacific East Aquaculture.
pacificeastaquaculture.com pacificeastaquaculture.com
 
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You may want to be careful going that route. My local shop will get beautiful stylo and birdsnest colonies from time to time. All of them are maricultured so grown in the shallows in the ocean. 90% of the time they will RTN in the first month in an aquarium. I think its an issue of stability and hardiness. Wild grown corals can have a very hard time in our tanks and it can be a lot easier to start with a frag in my opinion. How long have you been keeping corals? I dont want to discourage you but I did see you post a week or so ago asking for an ID on a brittle star. So assuming your tank is relatively new as well. If you have the money to waste go for it but its always better to "check the water before you jump in".
 
Interesting you mention that. 10-20 years ago, most of what I would see is colonies or corals on rocks. When I started my new tank after a hiatus it was mostly frags. I did get a couple of big zoa pieces on rocks and 40+ zoa frags. The ‘colonies’ definitely are struggling compared to frags. Was never really sure why but I think you might be onto something.
 
Most places that sell colonies are wild or maricultured. You can find reefers on here selling them from time to time but I'd only recommend doing local pick up on SPS colonies.
 
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workhz said:
Interesting you mention that. 10-20 years ago, most of what I would see is colonies or corals on rocks. When I started my new tank after a hiatus it was mostly frags. I did get a couple of big zoa pieces on rocks and 40+ zoa frags. The ‘colonies’ definitely are struggling compared to frags. Was never really sure why but I think you might be onto something.
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I've noticed this anecdotally for a long time. Removing something thats grown say in a natural seawater environment and putting it into our box of water with fluctuating parameters no matter how small is still a massive amount of stress for something thats grown in almost constant conditions for years. I think frags as they grow out become conditioned to our tanks much more rapidly and as a benefit become much more forgiving.

Don't get me wrong, ive lost my share of cash on a colonies I couldn't leave the store without. Out of a handful of colonies I have a couple surviving frags of a pink birdsnest that after months are finally starting to push out little numbs again.
 
Tonycass12 said:
You may want to be careful going that route. My local shop will get beautiful stylo and birdsnest colonies from time to time. All of them are maricultured so grown in the shallows in the ocean. 90% of the time they will RTN in the first month in an aquarium. I think its an issue of stability and hardiness. Wild grown corals can have a very hard time in our tanks and it can be a lot easier to start with a frag in my opinion. How long have you been keeping corals? I dont want to discourage you but I did see you post a week or so ago asking for an ID on a brittle star. So assuming your tank is relatively new as well. If you have the money to waste go for it but its always better to "check the water before you jump in".
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I agree with the premise that wild or maricultured have a lower success rate, but if they are losing 90% of their colonies in the first month they are doing something wrong. I buy a lot of wild or maricultured colonies and the success rate is quite high. SPS is the most likely to die within the first few months, but even there should have 80-90% survival rate.
 
mdb_talon said:
I agree with the premise that wild or maricultured have a lower success rate, but if they are losing 90% of their colonies in the first month they are doing something wrong. I buy a lot of wild or maricultured colonies and the success rate is quite high. SPS is the most likely to die within the first few months, but even there should have 80-90% survival rate.
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Personally I was never able to get any acro colonies just the birdsnest and stylo colonies so my opinion is solely based on those. I would love to see how a wild acro colony does for me but at the same time I'm not willing to pay the 400$+ for 4" mini colonies.
 
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Tonycass12 said:
You may want to be careful going that route. My local shop will get beautiful stylo and birdsnest colonies from time to time. All of them are maricultured so grown in the shallows in the ocean. 90% of the time they will RTN in the first month in an aquarium. I think its an issue of stability and hardiness. Wild grown corals can have a very hard time in our tanks and it can be a lot easier to start with a frag in my opinion. How long have you been keeping corals? I dont want to discourage you but I did see you post a week or so ago asking for an ID on a brittle star. So assuming your tank is relatively new as well. If you have the money to waste go for it but its always better to "check the water before you jump in".
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Thanks for the Info, I'm new to the game but picking up on the saltwater life very easily and falling in love with it so any tips and tricks are more than welcome...I was looking to start a second tank of just corals but I wanted it to look a little more established out the gate. After reading the replies I'll probably ly just get some fast growing corals and test my luck with a couple colonies
 
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