A few months ago a guy i know made 4 frags and sold them each for $400 at our local frag swap. Quite the deal.
The site you found them on should send you day lite pics on request. I haven't seen one yet that doesn't.
Seems to me, as I've been shopping here and there that there are plenty of frags out there just as colorful and exciting that are cheaper until the price falls. That's alot to pay for a frag you can only truly see its colors when looked at a certain way and under certain light. Like cloud pictures " if you tilt your head like this and close one eye"[emoji12] [emoji14]
Just curious, do you get boxes for yourself or you have a store? A box has 20ish colonies... I often just buy from my LFS since I can cherry pick them. And yes as I said the nicest pieces in my tank are wild&mari
I get boxes just for myself and some friends if they want anything. It works out well if the shipment travels good. It can be risky with transhipped stuff but normally it works out. The main reason imo people have trouble with wild and maricultured is because the source has put corals up for sale that have just arrived and the coral can not handle another voyage in a bag. Especially after sitting in a tank at the store that's doesn't have the right parameters, light or flow. And a lot of local fish stores get them in when their tanks can not handle their requirements and the corals don't do well. Most boxes of maricultures are around 20 Pcs when you get the average size colony. I used to buy from local fish stores only right after they arrived and pick my favorites but it got to expensive. Around here a average maricultured is 100 bucks. The stores don't even get transhipped stuff anymore, they just get stuff from wholesalers and pick what they want most of the time. I like getting the boxes straight from the source because you always find some nice stuff and species is very spread out. Local stores don't order certain stuff because it doesn't sell, I like that stuff most of the time
I get boxes just for myself and some friends if they want anything. It works out well if the shipment travels good. It can be risky with transhipped stuff but normally it works out. The main reason imo people have trouble with wild and maricultured is because the source has put corals up for sale that have just arrived and the coral can not handle another voyage in a bag. Especially after sitting in a tank at the store that's doesn't have the right parameters, light or flow. And a lot of local fish stores get them in when their tanks can not handle their requirements and the corals don't do well. Most boxes of maricultures are around 20 Pcs when you get the average size colony. I used to buy from local fish stores only right after they arrived and pick my favorites but it got to expensive. Around here a average maricultured is 100 bucks. The stores don't even get transhipped stuff anymore, they just get stuff from wholesalers and pick what they want most of the time. I like getting the boxes straight from the source because you always find some nice stuff and species is very spread out. Local stores don't order certain stuff because it doesn't sell, I like that stuff most of the time
I have actually never bought a box. I buy from liveaquaria DD and my LFS. Each one is more expensive for sure but I do get to pick them
It's even funnier how many are out there and nobody wants to post pictures of them under normal lighting conditions so they can keep the prices high...
wish more people can post their pics here.
This picture is stunning for sure. Very nice frag! Hope it recover fastHere is a picture of the frag I bought right out of the bag in January 2016. This is under Radion Pros the whites cranked up fairly high as my iPhone does not do well with all blues. I will say the picture doesn't do it justice as the frag was glowing just sitting in the bag. Unfortunately I thought it would be a good idea to move to another tank and nearly lost it. I grew it back from only (3) polyps and is currently covering a small frag plug. Not worth taking a picture of currently however.
That's just amazing! Very beautiful & intense colors!How many do you want under just whites lol as u see under whites. I have about 4 frags of it
