How much is this colony worth?

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I am wanting to sell this zoa rock. I’m not sure how much I should ask for / expect. I was possibly going to see if a friend wants to buy or take it to my LFS. anyone have any idea on how much this is worth? There’s bob marleys, van dammes, and a bunch of other zoas.
 
In a big market, $100+, maybe even $150+, in a small market or private sale, more like $50+. And an LFS can get more because people go there to buy coral.

I just sold a very similar rock with 6 different zoas on it for $50 and I'm in a medium size market.
 
One of those zoas alone I bought for $50 for only 3 heads lol. I was hoping for quite a bit more than $50
If you want to maximize profits frag it up and sell the frags per polyp. The colony is much nicer and it comes on a nice piece of rock but that still means the value will be considerably less.
 
If you thought about selling it to a friend I’d ask that friend how much they’d pay for it.

if your selling it to an LFS your going to get considerably less than what they could sell it for because they will frag and that’s cost labor. Then they will make more money selling it in pieces and parts.
My LFS will frag things for for either a piece of the frag or for a cash payment. Maybe that would be best for you. Than you can sell small frags and make more money
 
Any tips on fragging? Ive never done it before and I’m scared cuz it’s a zoa lol I should inquire my LFS about if they’d Frag it up for me.

My LFS is world wide corals, anyone here know if they’d do that?
 
Any tips on fragging? Ive never done it before and I’m scared cuz it’s a zoa lol I should inquire my LFS about if they’d Frag it up for me.

My LFS is world wide corals, anyone here know if they’d do that?
Wwc isn’t gonna do anything for ya and being in the Orlando area the market for corals is way over saturated. Everybody is selling stuff here...
 
Any tips on fragging? Ive never done it before and I’m scared cuz it’s a zoa lol I should inquire my LFS about if they’d Frag it up for me.

My LFS is world wide corals, anyone here know if they’d do that?
You might wanna find a smaller LFS something more mom and pop like.

you could use a chisel and hammer to break the rock up.

where glasses (safety glasses) and gloves. you’ll be fine.

you will more than likely lose a few polyps but nothing serious.

try posting the entire rock on here
Be willing to consider offers.
If your on Facebook post a picture of it and just write that your looking to rehome it and to PM/DM you for details.
Make sure you have a price in mind but be open for trades or maybe getting a little less than you ask.
 
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Id say 120-160 if you can find the right buyer locally and want to sell it quickly. An LFS will give you less, and likely just store/trade credit. The problem is that while its a beautiful showpiece rock, people I know are more interested in small frags where they can grow it out themselves vs an already grown out rock...

If it was me, id either frag it up and sell them for 25-45$ ea on craigslist/locally or trade it for a couple frags
 
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I am wanting to sell this zoa rock. I’m not sure how much I should ask for / expect. I was possibly going to see if a friend wants to buy or take it to my LFS. anyone have any idea on how much this is worth? There’s bob marleys, van dammes, and a bunch of other zoas.
So here in Greece the hobby is limited, but for something like this it will be around 250 euros if it pest free
 
At a frag show you could sell that to a noobie for 200-300 easy.. but if you try to sell it to zoa collectors its worth quite a bit less.. gotta find that right buyer to max out its value.
 

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