How much is your most expensive coral?

[SaltySam09]

My most expensive piece is my New York knicks torch which was $200
Sorry for the terrible photo it’s the only one I have of it

 

[Tim McLellan]

So far my biggest coral expenditure is $100 on a frogspawn, which has done well and I'm happy with. I bought a forest fire digitata frag for $40 nine months ago and it has grown like crazy. I was able to trim off a couple branches that started shading my trumpet coral, and get $35 in livestock credit from my LFS, so that coral has basically paid for itself. Here's a before and after

 

[Gatorpa]

I’d definitely want a purple tang one day and I know they are pricer. And I enjoy spending my money on reefing gadgets over coral.

I waited about 6 months for one of the 3 LFS to get a good one…

 

[christwendt]

450$ on a Colorado sunburst anenome.
250$ on a Frankenstein mushroom.
I think it’s possible to buy all your corral back if you choose wisely. I have made close to 2.5k off the Frankenstein alone in 2.5 years.

 

[Gatorpa]

450$ on a Colorado sunburst anenome.
250$ on a Frankenstein mushroom.
I think it’s possible to buy all your corral back if you choose wisely. I have made close to 2.5k off the Frankenstein alone in 2.5 years.

Or if you get a few that grow really fast that the LFS like buying.
Believe it or not in the last 3 month I’ve made about $400 off pocillopora frags. The mother colony cost me $40 7 months ago.

 

[MERKEY]

 

[christwendt]

Or if you get a few that grow really fast that the LFS like buying.
Believe it or not in the last 3 month I’ve made about $400 off pocillopora frags. The mother colony cost me $40 7 months ago.

That’s crazy I have never messed with selling frags to a lfs.

 

[Gtinnel]

I am insanely jealous of those of you that have a lfs close by that you can sell corals back to. When I have a coral grow too big I usually end up throwing most of it away.

 

[Gatorpa]

I am insanely jealous of those of you that have a lfs close by that you can sell corals back to. When I have a coral grow too big I usually end up throwing most of it away.

I’m lucky it’s a place i’ve been going to for years.
Just had to show some pics of my tank and ask if they ever wanted frags.

I let them tell me what they want.

 

[Gtinnel]

I’m lucky it’s a place i’ve been going to for years.
Just had to show some pics of my tank and ask if they ever wanted frags.

I let them tell me what they want.

I don’t have a reef shop in my state. When I want to go to a lfs it’s at least a 3 hour round trip and about a 9 hour round trip to the one that I actually like.

 

[Troylee]

Back in the day I was dropping $500 on a frag all the time.. high end chalices mostly.. now maybe $50 haha! But that will change when I’m comfortable..

 

[MERKEY]

I don’t have a reef shop in my state. When I want to go to a lfs it’s at least a 3 hour round trip and about a 9 hour round trip to the one that I actually like.

I feel your pain!

Ours is 4 hour round trip on a good day. If the ferry boat is delayed or if there is traffic and then a ferry mine we are looking at an easy 8 hour day.

We can't have any live stock shipped to the house during me to this

 

[Gatorpa]

I don’t have a reef shop in my state. When I want to go to a lfs it’s at least a 3 hour round trip and about a 9 hour round trip to the one that I actually like.

Wow that sucks.

I have 3 within 20 minutes.

Here a shot of another I‘ve done well on.
Tips morphed a bit recently.
Some sort of capricornis.
The third pic is what it looked like for years but the edges are changing color now.

 

[Hugster78]

Last year I bought a jolt and homewrecker from Jason. My wife was totally cool with it. Slow growers omg

 

[Om84]

These type of threads need to be banned.

 

[itsmexanderb]

It is a secret I will take to my grave, lol

 

[JesseBones93]

I paid $1200 for a GMK zoa back when they were all the hype. Propagated it, sold a few, made well over my original start. Some times it pays to jump on the "hype" wagon and propagate. Others, not so much.
Roughly 2 years ago, I purchased a nexus burst anemone from Than at Tidal Gardens for a cool $2250. Short story long, it ended up in a powerhead killing my magnificent foxface, 5 bar wrasse and gem tang. Rough time.

 

[Gtinnel]

I feel your pain!

Ours is 4 hour round trip on a good day. If the ferry boat is delayed or if there is traffic and then a ferry mine we are looking at an easy 8 hour day.

We can't have any live stock shipped to the house during me to this

I can at least have livestock shipped without any issues.

 

[homer1475]

Couple hundred on a Homewrecker frag a few years back. Still have it to this day, but it hasn't really grown enough to frag and make some money back.

Reading this makes me sad. I remember when I first got back in like 20 years ago, you could buy basically an euphyllia with a couple heads for like $20 bucks. Now those same corals have funky names, and they charge a hundred bucks for a single head.

 

[edd59]

hobbies cost money, they usually dont turn a profit. if all so called hobbyist buy an expensive coral, then grow it out and sell frags at the old going rate you will eventually break even and then start making a little money. and help all fellow hobbyists. if you grow it and sell it for what you paid you are not a hobbyist your in it for proffit. if hobbyists can grow it, then we can control prices to an extent. we all realize its an expensive hobby before we got in, and hobbyies all cost money thats why there called money pits.