Not For Sale, Holy Grail

[butcherreef]

Hey guys, awhile ago I entered a raffle to win a holy grail torch coral and somehow ended up winning. It has been thriving in my tank for the past 6 months now, and is starting to split into 4 heads. I know this is a high end torch, but just wondering what is this thing realistically worth. I paid $30 for the raffle and would love to know my return on investment at this point haha. Thanks for the help guys.
ps. Second post on here so I hope I’m doing this right.

 

[blaxsun]

Maybe $300-$400. It really depends on supply/demand.

 

[butcherreef]

Thank you for the reply. Love getting lucky on the raffles.

 

[MERKEY]

What vendor did you win the raffle with?

Depending on lineage they can go for a lot.

I would base it off of what the vendor you won it from sells their single heads of that torch for.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Do you know if it's a Wild caught or was it a lineage HG from a certain place?

Who was the raffle through? Look at their HG torch prices apples to apples. That should get you close.

Edit: @MERKEY beat me to it

 

[DE FISH]

Why would you want to frag a coral that’s obviously thriving wait for more heads before chopping but it’s your coral your choice

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Why would you want to frag a coral that’s obviously thriving wait for more heads before chopping but it’s your coral your choice

Who said anything about fragging it?

The title is Literally "Not for sale..."

 

[DE FISH]

Who said anything about fragging it?

The title is Literally "Not for sale..."

Very true but £££$$$ signs can quickly sway people

 

[butcherreef]

Thanks for the comments guys, love all the feedback. As for the vendor it is an Instagram account that runs raffles name is fluorescent reefs. For the price the raffle had 30 spots at $30 a spot, which comes out to $900 a head. I am not sure if I can take that as what it is worth though. As for the comments about cutting and selling, do not worry I am literally looking at larger tanks because I would love to have this piece as a 10 headed torch in a nice 100 gallon one day.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Do you know if it's a Wild caught or was it a lineage HG from a certain place?

Who was the raffle through? Look at their HG torch prices apples to apples. That should get you close.

Edit: @MERKEY beat me to it

Scratching my head to try and make some sense from this… we’re they not all wild caught at some point?

 

[billyocean]

Means it's either maricultured or aquacultured. Yes, they were all wild at some point...but generations of babies in aquariums make it aquacultured. If its fresh from the ocean it's wild aka maricultured

 

[sixty_reefer]

Means it's either maricultured or aquacultured. Yes, they were all wild at some point...but generations of babies in aquariums make it aquacultured. If its fresh from the ocean it's wild aka maricultured

How long does it take for it to be considered aquaculture? I can see the benefits just wondering how long it takes

 

[MERKEY]

How long does it take for it to be considered aquaculture? I can see the benefits just wondering how long it takes

Some vendors have month long processes to color them up and grow...some years.

Thats why 1 torch can literally be sold as 4 different ones at different stages of coloring. Vendors do this all the time and just add a different name for the variation.

 

[MERKEY]

Thanks for the comments guys, love all the feedback. As for the vendor it is an Instagram account that runs raffles name is fluorescent reefs. For the price the raffle had 30 spots at $30 a spot, which comes out to $900 a head. I am not sure if I can take that as what it is worth though. As for the comments about cutting and selling, do not worry I am literally looking at larger tanks because I would love to have this piece as a 10 headed torch in a nice 100 gallon one day.

I see a lot of fluorescent on my thread and they seem to have a decent amount of both. They have a ton of inventory so I'm sure they get fresh shipments, but at the same time they do have their older pieces that they have had for years it looks like.

I have never personally purchased from them.

If I were you I'd reach out to them and ask if this was from one of mother colonies or from a fresher import...they shouldn't take offense and then you'd know for sure.

$900 is not unreasonable for a healthy home grown ASD style torch now a days. Which sucks but supply and demand as they say.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Scratching my head to try and make some sense from this… we’re they not all wild caught at some point?

What's the part that is confusing?

Yes they would have Both been wild caught at some point.