ora blue polyp acro

surfn · Apr 3, 2007

can we say......mark up!!! lol

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2603

i think i got mine from a LFS for $40...so i imagine the LFS buys it from ORA for...$20 maybe?

liveaquaria is making good $$ off of $70.

jocox...how much did chris charge you guys for the one you just got? just curious if ORA has raised the price since i got mine from chris.

jocoxVT · Apr 3, 2007

$39 I believe and it was a good size frag as well (although as you know his prices are hard to beat), $70 seems ridiculous though I personally have never seen ORA go for that high.

toddman74 · Apr 3, 2007

I don't think liveaquaria is bein rediculous for asking that much. They're a big operation with lots of customer service people on the payroll, and they have the 14 days or 30 days guarantee... no one else has that online or lfs. So along with the risk of guarantee, they have to charge that much.

Ike · Apr 22, 2007

Extreme asks $89 for theirs...

Kigs! · Apr 22, 2007

my lfs sells it for 39.99 as well. nice sized. liveaquaria is always weird with their prices. some lower, some way too marked up

twon8 · Apr 22, 2007

surfn said:
can we say......mark up!!! lol

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2603

i think i got mine from a LFS for $40...so i imagine the LFS buys it from ORA for...$20 maybe?

liveaquaria is making good $$ off of $70.

jocox...how much did chris charge you guys for the one you just got? just curious if ORA has raised the price since i got mine from chris.

i;m pretty sure you paid 20 for yours, i paid 15

surfn · Apr 22, 2007

twon8 said:
i;m pretty sure you paid 20 for yours, i paid 15

true, the first one i got which was from mikes show tank, but that was a cutting from his colony.

i got another one from the LFS up here, which came in straight from ORA, and that was $40. (was on the ORA type frag plug)

chadfarmer · Apr 22, 2007

chelsey just got one for 27.00

Mr.Firemouth · Apr 22, 2007

It isn't that ORA has raised their prices...it is that they limit how many a vendor can purchase. 2 frags per $200 wholesale order. So if the frags are popular they will be a little harder to keep in stock. Atleast thats the way my sponsors explained it to me.

surfn · Apr 22, 2007

Mr.Firemouth said:
It isn't that ORA has raised their prices...it is that they limit how many a vendor can purchase. 2 frags per $200 wholesale order. So if the frags are popular they will be a little harder to keep in stock. Atleast thats the way my sponsors explained it to me.

that sounds about right. but they buy it from ORA for somewhere around $20-$30 per frag. just a max of 2 per order can be made from ORA.

chadfarmer · Apr 22, 2007

i was told they pay 25.00 for them and the local pet store could only get 2 of them--

they get a few acros when they order clown fish

surfn · Apr 22, 2007

chadfarmer said:
i was told they pay 25.00 for them and the local pet store could only get 2 of them--

they get a few acros when they order clown fish

yeah, normally you gota buy a minimum amount of fish before they'll let your purchase corals.

Stixbaraca · Apr 22, 2007

I want one soooo bad!!

Chelsey · Apr 22, 2007

chadfarmer said:
chelsey just got one for 27.00

Thanks for stealing my thunder!

reefboy · Apr 22, 2007

ive got some coming to start my own grow stock plus abunch of others and yes you have to buy a min 200 worth of fish even before you can order coral frags but ive got 2 comin might part with one if they both come in well.

drowzee · Apr 22, 2007

mine came with green polyps instead of blue. i need patience to color up. if u get yours at $15-20 thats cheap. don't they sell them at that amount already plus shipping. imo roscoe's blue is much prettier .

surfn · Apr 22, 2007

drowzee said:
mine came with green polyps instead of blue. i need patience to color up. if u get yours at $15-20 thats cheap. don't they sell them at that amount already plus shipping. imo roscoe's blue is much prettier .

came with green polyps? not sure how thats possible...everyone i've seen had plenty blue polyps.

i saw the roscoes...IMO it looks so similar to the chips acro and tort...

drowzee · Apr 22, 2007

surfn said:
came with green polyps? not sure how thats possible...everyone i've seen had plenty blue polyps.

i saw the roscoes...IMO it looks so similar to the chips acro and tort...

green like the hulk.

. i guess i got the green acro with green polyps. my luck. roscoes look more like a tenius with blue tips.