What happened to all the gold torches?

[Oscaror]

I sued to see them everywhere, now I can't seem to find any. Mine died in a crash a while ago and I've been looking for a replacement but it's like they've gone extinct

 

[Scubabum]

Pretty sure it's due to the Indo ban. If you find one be prepared to break out your wallet. Selling for $$$$$$ crazy prices. Hard to believe just about a year and 6 months ago you could find an Indo Gold for less than $100.

 

[Jason Truong]

yeah, look to spend around $300+/head for the really nice indo golds

 

[Oscaror]

Thanks for telling me, but man that sucks. I wish I still had mine

 

[dansreef]

I saw some at a frag swap here in the Chicagoland area and the prices were out of this world.... LITERALLY!

I bought a frag a while ago...and it has done OK.... no I did not pay some crazy price... I got it before prices went nuts. At first it kind of struggled..only one head.... I then moved it to its current position with more filtered light.... and a lot of flow.... and it seems to be doing a lot better. I count about 4-5 heads at this point. It seems to be a pretty slow grower...or at least slow to get itself settled into this tank. I have another green torch that I bought with it....it is about a 6x the size of the gold torch... same conditions....

Recently I have a pair of clowns that have started hosting in the torches. They lost their BTA that I removed because it decided to go on a "Walk-about"... The torches actually seem to like the clowns hosting in them....

 

[reefwiser]

Indo ban if it o
Continues look for a lot more corals to have higher prices.

 

[dylana407]

Here.....

 

[BestMomEver]

I bought 18 months ago for $125. The same one now would be about $2500. At least that’s about average that thy sold for at Reefapalooza.

 

[Jason Truong]

how much for that?@dylana407

 

[dylana407]

I bought 18 months ago for $125. The same one now would be about $2500. At least that’s about average that thy sold for at Reefapalooza.

You mean 250.....

 

[BestMomEver]

You mean 250.....

No.... $2500. Maybe more like $2000 I guess. They were running $250-$500 per head.

 

[dylana407]

No.... $2500. Maybe more like $2000 I guess. They were running $250-$500 per head.

Nah....even holy grail are 1400/head max.

 

[litenyaup]

There is no way they are 2k per head....

 

[BestMomEver]

There is no way they are 2k per head....

Not $2k per head. I said $250-$500 per head.

 

[BestMomEver]

Nah....even holy grail are 1400/head max.

Yea.... $1400 per head. If you bought one with two heads... that’s nearly $3000.

 

[Jordan Prather]

Here.....

I used to have one just like that paid $75 loved that piece but unfortunately lost it when I upgraded tanks.

 

[dylana407]

I used to have one just like that paid $75 loved that piece but unfortunately lost it when I upgraded tanks.

Same reason I have delayed my upgrade for over a year. The tank has been sitting in my garage.

 

[Wh00pS32]

My local LFS got a small 2 head one this week.
I didn't believe him on the price so he showed me the bill from the suppliers and it was £400 (around $520).
Same goes for all euphyllia, he's having to sell bog standard hammers and torches that normally cost £40 - £50 for around £150.
It's all down to the Indo ban.

 

[Jason Truong]

yeah my lfs was trying to charge me $300 for a small single head and i just looked at him like "???"

 

[litenyaup]

Not $2k per head. I said $250-$500 per head.

Ahh ok I got ya