Why is this coral rare?

[sixty_reefer]

Going true white corals website and I’ve seen this blue watermelon on they’re hall of fame mixed in with jawbreakers and kriptonite, is there any reason in particular why such a common coral would be considered so special?

 

[James M]

Maybe it was an accident

 

[sixty_reefer]

Maybe it was an accident

It’s a fairly well known company, maybe just rare in Europe [emoji23]

 

[Dkeller_nc]

None of the "named" corals are rare, but definition, since they're aquacultured. In-demand and therefore expensive, perhaps, but not rare. To me "rare" means uncommon in the wild, and/or rarely collected and imported. There's quite a number of species that fit that description in Veron's book "Corals of the World".

 

[sixty_reefer]

None of the "named" corals are rare, but definition, since they're aquacultured. In-demand and therefore expensive, perhaps, but not rare. To me "rare" means uncommon in the wild, and/or rarely collected and imported. There's quite a number of species that fit that description in Veron's book "Corals of the World".

That’s the proper definition of rare, but in the hobby rare just means something that isn’t readily available therefore expensive.

 

[DSC reef]

It could be the store just doesn't get that color morph in often. I've seen stores label frags hard to find or rare as they don't get them in often. Usually those are the corals that fellow reefers have in abundance;Hilarious