Brianemone Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 on that note how big would you expect a store brought acro to be???? ive never seen any in the shops so i have no idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Organism will receive more acro's this friday for you keen reefers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Thats what most places do, but you get do get cowboys. Yeah but when the big companys are doing this, it is a concern is it not. Why pay more for a cultured piece??? when they are pretty much the same as the bits cut from the reef.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 but seriously how big are the peices that you would normaly see in stores for sale????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 but seriously how big are the peices that you would normaly see in stores for sale????????? The ones that I've seen at Organisms are about an inch and just starting to encrust on the little rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 the frags or whole corals??? i had envisioned a fist size peice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 brian's new coral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 looks more like a rabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 B yr acro will be approx 6-7cm high 5-6cm wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 ok, but is that normal?? because it will be the first Acro the store owner has ever had in he wont know (like me) what the pricing should be or wether its a normal size or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 the frags or whole corals??? i had envisioned a fist size peice Sorry, I was refering to the frag sizes that he is selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 B yes all our acro's are pretty much the same size, amazes me really you would think they are cultured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 nope i didnt think they where cultured, ive just never seen acro's for sale in the stores (they sell quickly im guessing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 see a few, most in the past have been sold directly wholesaler to reef keeper. Some stores do not have water quality sufficient to keep acros in good condition..... or the lighting required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 $20 to $60?!?!?!?!!? Wow!!!! Things are certainly different down here in little ol' ChCh. Maybe because we are a much smaller group, but IME we just give each other frags. There is an implicit understanding of reciprocation, but more along the lines of, “Whenever you do some pruning, keep me in mind.†Being new to SPS, I’ve been very fortunate to receive HEAPS of frags for free from very generous locals as well as some Auckland reefers, and I will certainly return the favor to them as well as newbies as soon as mine grow out. I have sold lots of frags, possibly as many as $1k worth over the last 2 years. It would be very rare for me to give livestock away. The reason for this is simply one of value. To me its important to know that the person who is taking the coral see's that it has value and doesn't just take it cause its free. I have met many of these people who will take it becaue its free, and don't care, hey they can always come back and get another piece right? Wrong. I am of course happy to swap coral, which doesn't always mean a 1 for 1 swap, I have swapped 7-8 pieces from my tank for 2 pieces from someone elses. I know they were going to look after them, and I knew they would have given me more if they had it (or more importantly I wanted it). Also I have purchased a lot of acros, maybee as many as 15, from between $45-90ea. So I do like the idea of recovering a minimal amount back. People say they are willing to pay more for aquacultured corals etc. So I try and get $25 for a frag. My frags come from well established corals and have colour (tri colour, monster purple/white polyp, green plating etc etc) so I think its a fair price, I would pay it. They are reasonably sized. I know I will never make any money from the fragging of my stuff, nor to I want to. I just want my hard grown stuff to go to a good home and be appreciated. My 10 cents. pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted April 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 fair point. I do the same to some people. Depends on how well i know someone as well, and on how much they take. One piece, not to much of a worry. Walk out with two or three bags full, different story. Chances are they wouldn't be able to get the same deal anywhere else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 well i got my first store brought acro today, it even had two little crabs in it , settled in well with polyps out already. great thing is what my wife said when it was in the tank, "i like hard corals, they look cool can you get me a pink one and a blue one" sure i can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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