$40 for a 1" flowerpot frag?!

[SoloSK71]

http://www.marinedepotlive.com/search?q=pink+flowerpot&search-button.x=-1009&search-button.y=-103&utm_source=MarineDepotLive.com+Newsletter&utm_campaign=43e96c1652-MDL_Newsletter_093020139_27_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_915348e95f-43e96c1652-43769105&mc_cid=43e96c1652&mc_eid=b92979b488

Is this right? I see 3" and 4" specimens for $60 in the local shops.

Charles

[Madreefer]

Is'nt that in California?

[albert_dao]

Captive grown stuff is always going to be a little more given that it has been stabilized.

[SoloSK71]

Except it does not specify captive grown. ORA was breeding some up but these are not ORA.

Charles

[albert_dao]

It's Marine Depot, they aren't a hack n' slash operation.

Anyway, what exactly is the question? Are you asking of these are overpriced? I suppose that's just a matter of subjective opinion :)

[reefwars]

USA market and canadian market in most cases(as this) cant be compared ...two different reefing worlds....not always a bad thing :)

[toytech]

I bought a very nice 1 inch ora white and blue for $80 ,grew fantastic with no special care until my tank crashed .

[SoloSK71]

My problem is that it is marketing, not fact.

It is not stated anywhere that it is ORA, or captive propagation, or even captive raised and fragged. From what I read it is wild caught and fragged with a few buzz words of "red ones do better in captivity" to bring in the buyers. At that price I could buy a $70 red flowerpot from a chain store and cut it up into nine or ten $40 frags.

If the said it was ORA or SA or otherwise captive propagated then I could see it.

Charles

[Madreefer]

Is'nt that in California?

In other words "it dont matter. You cant get corals from the states anyways"

Some people buy frags for $60 and when they grow out than cut off another 1" piece and sell that for $60

Than theres others that'll sell the same piece for $10. It's just pricing.

[SoloSK71]

Not actually true. You can quite easily. Just pre-supply the CITES documents and a $10 business registration company name and be willing to get a minimum order and you are good to go.

Charles

[albert_dao]

My problem is that it is marketing, not fact.

It is not stated anywhere that it is ORA, or captive propagation, or even captive raised and fragged. From what I read it is wild caught and fragged with a few buzz words of "red ones do better in captivity" to bring in the buyers. At that price I could buy a $70 red flowerpot from a chain store and cut it up into nine or ten $40 frags.

If the said it was ORA or SA or otherwise captive propagated then I could see it.

Charles

Are they not allowed to make their own "brand" of coral frags?

[SoloSK71]

I think I am not communicating very well. They (and should) do all of the things you mentioned. They just are not getting the message across if that is what they are trying to do.

Charles