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Old 02-13-2021, 06:57 PM
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This isn't a hobby anymore!!! It's disgusting what people want for frags they call corals. Or fish. People should be ashamed of themselves!!!
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Old 02-13-2021, 08:11 PM
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I will still sell ya a frag for $25. But it won't be a frag of JF Home Wrecker!

I think it is very easy to get caught up with the collector mentality. Have to have some XYZ brand of coral and get mad when its $225/frag. If you have a good LFS, hopefully they have beauty corals for more reasonable $45-75/frag. I'm lucky to have an amazing shop in my hometown.

Fish is a different topic. Hawaiian fish are hard to come by, hence rising prices. Captive breeding programs cost money to get started, research, etc. That is reflected in the price of some CB fish costing more than their wild caught counterparts. But the benefits are too numerous to mention here.

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Old 02-13-2021, 10:00 PM
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This isn't a hobby anymore!!! It's disgusting what people want for frags they call corals. Or fish. People should be ashamed of themselves!!!
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Old 02-14-2021, 01:23 AM
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It's absolutely ridiculous out there. And I hate when people buy into the hype and instead of pricing things accordingly, they think their stuff is worth fish store prices. It Jack's the "used" prices up too. I hate that this hobby has become a market instead of a community.
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Amen!
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I have put my livestock buying on hold for now
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Old 02-14-2021, 01:54 AM
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Asking $400 for a Yellow Tang is ludicrous
Clearly someone asking this price is not going to garner any future friends

I had a YT of 4.5" and gave it away for free due to a red mark on it's side
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Asking $400 for a Yellow Tang is ludicrous
Clearly someone asking this price is not going to garner any future friends

I had a YT of 4.5" and gave it away for free due to a red mark on it's side
Perfect example of community. I'm sorry but anyone who charges other hobbiests for cheato is a crook. Lol
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Happy to give Frags out of what I have as the smiles and thank u s make me smile
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Old 02-14-2021, 07:19 AM
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Agree on every one of those posts. There is zero supplies in my town, other then salt for $95 a pail. But still maybe a handful of us that just give each other corals and fish. We just happy to trade. Never money involved
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