Are corals becoming harder to obtain in Canada?

kyl · #1 06-26-2017, 02:12 PM

I haven't had problems with corals for the most part. Sourcing the fish I want though, that's been a challenge.

Myka · #2 06-29-2017, 02:31 AM

Weird. Around here things are buzzing along nicely! Bayside Corals has hundreds of colonies at any given time with coral orders arriving weekly.

I have seen a shift though - people are buying frags a lot more than colonies. People say they want to watch it grow, but won't admit that they just want to spend less. People definitely spend less than they used to.

whatcaneyedo · #3 06-29-2017, 12:50 PM

Spend less? I used to be able to buy a nice little colony for $50. Now thats what the frag costs and the colony is $150. The price of salt in this province has also doubled over the last decade while our many of our wages have stayed the same. No I think we're spending more than ever or just buying less.

Myka · #4 06-29-2017, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

Spend less? I used to be able to buy a nice little colony for $50. Now thats what the frag costs and the colony is $150. The price of salt in this province has also doubled over the last decade while our many of our wages have stayed the same. No I think we're spending more than ever or just buying less.

People used to buy like 3 or 4 colonies for say $250, now they buy 3 or 4 frags for say $80. People would rather spend $25 for a micro-sized frag than $150 for a colony. That's what I mean. Sure there are still some us who will pay $400 for a micro-sized frag, but that wasn't even an option 10 years ago.

Lots of nano tanks too. You don't really see that here at Canreef, there's an odd bunch of us left here, and not the usual reefer here anymore. Watch the Facebook groups with all the newbies - they aren't the same as us who've been in the hobby for 10 or 20 or 30 years.

Reef-Geek · #5 06-29-2017, 06:38 PM

May not be true in other regions but definitely true in BC. High real estate prices are pushing away small business

Animal-Chin · #6 06-29-2017, 10:21 PM

Ya frags are fine but I'd rather a nice big coral to start off with. So hard to find in Vancouver now. I find anyway...

Myka · #7 07-01-2017, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Animal-Chin

Ya frags are fine but I'd rather a nice big coral to start off with. So hard to find in Vancouver now. I find anyway...

I like colonies too if I'm buying LPS or Zoas. For Acros I like frags because colonies always look funky when they start growing in a new tank.