$40 for a 1" flowerpot frag?!

albert_dao · #1 09-30-2013, 08:01 PM

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 · #2 09-30-2013, 08:15 PM

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

toytech · #3 09-30-2013, 10:36 PM

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

SoloSK71 · #4 09-30-2013, 11:12 PM

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

albert_dao · #5 10-01-2013, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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

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

SoloSK71 · #6 10-01-2013, 02:02 PM

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