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LOL, I was one of the first ones to bid on it. 200 dollars....

 

I knew it was going to go high but I never thought it would go that high. Amazing.... !!!!!

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I have been in this hobby for a very long time, the prices I have seen the last 6 months for some corals just absolutely amazes me.

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I have been in this hobby for a very long time, the prices I have seen the last 6 months for some corals just absolutely amazes me.

 

 

Yeah it is amazing what a 'name' will do for a coral. To each his own, as the saying goes. I would be afraid to spend that much on anything living that goes in my tank.

 

I think it went to chop shop...

 

Thats actually not such a bad thing. I was reading (Borneman?) who was making the argument that by fragging the corals regularly they actually grow faster in captivity than they would in the wild. Furthermore, like with new technology by fragging it, the price will come down and it will (eventually) become more available. Its actually not all bad. Additionally, fragging helps to prevent a single incident from killing the entire 'line'.

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Thats the kind of coral that I would think you'd want insurance for (if you can even insure marine animals?).

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$2,200! Auction ended last night @ 6:30.

 

That's purty!!

 

Approximately 78 of them if cut into 1/2"x1/2" frags. So if the 1/2" frags were sold for $200 each, that would be about $15,000

 

bob

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