Would you pay this much $$$ for a coral?

[blackjacktang]

Would you pay $1399.99 for a small 3 inch coral called a Pink Rhizo
(Rhizotrochus typus) !?!

 

[viper_930]

Please do not post links to other etailers.

 

[blackjacktang]

Thankyou Viper for the note

 

[coral keeper]

No, I would never pay $1399.99 for a small 3 inch coral. Do you have any pictures of the coral you can post?

 

[blackjacktang]

Here you go. Not mine though.

 

[alix2.0]

thats really cool! if it was gauranteed that it would do well and live a long time, and if i had piles of cash to be throwing around, i would consider it.

 

[espkh9]

I would pay $1500 for the right coral that one doesn't intrest me.

 

[viper_930]

Here's mine. I didn't pay near 1.4k for it though.

 

[princess8077]

I saw those (prob. the same place you did) and they are gorgeous! White, Pink, and Orange versions available. I'd get one if they werent so darn expensive!

 

[spiderwoman]

I could find so much better ways to spend that money. Coral... definitely not unless I had a research grant or something.

 

[angler man]

I would gladly pay that kind of money for that, but it would have to spit out gold chunks instead of poo after I fed it.

 

[travis99]

I saw the same coral as the first one posted at my lfs. He wanted $600
I thought that was allot.
Travis

 

[shrimpi]

its a rhizo.. thats why its so expensive! plus its a PINK one. They are always expensive, its nothing out of the norm.
Jess

 

[17cuddlefish]

that is very expensive for a rhizo. you can get them for $550 on some cites. still expensive but....

 

[viper_930]

Prices will definitely range a whole heck of a lot. The cheaper ones are all white maybe with a slight green tint. The more expensive ones have more colors like pink and orange.
Vendors will also markup higher than they need to just because rhizos are so rare and once it's sold they may not be able to get another one in stock for a long time or never.

 

[alix2.0]

viper how much did you pay for yours if you dont mind?

 

[viper_930]

=X
Cheaper than any price I've seen in a year. I got mine a while ago back when nobody knew what they were.

 

[mscarpena]

They are very cool, bit I would have to agree I would not pay that much for one. Does anyone know if they are easy to care for. They look like a bigger version of a dendro.

 

[peat12001]

for that price it might be cheaper to fly down, do all the paper work for harvesting, find one, pick it up and fly home, not to mention i'm sure you could pick up more then just that...

 

[alix2.0]

why are they so expensive? are they like super rare?