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Old 07/14/2007, 11:57 AM
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That doesn't seem like a bad price for the acan's $100 a colony. Have you tried different exporters out of Australia? even with the first batch of lords I seen coming out of Canada from the "best grade" supplier some of them looked like crap while others where very colorful.

I guess it is a gamble for the retailers who are selling them at a high mark up hoping that they shut down exportation quickly; if these corals start showing up at every local fish store around the country it will make it very difficult to sell them by the polyp when you can buy a colony for about the same price as you can buy a couple of polyps for.
There were pieces in the $100-$150 price (before shipping and other charges FOB Origin Australia) but they were literally frags most were 1"-2.5" with 6-10 tiny polyps at most and there were a few larger colonies that I wouldn't even pay $5 for wholesale. For me it was brutal. Like I mentioned before I'd rather spend 5-7 times more if it was a lot nicer.
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