Why have coral gotten so expensive?

Ugh, just... don't.

 

Nope I am getting one.

Or the Orange Passion, yup I bought in hook line and sinker.

Love the looks of high end Tenuis or Millepora. You know what they say about a fool (reef hobbyist0 and his money?

 

That one is different; it really is what it appears to be.

I've seen it at RR's shop under T5's, and the polyps are truly orange.

 

I'm in Ontario so I can imagine that the hobby is really low in the other provinces.

Everything in cda is more expensive plus our 13% tax on top of it

On average designer zoos are $50, leathers $69, hammers, frogspawn, torch $35 for frags or $80+ for full pieces. Sps are actually cheaper to get.
Equipment, brands are limited, we don't have the options and most companies won't ship, can't ship, or charge ridiculous shipping.

 

I live in Rhode island and soral is cheap here. I got a German blue polyp montipora digitata frag 4 inches tall with multiple arms for 20dollars zoas I can get a frag with roughly 15 polyps for 30dollars

 

i also got a neon candy cane frag with 4 polyps and three zoas polyps on the skeleton for ten bucks

 

What is your opinion on WD? I've seen it in person under T5 and LED. The one under LEDs looked like crap, but the one under T5 looked pretty good.

 

Well, if you must ask...
It's a simple tenius that's worth about $30 a frag. Any "amazing" picture you've seen is pure trickery for maximum profits, and boy has it worked...
And then there's my opinion of the seller, but I'll keep that one to myself.

 

As for orange passion, I would pay a couple hundred for that one. But only with the caveat it's the real deal; there's a WHOLE lot things out there label as such which are not.

 

And the price just went up.

Two sps keepers coveting a coral, the vendors love it.