did i get a good deal?

i just bought an encrusting montipora from my local lfs for 10 dollars. that was teh normal price and it is a little over half dollar size. just wondering. anything special i should do for it? thanks

 

I would pay it. Looks good.

 

the guy said they sell them for 40 bucks normally (wouldnt gonna pay that, im a cheapo on corals) but since i knew him and they had a lot of them he said ten dollars sounded good. i was like lol ok ill get my first SPS coral for 10 bucks, no problem.

 

I would say that was a great deal. Now all you have to do is watch him grow.

 

i know i cant wait!!! i put him on the highest rock so far. is that good?

 

Yup, "ya done good boy!" 8)

 

decent price but my lfs sells those frags for $4

 

oh well i like it no matter how much i paid.

 

Are you talking about the montipora capricornis (at least that's what it looks like to me)? The orangish coral in the picture?

In my area selling a frag of orange montipora for $40 is a lot, it's so common and is a generally a really fast grower. I think the $10-20 range is more of a reasonable price personally. But it's hard to say because coral prices generally vary a lot. If they were actually going to sell that for $40 you must have a pretty poor market for coral, not that there's much you can do about it if that's the case.

Also I don't think it's an encrusting montipora. It will encrust a bit but it willl plate too, mostly plate.

 

ehh no matter what they sell it for normally i got it for 10 bucks. and everyone says its gonna plate so that sounds cool.