Coral
Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) — What's a Fair Price?
Based on 29 in-stock listings across 2 online reef vendors, updated September 4, 2026.
A typical Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) sells for around $599.00 right now. Anything near $199.00 is at the cheap end of today's market. Prices below are the cheapest current listing per vendor.
Cheapest per vendor
| Vendor | Listing | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Wide Corals | Cherry Bomb Cynarina | $199.00 | view → |
| Top Shelf Aquatics | Ultra Acanthophyllia Coral | $299.99 | view → |
Shipping differs by vendor (free-shipping thresholds, flat overnight rates) and can change which vendor is cheapest to your door.
Reading today's numbers
Today's 29 in-stock listings span $199.00 to $1,349.99 — the high end is 6.8× the low. That kind of gap is normal for corals: this row groups every listing of the type at genus level, so a small frag of a common color morph and a high-grade named strain or larger colony land in the same range. The $599.00 median is the fairest single benchmark: half of those listings sit at or below it.
Keeping it alive once it arrives
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Stable water chemistry does more for a newly added coral than anything else — salinity, alkalinity and calcium held steady while it settles in and colors up. Chewy — a general pet retailer that sells no live coral or marine fish, and is not one of the vendors this index tracks — carries reef salt mixes, saltwater test kits, marine fish food, and coral and invertebrate food.
Price history
The market median for Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) has changed 13 times in 54 days of tracking. Median shifts here usually come from vendor promotion events or the in-stock mix changing rather than gradual drift (how these prices actually behave) — genuine repricings land on the price drops page as we observe them.
Common questions
Every answer below is computed from this page's own numbers at build time, and updates with the daily data refresh.
- How much does Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) cost?
- The median price is $599.00, based on 29 in-stock listings across 2 online reef vendors as of September 4, 2026. The range runs from $199.00 at the low end to $1,349.99 at the high end.
- Which vendor has the cheapest Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral)?
- World Wide Corals has the lowest current listing at $199.00, as of September 4, 2026. Prices exclude shipping, which differs by vendor and can change which store is cheapest to your door.
- Which vendors sell Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral)?
- 2 of the online reef vendors the index tracks list it as of September 4, 2026: World Wide Corals at $199.00 and Top Shelf Aquatics at $299.99. Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.
- Has the price of Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) changed?
- Yes. The market median has changed 13 times across the 54 days the index has tracked it. Shifts here usually come from vendor promotion events or the in-stock mix changing rather than gradual drift.
- Is Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) in stock right now?
- 29 of the 42 listings the index tracks for it were in stock as of September 4, 2026, across 2 vendors.
Cite this page: Reef Price Index, "Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) price," data through September 4, 2026. https://reefpriceindex.com/species/acanthophyllia
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We check Acanthophyllia (Meat Coral) prices at every vendor we track, every day. How the index works.