Why?

[bleedfire]

It is a stupid question but, might as well ask.

Why is the one on the left cheaper than the one on the right?
FOOD .........................................................PETS
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[Tuscaquatics]

Well, for one thing, it comes down to what people are willing to pay. People are willing to pay more for something that is still alive and in viable condition.

Not to mention the obvious economic factors. Getting a live puffer fish from the ocean to your tank is a lot different and more expensive than catching a whole buttload of them and freezing them and shipping them. There's a bunch of different costs involved in that process.

[bleedfire]

Most of the stuff I listed there are alive, Fugu cant be serve dead, they store them in a large tank in, and the crabs are lobster are also fresh.
Thanks for the Reply

[Flame_Angel]

They're also kept in sub-optimal condition. They also aren't fed quality foods to make them healthy and bring out their color. There isn't as much of an overhead for animals like lobster that literally go straight from the ocean to the tank in your local seafood market.

There are a whole host of other mitigating factors involved in bringing that same animal to your aquarium which more than justify the increased price over what you'd pay for a food animal.

[KeMo]

supply and demand.

[Chris27]

Short and simple:

1.) One requires a good deal of equipment and know how to keep alive and healthy, so we're sure to pay more for a quality specimen that will live a good long life.

2.) The other tastes good with melted butter and has a very short lifespan.

[DC_40gallon]

Because you will pay it

[Palting]

1. FUGU. You eat it, you could DIE. Put it in your aquarium, the fish could die. Ergo, your life is cheaper than the fish's life. :D
2. Live lobster, 2 lbs, $15? that's cheap!! It's usually that price per pound! I'll order some.
3. Dead octopus, vs live one. No brainer there.
4. Boiled crab? Yeah, cheap when you don't care if they are boiled, fried, broiled, steamed, vs one that's live. I think that crab at Fisherman's wharf is more expensive than emerald crabs, though.

Above firmly tongue in cheek :D

[Floowid]

First off, you couldn't pay me to eat that octopus. Second, if someone is paying $25 for crayfish, I am going into business. I can have a whole Coleman cooler full by this afternoon.

[ritter6788]

First off, you couldn't pay me to eat that octopus. Second, if someone is paying $25 for crayfish, I am going into business. I can have a whole Coleman cooler full by this afternoon.

+1...except I've eaten octopus, it's not bad. You can drag nets through puddles on the side of the road here and get as many crawfish as you want. I could be rich quick. We use them for bait.