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Master Kyle 297
08/16/2011, 09:40 PM
How much are the fish with :wave: worth if I traded them in or sold them to somebody?

Tank:
90 Gallon Reef Tank

Light:
Four bulb flurorescent T5 / 48" 216w
2 x 54w Sun Wave
2 x 54w Blue Wave

Fish:
Male Spotfin Anthias
Banggai Cardinal
Maroon Clownfish (pair):wave:
Percula Clownfish (pair)
Marine Betta Grouper
Longnose Hawkfish
Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish:wave:
Blue Tang:wave:
Sailfin Tang:wave:


Inverts:
Bulb Anemone (2)
Emerald Crab
Strawberry Crab (2)
Black Sea Cucumber
Feather Dusters
Red Leg Hermits
Coral Banded Shrimp:wave:
Nassarius Snail
Turbo Snails
Sand Sifting Starfish


Corals:
Pineapple Brain
Branching Frogspawn
Branching Torch
Toadstool Leather
Red Mushrooms
Red/Green Ricordea Mushrooms
Zoanthid Polyps
Green Star Polyps
Yellow Polyps
Button Polyps
geaux xman
08/16/2011, 10:06 PM
$2-3K for the livestock.
Master Kyle 297
08/16/2011, 10:09 PM
WHAT!? Only the maroon clowns(pair), fuzzy dwarf lion, blue tang, sailfin tang, and coral banded shrimp?

There is no way somebody would pay that much for them!
geaux xman
08/16/2011, 10:11 PM
perhaps for the entire livestock...
Master Kyle 297
08/16/2011, 10:12 PM
oh but im not giving up everything only some
tcoral
08/16/2011, 11:12 PM
stores in my area give 40-50% what they can sell them for in trade-in, that's if you can find a store that'll take them.
SkullV
08/17/2011, 12:26 AM
Maybe $100-$200 for everything with the smiley.
sanchoy
08/17/2011, 12:33 AM
Price will vary depending on size and health also.. A skinny small fish will not be worth as much as a healthy big fish..

So name alone will not tell the price.
snorvich
08/17/2011, 07:32 AM
WHAT!? Only the maroon clowns(pair), fuzzy dwarf lion, blue tang, sailfin tang, and coral banded shrimp?

There is no way somebody would pay that much for them!

That is true. Unfortunately when fish leave the LFS, they depreciate considerably. Assume you can get back 20 cents on the dollar and if you get lucky, with highly desirable fish, perhaps 40 cents on the dollar.
snorvich
08/17/2011, 07:35 AM
stores in my area give 40-50% what they can sell them for in trade-in, that's if you can find a store that'll take them.

Not all fish stores will take trade ins. For easy to sell fish, getting 40-50% would be superb. For hard to sell fish, assume 20% on the original price.