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[skeeter_ca]

What is the most expensive fish you have ever bought?

aquadw

[BTTRFLYGRL]

Blueface Angel...$230.00
I sold my 90 gallon to pay for it:lol:
That somehow doesn't seem like a fair trade:confused:

[dfinayer]

seabass-45.oo a plate/came with risotto and sauteed spinach

[flameangel88]

A 3" Goldflake Angel for $250.

[Raibaru]

I spent $70 for my Black Oscellaris clown. Seen them for less, but I've had trouble with mail order and figured it was worth the extra $$ to be able to get it locally and to choose one from a group.

I know that seems insignificant to some, but I'm just starting and my tank is to small for some of the truly exotic fish :(

[prugs]

Watch for local reefers shutting down tanks, getting out of the hobby.
I paid $50 for a chevron tang, $50 for an achilles tang, $50 for a purple tang.
$50 must be my lucky number.

[john37]

my $1 freshwater guppy......it started a downward spiral towards all the other fish i've bought.

[ClamIAm]

tie between $150 for a helfrichi firefish and commerson's frogfish...except I was working at the LFS I bought them from and thus didn't actually pay that much for them.

[thor32766]

300 for my black tang

[reefing102]

$40 on my juvi koran angel

[zemuron114]

i dont think i've payed retail for a fish in a long long time. lol

the most expensive "retail" fish i have bought were probably my rhomboid pair, flame wrasse harem, and lineatus pair. all of which go for a good 300-600 retail. :)

[Wolverine]

Often the people who buy the really expensive fish are hesitant to talk about it because it turns into an argument about how they could waste that much money on a fish when there are so many better things to spend it on.

I know people who have paid around $3000 for Rhinopius.

In the freshwater world, the blue/gold arrowanas, if you include the bribery charges to get them out of their home country, could cost well over $100k at least this was the case about 10 years ago.

Dave

[M.R Cowfish]

Mappa puffer. I got him at a super deal, $230 Canadian after tax. God I love my fish store.

[M.R Cowfish]

O yeah and I just got a pair of Griessenger goby's for $150 for the pair. Look on live aquaria and they are $139 us a peice.

[bubbaOPPD]

$200 for a Declivis Butterfly.

[ruiny]

$115 for orange spoted rabitfish

[TorryRx]

$50 for my Mystery Wrasse (who usually runs about $200)...I love my LFS!!!

[zemuron114]

your LFS didn't make any money on it.. they must REALLY like you. haha

[catdoc]

Just bought a pair of Red Sea swallowtail angels (Genicanthus caudovittatus). $250 for the pair but I traded in a bunch of frags to knock it down to $100 that I shelled out in cash. I think that's my limit, haven't admitted to hubby how much I spent! LOL!

[Angel*Fish]

$100 for a multicolor angel

[Tate]

$35 for a flame hawkfish.

I am also a cheapskate.

[jda]

I trade in larger fish as they grow for smaller nicer fish. The black tang that I got was maybe $350ish (I never really asked, just dropped off a couple buckets of fish and picked it up).

I passed on a polleni grouper and probably shouldn't have.

[cristhiam]

$50 PBT and nuke my tank with ick. Lost over $200 :)

[alikatoes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8447656#post8447656 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TorryRx
$50 for my Mystery Wrasse (who usually runs about $200)...I love my LFS!!!

Yeah they didnt make any money on it. I sell to most retailers for more than that, and thats not counting shipping costs.

[Philwd]

Lineatus SM. RIP...

[JamesJR]

peppermint angel pair 8K.








































Just kidding....

[bushwick]

$500 Australian dollars for a small queen angel. These are now selling for $600:eek1:

[bubbaOPPD]

I bought a medium queen angel 3 months ago for $50 US, kinda silly if you ask me...my Australian fairy wrasses don't have that kind of mark-up here in the US. I don't see why shipping to Australia from the caribbean is so much? Unless what you call a queen angel is different.

[lhoy]

How about $115 for this bad boy?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/lhoy/SaltwaterTanks-10-31-2006001.jpg

[Nano Nana]

Mystery Wrasse..Ouch!! Doing great though and soooo pretty!!

[maddyfish]

$65 purple tang

[ClamIAm]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8456726#post8456726 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lhoy
How about $115 for this bad boy?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/lhoy/SaltwaterTanks-10-31-2006001.jpg

not to hijack the topic, but how long have you had that? is it eating frozen?

[bushwick]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8455994#post8455994 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bubbaOPPD
I bought a medium queen angel 3 months ago for $50 US, kinda silly if you ask me...my Australian fairy wrasses don't have that kind of mark-up here in the US. I don't see why shipping to Australia from the caribbean is so much? Unless what you call a queen angel is different.

I can’t understand it either. I know the wholesalers in Australia who import them put a nice mark up on them. Then they sell them to the LFS who sells it to the customer. Fish entering Australia remain 1 week in quarantine before being released. This also increases the cost but not that much.

Sohol tangs go for $240, Purple tang $160-$200, Yellow tang $120-$140. These are all Australian dollars.

[mandrin13]

Like $45 for a largeish yellow tang,or,I dont rememebr,but theres something else that was like $50 but I knkocked it down to $30,I feel so broke,When I have the $50 fish,and a bunch of other people have like $300 dollar fish,lol.

[lhoy]

I have had the Ambon for a month or so and no, not eating frozen. I have easy access to live feeders (Ghost Shrimp which I gut load) so I don't bother trying.
Lee