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Congrats on raising it to such good size and health!
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Wow, didn't realize this thread was still alive! For those who inquired, I ended up deciding to keep the fish and glad I did. His name is Midnight! Here's a picture of him I took last week, still very small but eats like a pig!
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My lfs had one a few months ago that size, and it was $499.
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I know this post is old, but some people are just suckers. So if you buy the fish "illegally", for $500 (gem tang), then it's bad, but if you pay someone $2000 legally, it's OK? What is legal or not in this hobby is open to interpretation. As far as I'm concerned, I should be locked up cause I have a mini-ocean in my house and I didn't pay anybody too much money for it. Who is to say that owning a gem tang for $5 is illegal? NOBODY!!! But if you wanna feel "legal" about it, you can give me $5000 and I can get you the most legal gem tang in the world! I take Paypal.
"The beauty is in the eye of the beholder". That is true, but the rarity and the price of the black tang, for example, distort the vision of beauty. If all black tangs were as common as the yellow tang, then all yellow tangs would be worth $500 if they were as rare as the black tangs are now. It's what you can't have that you love the most. Last edited by markitekt; 07/15/2010 at 11:33 PM. |
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3 years ago, my LFS had a Z Rostratum that they were selling for $250 - I said pass, and now thinking back I should have bought it.
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I remember when I saw my first black tang almost 20 years ago. It was in the LFS's words a mutated yellow or really dark Scopas either way they said you want it take it for 30 bucks. I didn't want it but my stepfather picked it up and it lived in his tank for around 12 years. Such a nice fish and would love to have one myself.
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Additionally, many of these rare fish (not so sure if Black or Gem Tangs are included in this category) are found in areas that are difficult and/or expensive to access and sometimes at depths that are very dangerous for the diver. Personally, I think it's perfectly acceptable for these "rare" fish to cost upwards of $500-1K. When you think about it, someone is diving to great depths, at their own risk, to collect a fish somewhere in the middle of the ocean and then is being shipped and imported into the US (or other country) generally via overnight shipping. I think that's pretty incredible..... Lastly, no one said you had to have a Black Tang, or a Gem, or that deepwater Butterfly. If you're put off by the price, don't buy it, someone else will. |
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Oh yea, and what is legal vs. not legal is not open to interpretation. It's pretty black and white. Simply paying someone a lot of money doesn't make it legal........
There is a lot of illegal stuff in this hobby though, which is my eyes isn't good for anyone. I'd love to have a resplendant angel, but it's not going to happen. |
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My LFS had a 4" one for $600. They were doing maintenance on the big display tank killing off aptasia with some chemical. They got a little happy shooting up the aptasia and killed the tang.
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looking for a Black tang anyone know where to find one now other then liveaquaria for 1000....
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A lfs near me has one for 699. Pretty tempting.
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Pacific Island Aquatics has them for around $400
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I have a hybird Black/Scopas about 6-7 inches and its amazing. I was worried about aggression but its so chill. My favorite fish.
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475 plus 50shipping. So 525.
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Lol in for a dime, in for a dozen.
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paid 550 for mine 2 years ago the size of a quarter.
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Really want your head to spin get your hands on a list showing how much the wholesalers pay for the $500--$1000 fish. Often under $50. Legal or illegal it is shameful. The same diver gets under $5 for a less rare tang that can come to retail for prices from $30 to $200. Price is dictated by supply and demand. Same is true for so many of the rare and beautiful fish we covet.
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I was aware of the depth they habitate. There are many other reef fish that are collected from similar depths that cost a small fraction of the cost of a BT. The prices wholesalers pay divers for most fish, maybe not the BT, is shockingly low compared to retail pricing. In many cases the extent of markup in price for the rare fish in high demand is rediculous and by the time they reach a LFS the costs reflect nothing but the market. At this point in time the BT may be a rare exception in terms of the price reasonably reflecting the price the wholesalers have to pay.
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