And I thought Gem Tangs were expensive.

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by aretoorow, Jan 24, 2009.

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  1. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    hey atleast liveaquaria is nice and is selling you a mated pair thereby giving you a chance to make back the money lol.
     
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  3. Beaun

    Beaun Fire Shrimp

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    Yeah, the money is not in what they look like but the fact that they are very rare and also a mated pair. You can get at least 3x the money for a mated pair of rare fish. If you have the right set up you could have 200 of these little guys in a few months. 6k dosn't seem too bad. It's just a little sad they arn't cooler looking.
     
  4. ChicagoReefOne

    ChicagoReefOne Flamingo Tongue

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    I'm glad that wasn't the art critic in me, thinking that these fish are seriously of "meh" quality.
     
  5. JasonSquared

    JasonSquared Spaghetti Worm

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    Mmmmm $6000 clownfish dinner! Sounds like a delicacy to me!
     
  6. JasonSquared

    JasonSquared Spaghetti Worm

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    AActually breeding them and selling them for $25 a piece sounds like a good idea!
     
  7. t4zalews

    t4zalews Flamingo Tongue

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    I heard those clownfish eat nitrates, aiptasia, poop calcium (only in the correct doses), and make the fish in your tank more immune to disease. Why buy the fish when you can have all those problems for free! BTW Passer Angels are pretty much just like a Clarion. Well, at least in the juvenile stage.
     
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  9. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    That's not cool...
    However, like others said, if you get them to spawn and have a good survival rate, you can make back your money x alot more by selling them right back to DRS. Foster and Smith lol