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  1. bthomson

    bthomson Fire Worm

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    Made a trip to the LFS today to scope out their selection, and this is what i came home with.

    $36 Coral Beauty - about 3.5"
    $32 Ocellaris Clown - about 1.5"-2"
    $18 Engineer Goby - about 4.5"-5"
    And the kid threw in a good sized chunk of LR covered in coralline to seed my base rock

    Did i get a good purchase or about the norm?
     
    bthomson, Jun 25, 2009
    bthomson, Jun 25, 2009
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  2. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    About the norm for the angel and goby. Complete rip-off for the clown IMHO.
     
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  3. bthomson

    bthomson Fire Worm

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    It was tank raised if that does much?
     
    bthomson, Jun 25, 2009
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  4. jkat21

    jkat21 Bangghai Cardinal

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    pretty norm,but I agree w/pack, a little high for clowns.When I got my clowns I got 2 tank rasied percs for $30..but score on the LR...
     
    jkat21, Jun 25, 2009
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  5. trelane

    trelane Peppermint Shrimp

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    Yeah everything's cool except for the Clown. But close enough probably for a LFS.
     
    trelane, Jun 25, 2009
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  6. stepho

    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Prices seem a little high compared to what I am used to.

    Coral beauties usually run around 25 for small to 30-35 for the size of yours.

    I paid $40 total for two tank raised false-perc clowns

    I haven't seen an engineer blenny so I dont know what those run around here.

    Live rock is deffinitely a score though!
     
    stepho, Jun 26, 2009
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  7. n1sm0r

    n1sm0r Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    False Perculas are usually around $10-15.
     
    n1sm0r, Jun 26, 2009
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  8. Iraf

    Iraf Snowflake Eel

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    norm for my areas prices actuaually a bit low, here dwarf angels are $50-75 percs are pairs only for 75 and gobys are 30ish
     
    Iraf, Jun 26, 2009
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  9. acemow

    acemow Purple Spiny Lobster

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    False percs sell for about 30 in my area, too, some other fish are a bit high by me, like sixline wrasse, 20, 20-30 for a shrimp goby. I'd like to see some pics!
     
    acemow, Jun 26, 2009
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  10. bthomson

    bthomson Fire Worm

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    well here is the pics

    the engineer in his dugout rock. his name is Beast(terrible pic)
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    the ocellaris and coral beauty. the ocellaris is named Coral off Finding Nemo, and the coral beauty is named Beauty. confusing huh? lol
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    a couple of Beauty, my pride and joy!(2 clowns fighting in the background)
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    bthomson, Jun 26, 2009
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