[EndlessSummer]

I'm sure some of you have seen this, and since I'm somewhat new I'm sure there are more expensive things out there, but serious?????

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=57793

$6,000.00 for 2 clownfish???
Can you even imagine pressing the "add to cart" button on them?!

I can imagine throwing down the $800 for the dragon eel. Impressing your friends with threats of it biting your face off and what not, but I can't see myself saying "oh yeah, see those two black clownfish, yup..cost me 6 grand"

 

[harlequin29]

I think they should be in a marine lab somewhere seriously making sure those two mate.

 

[6speedchevelle]

LOL....yea I'd pay to see my buddies face get bit off too...

But WOWOWOWOW! $6K?? I could think of a lot of other cool ***** I could get for that much money...not to mention what happens when they die just after the warranty period expires?

 

[Doug1]

LOL....yea I'd pay to see my buddies face get bit off too...

But WOWOWOWOW! $6K?? I could think of a lot of other cool ***** I could get for that much money...not to mention what happens when they die just after the warranty period expires?

That sounds like a southern oregon thing

 

[Hop]

Try getting a mated pair of Gem tangs so that you can feed their eggs to the powder red tang Now that's expensive!

 

[Elegance Coral]

I honestly thought these clowns would have sold by now. Even if you drastically dropped the price, you should easily be able to make your money back on the first clutch.
I sure hope a breeder gets them so that a breeding stock can be established here in the states. It's not like they will be collecting these fish from their protected habitat any time soon.

 

[Elegance Coral]

Try getting a mated pair of Gem tangs so that you can feed their eggs to the powder red tang Now that's expensive!

Powder red tang:lol: Now that would be expensive.

Good point though. Look at the price of one Gem tang and you can't even breed it. That makes 6 grand for a pair of McCulloch's seem like a bargain.

 

[Loverotties]

I've herd $6K for one fish.

 

[umakemekissu]

i would pay 6grand on a mated pair of dolphins.. anyone know anyplace offer that?? :lol:

 

[mscottring]

I'm sure some of you have seen this, and since I'm somewhat new I'm sure there are more expensive things out there, but serious?????

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=57793

$6,000.00 for 2 clownfish???
Can you even imagine pressing the "add to cart" button on them?!

I can imagine throwing down the $800 for the dragon eel. Impressing your friends with threats of it biting your face off and what not, but I can't see myself saying "oh yeah, see those two black clownfish, yup..cost me 6 grand"

All I can say is, for that kind of money those clown fish better do things I've only seen in my dreams.

 

[quader94]

also they arent even good looking clowns.

 

[quader94]

Try getting a mated pair of Gem tangs so that you can feed their eggs to the powder red tang Now that's expensive!

i was on the thread and saw a member of TRT has a gem tang his names Nala http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f176/big-systems-70515-3.html
thats where i saw it

 

[fishfarmer]

I saw a $3000.00 clam in person. Was about 2' long

 

[ChilisREasy]

i seen someone pay like 1,500.00 for a 1/2 inch button coral this week.

i also seen one fish sell for 16 grand it was sometype of butterfly looked like it had armor scales.

 

[Fat Tony]

The reason they are so expensive is because the guy is trying to ~"milk what he can so that he can recover the expense of what it took to get a first viable egg clutch"

These are 3 YO pair... think how many clutch's have happened since then and how many are in Europe and Asia (the market they hit first because he didn't want the US market to get them and somewhere like ORA to start tank breeding them and make a ton of profit off of his fortune...

I wouldn't pay that price because once someone like ORA get's them, they won't be rare for long.

 

[OneDummHikk]

I wouldn't pay that price because once someone like ORA get's them, they won't be rare for long.

That begs the question, why doesn't ORA buy them and breed them?

 

[mcliffy2]

The reason they are so expensive is because the guy is trying to ~"milk what he can so that he can recover the expense of what it took to get a first viable egg clutch"

These are 3 YO pair... think how many clutch's have happened since then and how many are in Europe and Asia (the market they hit first because he didn't want the US market to get them and somewhere like ORA to start tank breeding them and make a ton of profit off of his fortune...

I wouldn't pay that price because once someone like ORA get's them, they won't be rare for long.

I'm going to respectfully disagree with the view the guy is milking it. He had to lobby the Australian government for the first ever permit to collect the only 10 of these that likely will ever be collected. He spent a year of his life preparing for and making sure he could properly care for and breed the only specimens of this species in captivity in the entire world. So given that, 6k is a very fair price for the second pair of these (the first 6k pair already sold off DD). His full story can be found here: http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=24628#24628

Also, not that I'm buying, but 6k is cheap compared to some rare angels -- try $30,000 for this pair of Genicanthus Personatus

http://glassbox-design.com/2009/30k-genicanthus-personatus-pair-in-japan/

 

[tdwyatt]

That begs the question, why doesn't ORA buy them and breed them?

Heh!

They're in business, and you have to have a market for an item to make it worthwhile to breed them. Just listening to the individual posts in this thread would convince me NOT to try and market a fish at $6K a pair...

Speaking of outrageously expensive...

http://www.dinancars.com/bmw/cars-for-sale/bmwofaustin

 

[OneDummHikk]

No price that it showed me but I would rather have a Mercedes....... Let the flames be kind to my soul

 

[tdwyatt]

No price that it showed me but I would rather have a Mercedes....... Let the flames be kind to my soul

Wow, that was quick, I guess it was not nearly as outrageous as I thought...