Expensive fish

[Viggen]

A friend of mine is ordering fish from a wholesaler he started a account with when he did a large aquarium install in Atlanta.  He just sent me the price list incase I wanted anything.......

Clarion angel $1995
Black tang small $450

I am not going to order anything but those two fish kinda caught my eye

[Marine_freak]

Any gem tangs?

[Viggen]

Didn't see any gem tangs..... Achilles at $135 for what was listed as a xl

Purple tangs $55-80

[Mussin]

Damn good deal on purples...

[Ashlar]

That's actually a bit high for the black, compared to SDC and ERI, when they get em.

Just goes to show the overhead and profit that gets tacked on for "rare"* fish.




*Some "rare" fish aren't rare in their native habitat, just rare in the trade.

[Travis8896]

Wow $55 for a purple everytime I've seen one for sale its been at least $150 and normally not in good health.

[lazylivin]

They are referring to wholesale prices, not an apple to apple comparison. They always pay shipping have a large minimum purchase requirement, automatic buyer loss for dead fish up to certain percentage etc.... It is a mark up but not as much as it appears on the surface.

[Viggen]

yes like stated thats wholesale.  many times you can add 30% or so to cover shipping charges when purchased from wholesaler.  Like stated some (like Quality Marina) have $1,000+ min order plus charge box fees, heat pack fees and the list goes on.

some wholesalers will put fish on sale thus purples can go in the $40-50 area however like stated shipping/fees are additional.  They also do not usually have much warranty, many times they will not cover a dead fish even if it arrives that way unless 20+% of the fish die. 

yea crazy what some places can get away with charging for those rare fish as well as the variation between prices on normal fish.  Most of what I saw price wise from this wholesaler (SunPet) I wasn't to impressed with in the cost department.