WTB Black Tang

[Rayman380]

I am looking for a Black Tang to be a new resident in my 225. He or she will be the only tang I will have. Let me know if you hear of one.

THX

[vanmle]

Good luck.

[Pyrrhus]

local list price would be roughly $600-800 dollars for a black tang. if you are still interested you should put your name on a request list at a store as they are only sporadically available. I was offered one 2 weeks back but had to pass because of the price...skip

[rljlll]

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/tangs/blacktang/

[Rayman380]

Marine Depot Live was upper $200s. But they are out. Im in no hurry.

[Pyrrhus]

Yeah, you can sell them that cheap when you dont have to feed or tank the fish in your own facility.

[rljlll]

that is true. skip does have a point. you dont know the quality of the fish you get, but to save $400, i dont know. i guess you just have to way the risks and see what you want

[Satori]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7886344#post7886344 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pyrrhus
Yeah, you can sell them that cheap when you dont have to feed or tank the fish in your own facility.

Sorry, but...
How much does it cost to feed a fish for a while?
I've ordered many fish from Marine Depot Live. Some for me, some for others in group buys. I've only had one clown die. (and they covered it, no questions asked)

Worth saving $400-$600? - yeah.

[Pyrrhus]

Depends on the fish, some eat very little, some eat $5-10 dollars a week in food.

The fact of the matter is that 90% of online livestock vendors do not know the history of the fish because they never had the fish in their own facility. Is it eating? How is the behavior with other fish? Was it dropped on the floor 10 minutes ago? They dont know, and neither do you, because they never actually possessed the fish other than the five minutes it took to bag it at the wholesalers, stuff it in a box, and slap on a UPS tag.

Would you buy a puppy and have it air shipped from Fosters & Smith to save $400-600 dollars? I think not.

[Philwd]

The best on line stores(term used loosely) are almost always much more expensive than $200. The ones that actually QT the fish and make sure it is eating. If I am paying that much for a fish I want to make sure its healthy. But yousa roll the dice and hope they come up 7's.

[tobasdad]

It's not the $5 worth of food that's the problem. If the more expensive store is going to properly QT the fish, and assure that it eats, then the store is absorbing the risk that the fish might NOT eat, and they are out the $.

LOL

[Satori]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7892837#post7892837 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tobasdad
It's not the $5 worth of food that's the problem. If the more expensive store is going to properly QT the fish, and assure that it eats, then the store is absorbing the risk that the fish might NOT eat, and they are out the $.

LOL

Now that's the best argument I've heard yet. Well put! :)

[Rayman380]

Boy, what great opinions we have out there. I respect the LPS opinion
but I am willing to chance the price difference when its $400.

[ZoeReef]

skip.. do you have to eat the cost of a fish that arrives, does not eat or for other reasons dies?

[Pyrrhus]

Yes, unless the fish dies in the first 24 hours after reciept from the supplier, we do not recieve credit for losses. On high dollar fish it is difficult to recieve credit for them at all. This accounts for a large part of the retail markup, in most cases the store has already absorbed incidental losses for you.

[Pyrrhus]

good read (http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=90677)