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Old 12/14/2006, 09:03 PM
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Question What is your most expensive fish?
You can answer all or one of the questions.

1) What is your most expensive fish you have/bought?
2) What is the most expensive fish you would like to have?
3) What is the most expensive fish you would not buy?(Something that is expensive but you don't want to have.)
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:05 PM
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i have a large yellow belly hippo.....i paid $30 for it because it was sick.. i put it in a hospital tank and treated it..it can retail for around $100-200,depending on if its size
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:15 PM
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I really dont have a really expensive fish but the most expensive one i have is my clowns. Its pitaful but i am just starting lol.
I wish i could get a i think it is called a clown trigger. but it will kill everything i have in my tank. so i wouldnt buy one.lol.
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:19 PM
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#1... Coral beauty.... $27

#2... Picasso clowns.. I think they range from $100- $500 for a pair

#3 ... black tang. They cost around $300 and are completely black... I'd much rather have my $20 yellow tang.
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:22 PM
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i would take a black tang!!!!
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:28 PM
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1. Copperband Butterfly $45

2. Interruptus Angel Alot of money.

3. Gem Tang
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:31 PM
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$60.00
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:44 PM
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I'd like to buy a gem tang if I can get one at a reasonable price.
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:57 PM
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Majestic Angel, paid $125 at an LFS.
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Old 12/14/2006, 09:59 PM
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1). a flame angel, 40 dollars

2). either a Hotumatua's angel, a japanease pygmy or a interuptus angel.

3). gem tangs. Ugly as all get out and more expensive than my car is.
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:03 PM
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Most expensive fish I bought was a Purple Firefish @$29.99
Most expensive fish I own(my Christmas gift) is a Flame Angel @69.99
Most expensive fish I would like to have is a Gem Tang
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:05 PM
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i have a great white in a 600g i paid $2500 for as a baby.
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:07 PM
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no kidding
most pricey i have bought, chevron $90, most pricey i would like to have, another chevron, most expensive i would not buy would be a consp angel, they're like $1500 around here...
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:19 PM
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1.) My pair of Rhinopias
2.) Another pair of rhinopias
3.) Those ridiculously expensive captive bred angels on liveaquaria, or a lookdown (only because i can catch them for free in the lovely waters of New York for the cost of driving down to the beach)
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:22 PM
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1. I got my Bluethroat for $79.99

2. I'd like A Dragon Eel, a school of Gem Tangs, and couple of Leafy Sea Dragons, Some Blue Potter's Angels, and a Peppermint Angelfish.

3. Those Koi Coloured Queen Angels.. Bleh.
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:39 PM
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my most expensive was blue face angel 169
i wouldnt want any fiah over that price
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Old 12/14/2006, 10:40 PM
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sorry idk how to edit lol but i wouldnt want a gem tang i think they are rather dull
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Old 12/15/2006, 05:59 AM
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My most expensive fish is a Powder Brown Tang; I paid $75 including next day shipping from Vivid Aquariums.

Sometimes I wonder if I should have my head examined for paying so much for fish I don't eat (I thought smoked salmon was pricey at $25 a lb!!)
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Old 12/15/2006, 06:55 AM
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1. Pink Margine Wrasse
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3. Any scorpion fish, just damn ugly.
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Old 12/15/2006, 07:43 AM
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1) My lineatus wrasse pair ($200)
2) Rhomboid Wrasse ($300)
3) The Koi colored angel fish...

Here is a pic of the male lineatus:


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Old 12/15/2006, 08:39 AM
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1.helfrinch fire fish- $80
chevron tang- $65
2. japanese pygme angle -$1500
3. gem tang- $500+
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Old 12/15/2006, 08:49 AM
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I'd like to buy a gem tang if I can get one at a price.

I guess reasonable priced is in the eye of the beholder
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Old 12/15/2006, 09:09 AM
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1)Regal Angel $150 Two Frog Fish $150 each

2) Mysteri Wrasse Vanautau

3) Gem Tang
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Old 12/15/2006, 09:15 AM
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Most expensive fish I wouldn't buy: Flaming Prawn Goby $149
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/gob...mingprawngoby/

Full-grown, it's only 1/2"-1" long. Still, it's so freaking beautiful, if you stare at the webpage long enough, $149 starts to get less disgusting...
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Old 12/15/2006, 09:21 AM
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I have paid $125 for an Imperator angel
and if I could afford it, I would love to buy a Clarion angel, but I am confused, what is a Koi-colored angel? Anyone have a sp. name?
fish I would never buy, um, how about a stone-fish, ... too risky for me!
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