$7000(retail) fish

Haydn · Mar 25, 2019

Am I the only one who thinks this fish is ugly

Lb71 · Mar 25, 2019

Haydn said:
Am I the only one who thinks this fish is ugly

No

JaimeAdams · Mar 25, 2019

That fish and that picture have been up on that said wholesalers wysiwyg for a few weeks now. Now mind you that $7,000 price tag is what the OP is saying he would retail it for, that is not the price that the wholesaler is charging. I've bought aberrant tangs in the past for $100 from a different supplier. I have seen the same supplier offering this one with other aberrants at around 10% of what they are asking for this one. This particular one if pretty unique. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This certainly is not a fish for everyone, but to a collector with disposable funds it certainly is unique.

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 25, 2019

Haydn said:
Am I the only one who thinks this fish is ugly

I didn't want to say it. We're all God's creatures, but that is one ugly fish.

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 25, 2019

JaimeAdams said:
That fish and that picture have been up on that said wholesalers wysiwyg for a few weeks now. Now mind you that $7,000 price tag is what the OP is saying he would retail it for, that is not the price that the wholesaler is charging. I've bought aberrant tangs in the past for $100 from a different supplier. I have seen the same supplier offering this one with other aberrants at around 10% of what they are asking for this one. This particular one if pretty unique. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This certainly is not a fish for everyone, but to a collector with disposable funds it certainly is unique.

I think it was in their sale section. I wouldn't retail it, I buy wholesale but don't resale, but most fish sold I've noticed from LFS is double the wholesale price. $7000 still below that.

Bob Weigant · Mar 25, 2019

No thanks

64Ivy · Mar 25, 2019

Would have to come with its own tank, equipment, and fishroom to put it in. Then it's a maybe.

Dr. Dendrostein · Mar 25, 2019

64Ivy said:
Would have to come with its own tank, equipment, and fishroom to put it in. Then it's a maybe.

Spending $7000 on corals, now that's doable. When I get a loan.

Jesterrace · Mar 25, 2019

Haydn said:
Am I the only one who thinks this fish is ugly

Not really, most of the blemish or color variants I think are fairly ugly/boring and definitely not worth the price.

Galaxy reefer · Mar 25, 2019

There is no way I would ever pay that kind of money for one fish. Its not even that good looking. I thought it was a sick fish.

Cujo#31 · Mar 25, 2019

The 7K price tag is one they can get away with, because they can get away with it in this hobby. A lot of livestock pricing is based on the “prove to me how stupid you are and how willing you are to throw your money away” pricing that seems to be the norm for livestock considered “rare or exotic”

Tjakes680 · Mar 25, 2019

Its actually pretty ugly looks like a sick yellow tang I would never pay that much for a fish considering I owned 2 LFS and worked at a few wholesale places and transshippers fiest off the mark up is over 200% and its not to nice so not for me I would rather a nice pair of cross hatch triggers or a pyramid butterfly or a semilavatius butterfly

cmw · Mar 25, 2019

Seems like saltwaterfish.com has been trying to sell it for a while

Tjakes680 · Mar 25, 2019

I would rather buy a pair of cross hatch triggers or a pair of semilivatius butterflies and have plenty of cash left over Besides the fact I owned 2 LFS and worked at wholesale s and transshippers and the mark up is so high that there would be no way i would drop 7gs on a fish special one like that

4FordFamily · Mar 25, 2019

I’ll take 4!

... other fish because 7 racks is salty!

DJF · Mar 25, 2019

How cool would it be to buy it and nurse it back to pure yellow

VA5 · Mar 25, 2019

To each their own, still think a basic yellow tang is better looking

cmw · Mar 25, 2019

It’s likely it changes. This is my koi. It loses its black then a few months later it comes back for a few months then it happens all over again.

ESH · Mar 25, 2019

cmw said:
Seems like saltwaterfish.com has been trying to sell it for a while

O nice onsale witih a sweet $7K discount! Though still 2x what the other store is listed for.

cgonser9 · Mar 25, 2019

mort said:
The funny thing is this isn't a fixed colouration. I've seen plenty of these tangs in the past subtly shift colour over time and heard of others that completely reverted to normal colours.

I had NO clue they would/could revert to normal coloration! And to think I have been after a koi tang.... Makes me think twice!