The price we pay.

[Rogueaquariums]

I paid $60 bucks for a 5 head gold torch after my lfs mislabeled it as a much cheaper torch.

Definitely a deal right there.

 

[Dorinda]

No regrets

Beautiful!

 

[Fishurama]

100 on this beautiful ornate leopard wrasse. Came DOA. Can't find one in any of my LFS sadly.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

The most I’ve ever spent on any fish was 35 on a royal gramma. I REALLY want a diamond tail flasher wrasse. I don’t think I will regret it if I get one, but there’s no way to know for sure.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

I have the constitutional right not to incriminate myself

I plead the 5th also. The important thing is, I have learned my lesson!

 

[Dorinda]

100 on this beautiful ornate leopard wrasse. Came DOA. Can't find one in any of my LFS sadly.

That is sad.

 

[Fishurama]

☹ That is sad.

Yeah, was sad when i got it. Would have loved it in my tank. Tried to get another online and keep getting screwed over. Gonna have to hope my LFS does order ins. Never tried before.

 

[DannyBCorals]

$800 for a deepwater acro! 1/2”! I’ll have it in one month!

 

[Silverfish]

Where do I even begin? I feel like between all the ups and downs I’ve had with my tank I should’ve been able to open my own store with the fish’ and coral losses. Lol but 8 years later It’s finally clear how slow and steady is the best way. Looking back I’ve realized every time I ended up neglecting the tank and experiencing major loss was after a series of good things led to a whole bunch of impulse buys at which point I was more focused on buying new stuff instead of testing and maintaining water quality. But I’m happy to saw I never lost heart enough to shut the tank down.

my biggest regret though by far has to be a purple carpet anemone I was sold only 2 months after my cycle for $300 at least 18” across. Deep down I knew that was prolly not the right choice and I was certain of it when I watched it wither away 7 days later. You live and u learn

Expensive lesson but we all have had one, be it corals or something different. Mine, a sailboat at 18?
What the??!

 

[Silverfish]

I try not to regret purchases. If I buy something I have to be OK with what I am paying before I buy it or I just don't buy it. That goes for all things.

Do Not Regret: $1500 Male Blue Stripe Tamarin Wrasse (that's the most I've spent and I thought I'd regret it but I don't, yet)

Please tell me you have a lid!

 

[Aquarist76]

Please tell me you have a lid!

Yes, definitely.

 

[Dkeller_nc]

For fish - $200 for a spectacular half black eibli hybrid angel. Still going strong 4 years on. Same price for a pair of yellow multi-banded pipefish.

Coral - different story, since I don't buy frags (ever). So about $350 for a 6" diameter Australian purple acropora with white corallites. I think the name others have given the same species with similar flesh/corallite color is "purple monster". But I don't call it that.

 

[Mike Porreca]

150 for a bleeding apple scoly. Sold it, and sure miss it!

 

[mikeintoronto]

$900 for a pair of cherry anthias. I lost them to velvet but still no regrets.

When you start selling frags and making a little money, it’s easier to justify spending it on more expensive things and it doesn’t hurt the same. If I sell 50 $10 frags I probably don’t want 50 more $10 frags.

 

[Dorinda]

$80.00 apiece for 3 RBTAs. Ended up having to take the tank down less than a month after buying them.

 

[Dorinda]

150 for a bleeding apple scoly. Sold it, and sure miss it!

 

[Averhoeven]

Many. But neither of those are regrets!

My last fish may be a Gem tang. if I can find a reasonable one

What's reasonable to you? NyAquatic typically has them for $499ish. That's the cheapest I've seen

 

[Tyler White]

Fish: 60 on a Flasher Wrasse that decided to go carpet surfing (first jumper ive ever had and turned me into a believer of lids)
Inverts: 45 a piece for my fire shrimp pair
Coral: 80 for an Elegance

 

[madweazl]

Dont think I've spent over $80 on any single item; doesn't mean I wouldn't.

 

[MixedFruitBasket]

100 on this beautiful ornate leopard wrasse. Came DOA. Can't find one in any of my LFS sadly.

I just bought an ornate and a black from my LRS (females) and so far so good. I'm sorry you lost yours. I hope you can find another.

But I also only paid 30.00 a piece.