What's Your Most Expensive Livestock?

Yuki Rihwa · Dec 1, 2017

Sea MunnKey said:
Is that the same eel in your avatar? ;Nailbiting

No, the one in my Avatar is Tesselata, it's cost $200
I love it since it devoured couple thousand bucks of expensive tank mates already....
All the live stocks that other folks keep saying "oh, it's fine", "it will be ok".....blah blah blah and all ended in his belly

Eddie7144 · Dec 1, 2017

60 bucks for a black cap basslet and 80 for a med size Sohal tang.

Merv49 · Dec 1, 2017

Forsaken77 said:
What is the most you've paid for a single fish, coral, or invert (not including shipping)? And what made it worth it to you?

I'm just seeing the general consensus on what the most people pay is. Many LFS's say that customers don't want to spend more than roughly $20-$50 for livestock, so that's why they carry the same old selection that sells quick, and isn't a big loss if it dies.

So what's the most expensive guy in your tank? Mine is a 7" Magnificent Foxface that sells for $189 at the online place I bought it. I actually paid for a smaller one for $140, but received the bigger, more expensive one. Also a Harlequin Tuskfish for $120.

I paid that amount because I had been looking for a Magnificent Foxface for almost a year locally with no results. Of couse a month after I got the fish, my local store had the size I wanted for $60, lol.

$249 for a Blue Squamosa Clam and $179 for my Purple Tang.

Dsnakes · Dec 1, 2017

Just incase my wife has a secret R2R account I won't say the full amounts... $3xxx.00 on a jawbreaker colony. Though that is not technically one piece I suppose.

jayala12 · Dec 1, 2017

200 for the pair so 100 for a frostbite clown

Jolene1011 · Dec 1, 2017

Purple tang, but I actually got it and a sailfin tang at the same time. I purchased the pair for $200. They were the maintenance crew in frag tanks at my somewhat lfs. The owner kindly acquiesce my request to remove the frag racks and get them out for me. I then got a fat, healthy yellow tang for $20 the next weekend from a local fish group. They are my favorite 3 amigos. The purple and the yellow bicker a little, but for the most part no problems with adding them all close together. Here's a pic of when I first got them in the tank.

Homewrecker · Dec 1, 2017

1400 for a bounce

Maddlesrain · Dec 1, 2017

Currently, my $50 Potter’s angel is my most expensive tank inhabitant.

I’d like to invest in some higher end wrasses sometime down the line.

I think if you like something enough, it’s worth it!

Tom Blevins · Dec 1, 2017

Fish would be my Gold Flake Angel. 250.00
coral as of Wednesday is my Homewrecker. 600.00

CanadianReefer · Dec 1, 2017

kalare said:
$260ish for crosshatch trigger.

How the heck did you pull that off? They quoted me $1300 for the last one that was coming through on orders. Lucky you!!!! ;-)

CanadianReefer · Dec 1, 2017

Let's see... For fish, I paid $300 for a super male magma wrasse, $250 for a maculiceps tang, and $200 for a purple tang. As for corals, I spent $300 each on some ultra grade squamosa clams and $375 on a super cool meat coral.

I do want to add a crosshatch trigger, a rhomboid wrasse and a lineatus. Speaking of, my LFS contacted me because for the first time in a while, they had a few lineatus available. Unfortunately they were $500 each. For that price, I think I'll hold out for the rhomboid, which is by far my favourite of the two.

Fizzicks · Dec 1, 2017

Forsaken77 said:
What do you keep him in? A pool? Lol. I had a giant snakehead back in the day when Petland Discounts chain stores were around. They always seemed to leave out how big the fish actually got (before the internet). He was in a 90 all by himself and only ate large goldfish.

Currently in a 5'x2.5' glass foot print tank. Hes about 14 inches.
I want to upgrade to something along the lines of 8'x4' Ive got about a year Id say before hes 2'.
Keeping a watchful eye on craigslist for a large acrylic tank.

Sea MunnKey · Dec 1, 2017

Yuki Rihwa said:
No, the one in my Avatar is Tesselata, it's cost $200
I love it since it devoured couple thousand bucks of expensive tank mates already....
All the live stocks that other folks keep saying "oh, it's fine", "it will be ok".....blah blah blah and all ended in his belly

Now it’s the most expensive fish!! I’m assuming bad advices ...? Wow man ... Wow!

chefjpaul · Dec 1, 2017

My only surviving fish, the $25 yellow tank is now invested around $300 to keep her alive, QT room build out, meds, equipment etc..
(For future fishes as well).