Yellow tang price
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Jekyl
GSP is the devil and clowns are bad pets
That's high. With the Hawaii ban they are going to become more rare. However they can still be gotten for much cheaper. Check out drreefsquarantinedfish.com
Lost in the Sauce
BANGERANG!!!!
No. They were listed there by price gougers after Hawaii closed to collection. I don't know many people who actually paid it.
Depending on where you are matters. I've seen him in the $200 price range in SoCal recently and still dropping
ARCkeeper
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Since Hawaii was closed to collecting the price of yellow tangs has skyrocketed. I went with a purple tang instead - I caught a good sale on Live Aquaria and got a 4" for $179. My LFS has 2" gem tangs for $399. Who ever thought a gem tang would sell for less than a yellow?
frizzayyyyreef
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think the captive bred species look so wack very little yellow sucks these fish are so expensive now
Lost in the Sauce
BANGERANG!!!!
Yes they color in with age
Yes...age. They start out transparent. They absolutely need a good diet though as it will effect their development.
DrZoidburg
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That is way to high even with the current crazy prices. You can still find them elsewhere for 179$ or less.
I would feed nori and a high quality frozen like LRS
burningmime
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Captive bred is the way to go; they're already conditioned to aquarium life. You get them young which is why they're whiteish.
They're $149 directly from Biota; could be cheaper if you find somewhere that's having a sale: https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/hawaiian-yellow
flyfisher2
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Paramus Reef Aquarium had them for $10.00... Only problem is you'd have to travel to Paramus NJ and back in time to 1987. 
DrZoidburg
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Their going to need more meat in their diet compared to other tangs. Their not strictly herbivores.
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Havent seen a yellow tang at LFS in some time. $500 is pure greed and they can have it as a store mascot.
There is many mention of Hawaii Ban. There is no ban. . . . . . .
In the ongoing legal battle over Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery, PIJAC, and the Hawaiian aquarium fishermen that it represents, have submitted their latest Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) covering the West Hawaii aquarium fishery. Framed as a Revised Final Environmental Impact Statement (RFEIS), the 1,585-page pdf document dated May 26, 2021, and published June 8th, is available for download.
The document’s Executive Summary (included below) offers a complete timeline of the legal challenges that the aquarium fishery has faced and outlines the fishery’s latest proposal to reopen.
A Revised Aquarium Fishery
Should their latest proposal be accepted and approved, only the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area would reopen as a result. Just seven collection permits would be available, and only eight species of reef fish could be collected for the aquarium trade. These eight species were selected based on the following criteria:
In addition to the highly restricted list of approved species, catch quotas for all 8 species are proposed, spreading the total catch out equally among 7 permit holders. This creates a maximum allowable annual catch for the 8 proposed species:
At this point, the EIS is back in the hands of Hawaii’s Bureau of Land Management for reconsideration. The possible outcomes range from acceptance to outright rejection of the proposal and the continued ban of any aquarium fishing in West Hawaii.
There is many mention of Hawaii Ban. There is no ban. . . . . . .
In the ongoing legal battle over Hawaii’s marine aquarium fishery, PIJAC, and the Hawaiian aquarium fishermen that it represents, have submitted their latest Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) covering the West Hawaii aquarium fishery. Framed as a Revised Final Environmental Impact Statement (RFEIS), the 1,585-page pdf document dated May 26, 2021, and published June 8th, is available for download.
The document’s Executive Summary (included below) offers a complete timeline of the legal challenges that the aquarium fishery has faced and outlines the fishery’s latest proposal to reopen.
A Revised Aquarium Fishery
Should their latest proposal be accepted and approved, only the West Hawaii Regional Fishery Management Area would reopen as a result. Just seven collection permits would be available, and only eight species of reef fish could be collected for the aquarium trade. These eight species were selected based on the following criteria:
- No statistically significant population declines in Open Areas between 1999/2000 and 2017/2018 (WHAP data from DAR 2019a)
- Recent catch (2017 fiscal year) of at least 100 fish (representing at least 0.03% of the total aquarium catch)
- Open Area population density of at least 0.5 fish/100m2 (data from DAR 2019a)
In addition to the highly restricted list of approved species, catch quotas for all 8 species are proposed, spreading the total catch out equally among 7 permit holders. This creates a maximum allowable annual catch for the 8 proposed species:
- Yellow Tang, Zebrasoma flavescens – 28,571 per fisher/200,000 total
- Potter’s Angelfish, Centropyge potteri – 625/4376
- Kole Tang, Ctenochaetus strigosus – 4,285/30,000
- Cheveron Tang, Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis – 450/3152
- Bird Wrasse, Gomphosus varius – 49/344
- Naso Tang, Naso lituratus – 838/5872
- Brown Surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigrofuscus – 114/800
- Thompson’s Surgeonfish, Acanthurus thompsoni – 288/2016
At this point, the EIS is back in the hands of Hawaii’s Bureau of Land Management for reconsideration. The possible outcomes range from acceptance to outright rejection of the proposal and the continued ban of any aquarium fishing in West Hawaii.
Mywifeisgunnakillme
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Some of the captive bred are kind of "skeletor" looking IMO. The wild ones look better to me, but are more expensive. I also prefer wild clowns as the behavior of captive ones is a bit dull...
DrZoidburg
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I agree with pure greed. Why would natural cost be same or more as captive bred currently? Both prices rose. Doesn't make sense to me. Also there is 137 hawaiian islands. Not all islands are even in the USA. What is stopping these fish collectors from going another 200 miles filling their live wells with fish and making a killing off us hobbyists.
