Would you pay $1500.00 for a Fish?

[nw2sltfsh]

I went to my LFS yesterday and saw this beautifull angel fish - for the last 2 months each time I go I look at this fish and ask about it and keep reading the price wrong.
I assume the price is $150.00 (apparently my mind cannot accept the other zero)
So my question is would you pay 1500.00 for a fish?

 

[mimzy]

krikey. :scared:
that fish is GORGEOUS.... but I don't think I'd drop that much on it... even if I COULD afford to!

 

[nw2sltfsh]

that is what I am saying at 150.00 I wouldnt even think about it and would buy it in a minute - but for 1500.00??
I just cant do it - although I did stand there for about 20 minutes contemplating did I want that fish or do I want to spend that money in Cabo when I go in 2 weeks.....

 

[michelle l]

Originally Posted by NW2SLTFSH
I went to my LFS yesterday and saw this beautifull angel fish - for the last 2 months each time I go I look at this fish and ask about it and keep reading the price wrong.
I assume the price is $150.00 (apparently my mind cannot accept the other zero)
So my question is would you pay 1500.00 for a fish?
Ummmmmm, lemme think.....ummmm.......let's see.....uh, NO!

 

[meekel454]

do u know what kind of angel it is, it is a very nice fish and if i was like a millionare i would buy it but currently seeing i have spent maybe 4-5k in the last 6 years in this hobby no i wouldn't buy
that includes salt replacing pumps and what not

 

[shu-perman]

Originally Posted by NW2SLTFSH
I did stand there for about 20 minutes contemplating did I want that fish or do I want to spend that money in Cabo when I go in 2 weeks.....
$1500 is a lot of lobster and coronas in Cabo...I say get drunk

and full on lobster

wouldn't it just piss you off if you spent that much on that very beautiful fish and it died????

 

[nw2sltfsh]

Originally Posted by Meekel454
do u know what kind of angel it is, it is a very nice fish and if i was like a millionare i would buy it but currently seeing i have spent maybe 4-5k in the last 6 years in this hobby no i wouldn't buy
that includes salt replacing pumps and what not

They had it listed as a Japanese Impertaus (sp?) Angel
I just cant imagine spending that much - like Shu-perman said - what if it died -
I guess it is all realitve to how much do you make compared to how much you can spend I just cant imagine spending that much on ONE fish

 

[fishieness]

it is a georgious fish, but i would never spend taht much for anything in my tank.
first of all, id feel bad spending 15 hundred on anything that has no realy purpose in life except to look pretty when there is so much poverty in this word.
and second of all, if it died/was eated/anything of the sort, id be ripped.

 

[monalisa]

Is that a dwarf angel?

Like everyone else, there's NO WAY I would put anything in my tank that cost that much. I've often looked over the soft corals that SWF has, and laugh at the one they have for $1500, very pretty, but uhhhhhhh, NO.
Besides, I don't think that angel would get along with my $25.00 coral beauty angel

Lisa :happyfish

 

[fishieness]

Originally Posted by MonaLisa
Is that a dwarf angel?

Like everyone else, there's NO WAY I would put anything in my tank that cost that much. I've often looked over the soft corals that SWF has, and laugh at the one they have for $1500, very pretty, but uhhhhhhh, NO.
Besides, I don't think that angel would get along with my $25.00 coral beauty angel

Lisa :happyfish
i agree. acans are nice, but i owuldnt spend so much on them. its just the "in" thing. its a phase.

 

[aw2]

I'm not a even a reef guy, but you gotta admit...that's a hell of a nice fish.
If I had $1500 to throw around, on nothing more than a fish, I'd definately pick it up.

 

[37g joe]

if i had 1500 dolars to blow on a fish instead i would upgrade to a larger tank. people pay that much on dogs or birds but it just seems like alot for a fish. Maybe If I had a really large tank and I mean big and i had alot of maoney I might spend money like that on a shark or somthing but thats not reality. let me tak a moment and dream :thinking:

 

[nw2sltfsh]

Originally Posted by MonaLisa
Is that a dwarf angel?

I just found a site that has this same fish for sale it is a pygmy angel - max size is 6 inches -- this web site cost is 1200.00
Gorgeous fish - but I just cant see spending that amount of money on ONE fish - and for the LFS imagine all the other livestock they could have gotten in if they didnt pay whatever the wholesale rate for that fish is
Here is the info this site had on this fish
Latin Name Centropyge interruptus
Common Name Japanese Pygmy Angel
Also known as Interruptus Angel, Japanse Pygmy Angelfish, Interruptus Pygmy Angelfish
Fast Facts Please contact us to get on the waiting list for this item Be prepared to jump on it immediately when available because the window of opportunity to grab is usually only a matter of hours once we say "we have one".
As rare as angels get, The Japanese Pygmy Angel is available perhaps once every 1-3 years, and even then you'll have to be in the know. Exceptionally hardy, these have lived many years in home and public aquariums. Average size is 3"-4". Offer plenty of shelter, preferably with live rock and keep with peaceful tankmates.
Aquarium Specimen Sizes Medium/Although you might see one only every 1-2 years, they're generally 3"-4"
Maximum Size in Nature ~6"
Range in Nature Japan
Minimum Aquarium Size 55
Diet and Feeding Herbivore, grazer, offer algae and/or sponge based prepared diets and lots of algae.
Ease of Care(on a scale of 1–5)
Reef Aquarium Compatibility As safe as any pygmy angel, likely to nip at something, but usually negligible
Related Fish Bicolor Pygmy Angel, Cherub Pygmy Angel, Colini Pygmy Angel, Coral Beauty Pygmy Angel, Easter Island Pygmy Angel, Eibli Pygmy Angel, Fisher's Pygmy Angel, Flame Angel, Flameback Pygmy Angel- African, Flameback Pygmy Angel- Brazilian, Golden Pygmy Angelfish, Halfblack Pygmy Angel, Hotumatua Pygmy Angel, Hybrid Pygmy Angel, Joculator Pygmy Angel, Lemonpeel Pygmy Angel, Multicolor Pygmy Angel, Rusty Pygmy Angel, Yellow Pygmy Angel, More Angelfish
Availability In Stock Today! Act Fast!
Medium/Contact us to get on the waiting list.
Add to Cart Japanese Pygmy Angel
SALE! $1,200.00

 

[promisetbg]

I have seen them for $500.

 

[zanoshanox]

god that fish is the most beautiful thing ever, but i could never see myself doing that, knowing that it coudl die in the bag! lol. What the heck is it though?

 

[redleg]

yea a goldfish

 

[fatcats]

just buy a mandirin fish
$ 25 and it has all those colors
1500 you could by a nice tv and eat all the shrimp cocktail in the world

 

[eyebedam]

I just read an article on that fish the other day very interesting. Ive seen a couple over the years at my lfs but theyve always been around 300.00 I wonder if there gonna throw in some vasoline if someones pays 1500.00

 

[hotlegs]

vaseline?

I don't get it.

 

[pfitz44]

... to ease the pain that you will have in the rear end...