beautiful fish

[sen5241b]

It might be cheaper to fly to the South Pacific, catch a few of those fish with a net, put them in highly oxygenated, heated drums and fly back with them.

[dustin_P74]

only if you sold all the extra ones that you caught and just keep one

[dustin_P74]

here is why they are so expensive. read the whole thing http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forum...ad.php?t=15396

[Bifferwine]

Thanks for the link, Dustin. It makes sense.

[dustin_P74]

it shocked me when i read it because they are having the same discussion about the same fish from the same store at the same time on three different boards

[kimoy]

supply and demand just like everything else. if the demand for a certain thing (fish in this case) is high then the price is going to go skyrocket but if the demand is low (that is when reefers don't buy it) the the price is going to drop.

[cthegame]

Originally Posted by kimoy

supply and demand just like everything else. if the demand for a certain thing (fish in this case) is high then the price is going to go skyrocket but if the demand is low (that is when reefers don't buy it) the the price is going to drop.

But how can there be high demand for a 17k fish? I mean how many people could actually afford this? Yellow tangs are high demand too (i think), and they dont go for 17K.

Its one thing to maybe sell a fish for $500-$1000 because its a special beauty and very high demand, its another to sell it for $17k. Im sure only a hand full of people could actually afford it.

There must be another reason. Maybe i should read the link dustin posted... and it better not say because of high demand cause i dont buy that reasoning for a 17k fish. Its just too extreme pricing to be in high-demand.

[RyanG]

Just something I noticed, that wasnt a dollar sign or a pound sign does anyone know what denomination that the symbol is for? Euros, Francs pesos, etc.

It really is a supply and demand issue. Ultra high asian demand and very very low(controlled) supply. The mexicans have a strangle hold on the market and only want their biologist to study Clarions and also Blue Spot Jawfish so they heavily regulate the capture and legal export of the species.

[Doc]

Once people have been in the hobby for a while, they can get bored of regular fish or want to have something that no one else can. If you think about it, there are so many tastes in the world. A better question to ask is if they would appreciate a fish of that price? Having the money is one thing, but a passion for the hobby is different. I work with people who make more money in one week than most of us will ever make in a lifetime. they have more stuff than they know what to do with. Many have salt water tanks and don't think twice about dropping tens of thousands to set one up, only to get bored with it and getting rid of it. Just pretty fish to look at. I have my tastes and others have theirs.

As to the expense, the more rare and difficult to catch and ship, the most the cost. Austrailian fish are costing more than caribbean fish. Just the nature of the business. supply and demand is part, but there is more than that

-Doc

[Bifferwine]

It says in that post that only 100 clarion angels are legally caught per year. 50 are authorized to go to Asia, and 50 to North America. Small supply = higher cost. It is supply and demand, and that's about it.