$350 HIPPO TANG YES HIPPO TANG ????????? (divers den)

[EMeyer]

no way Petco = quality marine = liveaquaria=diversden are paying close to $150 for a 4+ inch blue tang

The fact that wholesale prices are top secret, and this secrecy is actually enforced, tells you all you need to know

That said, the current price increases are due to the very high cost of freight right now, which is directly tied to the small number of flights available. As far as I can tell everybody including wholesalers has seen profit margins go down.

Unfortunately, since restrictions on international travel are some of the most important and easiest ways to limit the spread of a global pandemic, if I'm looking in my crystal ball I don't see this situation changing anytime soon. Like perhaps a year or two. Like all predictions about the future this one may be wrong, I hope so.

 

[Reeffraff]

I hope I'm wrong about this but I have a feeling this is going to be just like airline baggage fees. They were introduced because costs went up (fuel costs for airlines) and after costs came back down and fuel is lower that it's been in over a decade, the fees remain. If people willingly pay these prices, they'll never return to what they once were.

PS. Its not just DD . Regular liveaquaria fish are through the roof too. $400 for a sm, unquarantined purple tang that is drop shipped from a wholesaler in CA

 

[gambler]

I hope I'm wrong about this but I have a feeling this is going to be just like airline baggage fees. They were introduced because costs went up (fuel costs for airlines) and after costs came back down and fuel is lower that it's been in over a decade, the fees remain. If people willingly pay these prices, they'll never return to what they once were.

PS. Its not just DD . Regular liveaquaria fish are through the roof too. $400 for a sm, unquarantined purple tang that is drop shipped from a wholesaler in CA

I agree and this was one of my points if people pay it will never go back to "normal"

 

[Eggs]

Their prices for fish have significantly gone up over the last few years, its not a secret and it didn’t just start happening.

There we go!!!!! Can bank on this comment, or some variant of, within the first ten posts. It’s not true, of course .....

 

[drawman]

Another one up today so looks like they're doubling down.

 

[puffy127]

Wow, check out the Tinker's Butterfly that sold in 5 minutes:

These used to be $500, then jumped to $899 during the Hawaii ban, now $1299. PIA had one of these for $599 and TSM had one for $899 just a week or so ago. Prices are all over the place.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

I know one thing.. i really really really miss fishy business aquatics

 

[Letterkenny]

those are rare but a hippo tang for more than a GEM tang 3 months ago is CRAZY !
WHY ARE PEOPLE PAYING LIKE THIS THE DISTIBUTORS AND WORST OF ALL THE DIVERS AND OVERSEAS WILL SEE AND WE'LL NEVER SEE NORMAL PRICES AGAIN!!

My LFS has a Gem Tang asking $1,399...

 

[tehmadreefer]

My LFS has a Gem Tang asking $1,399...

Lol mine had one for $500 a few weeks ago, of course if sold ASAP.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Sounds like the places with high prices are landlocked locales. I know my 2 stores where I live in Florida have normal prices on all their stuff and have no problem getting stuff in from the wholesalers in Miami.

 

[DJF]

Simply put it is supply & demand; if the demand is there, it’ll sell. They do trickle out their supply to help manipulate the demand but hey- they’re a business. The recourse you have as a consumer is to take your demand elsewhere. As long as someone is willing to pay, it’ll be the norm.

 

[Krully]

Am I going crazy or that thread was older than it shows? I see it was posted yesterday yet I’m pretty sure I saw the post and first replies a few weeks ago.

 

[Krully]

edit: double post sorry

 

[Dave Cureton]

Sold.....

https://www.liveaquaria.com/divers-den/product/510407/pajama-cardinalfish-trio

 

[ca1ore]

Their prices for fish have significantly gone up over the last few years, its not a secret and it didn’t just start happening.

Newsflash - EVERYBODY's prices for fish have gone up over the last few years …..

 

[ca1ore]

My LFS has a Gem Tang asking $1,399...

LOL … rewind a few years and a gem tang was $3,500 ….. maybe you wern't in the hobby then ...

 

[ca1ore]

Source of all the outrage hasn't sold …. and now there's a second one. Perhaps reefer are a bit more sensible than credited after all. Will be interesting to see whether DD drops the price and at what point it does sell.

 

[ca1ore]

I hope I'm wrong about this but I have a feeling this is going to be just like airline baggage fees. They were introduced because costs went up (fuel costs for airlines) and after costs came back down and fuel is lower that it's been in over a decade, the fees remain.

Well, fuel costs have only come down recently .... because nobody is going anywhere LOL. Some of the elevated fish prices are speculation, but most is the high cost of freight ..... because nobody is going anywhere. Once the airlines calibrate to the 'next' normal, hopefully freight costs come down a bit. But, we shall see.

 

[amps]

I got a quote of $55USD/kg to bring in corals from Australia. with a 750kg minimum! There just isn't enough flights to go around and the airlines are ballooning their rates.

 

[AcroNem]

I got a quote of $55USD/kg to bring in corals from Australia. with a 750kg minimum! There just isn't enough flights to go around and the airlines are ballooning their rates.

Yep. Used to paying like $3/kg from Bali, now $14/kg.