Inexpensive but beautiful fishes.

[Paul B]

I have 6 or 7 of these little green gobies. Some I have about 2 years or more. I get them for less then ten bucks here in New York. I am going to that LFS today to see if I can get 3 or 4 more as they are small.



Firefish are six bucks but I don't get them because they jump out.

The copperband and long nose sell for something like $25.00 or $30.00 and are my favorite fish.



These guys are a little more, maybe $35.00.




These ruby reds are about $12.00 or $15.00 I have a spawning pair.

 

[chipchipbro]

I have 6 or 7 of these little green gobies. Some I have about 2 years or more. I get them for less then ten bucks here in New York. I am going to that LFS today to see if I can get 3 or 4 more as they are small.



Firefish are six bucks but I don't get them because they jump out.

The copperband and long nose sell for something like $25.00 or $30.00 and are my favorite fish.



These guys are a little more, maybe $35.00.

dang! now thats some serious pricing.
A copperband here costs 149

 

[Paul B]

All my fish together don't cost $149.00

 

[chipchipbro]

All my fish together don't cost $149.00

well, maybe it is equal expensive when we check the purchasing power and income comparison
Still - 150 for a non-eating copperband is heavy.

 

[ying yang]

well, maybe it is equal expensive when we check the purchasing power and income comparison
Still - 150 for a non-eating copperband is heavy.

I'm in england and I paid £ 40 for my copperband and most lfs are all about same price around me.
€149= about £ 140 which is massive difference.
Maybe less reefers there so less lfs = higher price as less fish go through their systems so need to make higher profit just a guess and america massive with alot more people and alot more reefers so lesser price again ?

 

[chipchipbro]

I'm in england and I paid £ 40 for my copperband and most lfs are all about same price around me.
€149= about £ 140 which is massive difference.
Maybe less reefers there so less lfs = higher price as less fish go through their systems so need to make higher profit just a guess and america massive with alot more people and alot more reefers so lesser price again ?

thats def. true.. we only have a handful of LFS here in switzerland and I guess one wholesale which is delivering all the LFS once a week or so. That means, not alot of reefers here and not as much fish are being sold. If someone sells their fish from their own tank usually the prices are way better. I got my 2 clowns for 25each.. normally they are 50each.
PLus it is harder to import into switzerland as we are not in the EU and CITES also is a problem.

 

[Zionas]

1. Azure Damselfish (C. Hemicyanea)
2. Orchid Dottyback (P. Fridmani)
3. Coral Beauty Angel (C. Bispinosa)
4. Many Halichoeres wrasses
5. Some basslets of the genus Gramma, Liopropoma and Serranus

I am not a fan of:
1. Designer Clownfish (don’t get me started on them)
2. Bangaii and Pajama Cardinals
3. Most Acanthurus Tangs and Naso Tangs (the only two genera of Tangs I’m slightly more in favor of are Zebrasoma and Ctenochaetus)
4. Firefish and Dartfish (can be pretty but TOO skittish)
5. The common varieties of Chromis
6. The larger / more aggressive damsels
7. The smaller, schooling varieties of Anthias, they do not appeal to me like the larger species (Odontanthias etc.) which pair or form small harems at most
8. Holacanthus angels

 

[Karen]

How recently were these fish purchased at these prices? It seems like pricing has gone through the roof the last couple of years. The last 2 fish I bought were a Flame Angel @ $90 and a Biota Coral Beauty @ $80. Both from a LFS. Flame didn't make it through QT.

I just purchased a coral beauty for about $30 in Detroit two weeks ago. He's doing great.

 

[Mkus]

I really like my flame back angel !

 

[mabner]

Paid 29 for my common clown fish.
I really like the normal colours of it, no crazy colour morths or patterns, none of thay design clown stuff, just normal clown.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

neovespicula depressifrons (10$) aptasia eating filefish (9$) harlequin filefish (died the day i got it) (12$)

 

[MandarinMama]

My favorite fish store here all damsels are 6 bucks. Central NC. Pretty but mean. Lol

What fish store? I'm in greensboro.

 

[Duncan62]

What fish store? I'm in greensboro.

Greendales in Kannapolis. Best aquarium store around. Fresh water and salt. I've been going there since the 70s. She has nice stuff .

 

[Duncan62]

Greendales in Kannapolis. Best aquarium store around. Fresh water and salt. I've been going there since the 70s. She has nice stuff .

Gay, the owner is there in the afternoons. You'll enjoy her.

 

[bnord]

I will say CB Splendid Dotty - but only because someone else said Royal Gramma

 

[Zionas]

What’s their temperament like? Are they a lot worse than Orchids?

 

[Zionas]

My favorite non-rare / semi-rare damsel is hands down, C. Hemicyanea. My favorite rare damsel is C. Flavipinnis but barring that, C. Starcki.

 

[EricR]

This is all interesting stuff -- I like seeing pics of fish I hadn't considered (since I only have 2 fish).

$20 for clownfish (when juvenile) from not-exactly-local fish store.
$12 for bicolor blenny from PetCo -- yep.

 

[Zionas]

I often see C. Hemicyanea and C. Talboti mentioned together but it seems that under natural / normal light, C. Talboti’s colors don’t compare to C. Hemicyanea which retains a very vivid blue and yellow contrast whereas C. Talboti fades into a kind of light, somewhat meaty pink. IMO the best combination of damsels would be a group of C. Hemicyanea with a few of the larger C. Starcki tossed in. C. Hemicyanea just looks amazing even compared to its counterpart C. Parasema, it’s all about the contrast of two different colors on C. Hemicyanea.

I also have a somewhat unpopular opinion, to make colorful fish stand out more than usual, get less brightly colored corals. This means corals with more subtle rather than rainbow colors, which basically includes a lot of softies, as well as non-fleshy LPS and some lower end SPS.

 

[Nemo&Friends]