I saw that with an Emperator adult once. They listed it at $580 and it never got sold for some reason and it quickly deteriorated in health. Only after the fish was almost dead did the store give into a guy asking for $180.
Hey so how do I post an article I can’t seem to find the way. Help another weirdo out pls. Is there a certain amount of context I can right? Cuz I’ve done a long one.Funny story of how I managed to turn an expensive fish into a ridiculously expensive fish.
If you know me on here you may know me as the weirdo who loves snake eels. I currently have two of these quite rare and underrated in my opinion eels and that Article badge I have is my care guide for them. Anyways I walk into one of my LFSs on Saturday and see one of my dream fish. The very rare Myrichthys breviceps AKA the Sharptail Snake Eel:
So I look at the price tags and see a listing for a Goldspotted Snake Eel, myrichthys ocellatus for 400$. Intrigued I asked a store clerk who told me it was a darker skinned variant of the goldspot and that the 400$ was correct. I informed the LFS that actually they had a totally different and rare species called the Sharptail Snake Eel. For context this is my goldspotted and I got it on Divers Den fully quarantined for 200$:
Doing the wise thing I asked the LFS to reserve it for me and went home to ask on here if buying this fish I'd never seen or even heard of in this hobby before was a good idea. After consulting @lion king I came to the realization that I'd have do resolve my current aggression issues and reduce my total number of fish in order to justify getting the new eel. So yesterday I caught my very bite-y triggers and my bullied chainlink moray and returned with them to the LFS who gave a good amount of store credit. However when I went over to the eel I was Informed by staff who weren't there on Saturday that the eel I wanted wasn't a Goldspotted but in fact the very rare Sharptail and that it cost 1,300$.
Long story short I do not have the Sharptail.
Post it in a thread and tag Peace River
What do you think?
That’s it really? Ok. Thx
I did this when going for my second flashing tilefish… they had it sold a as a Hoplolatilus cuniculus and about £20, I told them it was actually as Chlupatyi and they then started asking £400 for it (My original Chlupatyi was only £110). Let’s just say there’s a reason I went for a hybrid flasher and didn’t tell the LFS it was a hybrid until after buying it.Funny story of how I managed to turn an expensive fish into a ridiculously expensive fish.
If you know me on here you may know me as the weirdo who loves snake eels. I currently have two of these quite rare and underrated in my opinion eels and that Article badge I have is my care guide for them. Anyways I walk into one of my LFSs on Saturday and see one of my dream fish. The very rare Myrichthys breviceps AKA the Sharptail Snake Eel:
So I look at the price tags and see a listing for a Goldspotted Snake Eel, myrichthys ocellatus for 400$. Intrigued I asked a store clerk who told me it was a darker skinned variant of the goldspot and that the 400$ was correct. I informed the LFS that actually they had a totally different and rare species called the Sharptail Snake Eel. For context this is my goldspotted and I got it on Divers Den fully quarantined for 200$:
Doing the wise thing I asked the LFS to reserve it for me and went home to ask on here if buying this fish I'd never seen or even heard of in this hobby before was a good idea. After consulting @lion king I came to the realization that I'd have do resolve my current aggression issues and reduce my total number of fish in order to justify getting the new eel. So yesterday I caught my very bite-y triggers and my bullied chainlink moray and returned with them to the LFS who gave a good amount of store credit. However when I went over to the eel I was Informed by staff who weren't there on Saturday that the eel I wanted wasn't a Goldspotted but in fact the very rare Sharptail and that it cost 1,300$.
Long story short I do not have the Sharptail.
You'd think more places would reward honesty... D*ck moves like this will end up costing them way more in the long run (since people will stop pointing things like this out).
Same. Didn’t tell my LFS what they had and what I bought was the rare angel only until after and then they got a box of angels that looked lime mine and they are all listed $360 or $470
No, I’m going to try and be patient. Maybe ask my well priced LFS to be on the lookout.
I got a Hannah checker last night that had 2 price tags with 2 wildly different prices. @Absolutely Fish honored the lower one and overall is a great store. Too bad these are hard to come by today
No I got the banded from the cheap LFS and they feed all their eels live ghost shrimp. The expensive one I was talking about in this thread seems to feed a krill and mysis shrimp combo which of course is not nearly as good especially for large predators.
I know right, I also witnessed this happen when I pointed out that instead of having a regular Gold Rim we had a very nice specimen of the Hybrid Achilles. I’ve now learnt my lesson and don’t point these things out until I own them.
Despite costing me less than 1/13th of the price of the sharptail, I still think the banded is the prettiest of the snake eels.
I’ve always liked the thought of keeping an eel but never really took the step.
