What is the highest price you would pay for a yellow tang?

[jakeheisler]

What is the highest price you would pay or have paid for a yellow tang?

 

[OrionN]

$45-$75, not worth much more in my opinion!

I guess no more yellow tang in your future.

 

[Tamberav]

they're nice without question... nicer than a Purple or a Gem is arguable though. The price point on a yellow sits right between those two now which is pretty crazy.

It’s all personal preference. I think yellows look much nicer than purples. Purple is actually my fav color but a purple tang isn’t a royal gramma purple.

A healthy yellow tang is neon from across the room.

I do think gems are very nice looking... especially when small.

Biota has yellow in stock right now for 150 so I would not compare them to gems in price though.

 

[OrionN]

How can anybody think that this is not a beautiful fish?

 

[AJsReef]

Biota sells for $149, seems like a fair price for a captive born fish all things considered. My YT is probably my favorite fish, I’ve had “her” for nearly 10 years and paid $65 I think.

Both tangs in the picture were purchased at the same time for <$100. According to some sites they would be ~$800 now

 

[misserica22]

What is the highest price you would pay or have paid for a yellow

What is the highest price you would pay or have paid for a yellow tang?

Actually Yellow Tangs are really hard to find right now, some are going for $400

 

[landlubber]

It’s all personal preference. I think yellows look much nicer than purples. Purple is actually my fav color but a purple tang isn’t a royal gramma purple.

A healthy yellow tang is neon from across the room.

I do think gems are very nice looking... especially when small.

Biota has yellow in stock right now for 150 so I would not compare them to gems in price though.

fair enough but the disparity in cost in mid-west Canada where i'm at isn't as far apart as it may be for you. The Purple i have in my system right now was $80. Yellows are 5x that if they're even available at all

 

[bpbonds]

I guess no more yellow tang in your future.

Nope!

 

[Buckster]

I had two yellow's and 1 died last week, bummer! I don't want to spend too much to replace him. I can wait. If I have to spend a lot then I think I may get a gem.

 

[QuarantinedCorals]

They tend to be hardy, but taking into consideration how aggressive they are, I wouldn’t pay more than what they used to cost ,$30-$60.

 

[amoore311]

$150 captive bred.

$50 for wild, although even at $50 i'm not really interested.

 

[James_O]

Purple tangs are cheaper than yellows here .
ive saw yellows for as much as $250-$499

purple I have saw them for less than $100

At my LFS, they are $200 each, but that’s because they are very hard to get up here.

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If I was buying, I wouldn’t want to spend anymore than $50, but $100 does sound fair.

 

[R-balljunkie]

20 bux like they used to be.....meh, now that you cant have one....price go's up, been reefin since 92, never ever had a yellow tang.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Ok ill.play..i would.pay upwards.of $60 for a yellow tang.
$120 for tank breed/raised. Hths
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Scopus are kooler anyway. Lol

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[jaxteller007]

$60. Wild. $119. Captive. Y'all crazy if you are paying more. Fisheries being shut down have been a topic of discussion and a thing since I can remember. I've been in the hobby since the 80's. So, no to the greed. What's the phrase. "Never let the opportunity over crisis passed by without taking advantage of it." We've been seeing a lot of that haven't we? Especially in the US.

You realize Hawaii banned harvesting them right? This isn't just some "fisheries shutting down" talk.

 

[Gorelow]

What is the highest price you would pay or have paid for a yellow tang?

Is it true some idiot fished them out illegally in Hawaii and everything has to pay the price for his stupidity?

 

[AJsReef]

Is it true some idiot fished them out illegally in Hawaii and everything has to pay the price for his stupidity?

I'd venture to say it was quite a bit more than one "idiot"

 

[ca1ore]

I'd venture to say it was quite a bit more than one "idiot"

LOL, idiots are like aiptasia. Many more lurking unseen than those that make themselves obvious. My favorite saying of all time (I think?) is ‘remain silent and be thought a fool, open your mouth and remove all doubt’.

 

[Jeffcb]

19.95

 

[ca1ore]

I fully expect/hope that my current yellow tang will outlast my time in the hobby. If I were in the market, I would top out at $150.