Yellow tangs

[jesse88]

Any idea when yellow tangs will go back down in price

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Probably never to be honest. They place they come from, Hawaii, has banned all collection of fish for aquarium trade. Really the only way people can get them is through captive breeding, and I only know of one facility that captive breeds them. And captive breeding tangs is not easy so they will most likely stay expensive.

 

[Crabby48]

Any idea when yellow tangs will go back down in price

Same time your taxes go down

 

[jesse88]

I bought a yellow tang about two years ago for 40 dollars and I just price one and it was 500 dollars

 

[DarthSimon]

I have on living in my Frag Farm that's about 4 years old.

 

[Utubereefer]

Biota usually has them for $149 captive bred

 

[jesse88]

I had a golden demsel that killed my yellow tang

 

[jesse88]

I gave that fish away

 

[nereefpat]

Hawaii will open up again in the fairly near future, I think. But shipping and other economical issues will keep them around 100 bucks, again, I think. That's okay, IMO, as 30-40 dollar tangs aren't necessarily a good thing...similar to $9.99 oscars not necessarily being a good thing.

 

[dedragon]

I bought a yellow tang about two years ago for 40 dollars and I just price one and it was 500 dollars

Yea they will never go back to that price, the lowest will be like $100 if you can find one but i would go with aquacultured for $150 so i dont really have to worry about qt

 

[davidcalgary29]

I'd check facebook, kijiji, and local clubs. Many people seem to be breaking down their tanks and selling off livestock, and it's often much better sourcing them from a hobbyist than it is from almost any commercial source. That's how I ended up with a very nice one two months ago, for $100 CAD.

 

[jesse88]

150 isn’t that bad

 

[jesse88]

I'd check facebook, kijiji, and local clubs. Many people seem to be breaking down their tanks and selling off livestock, and it's often much better sourcing them from a hobbyist than it is from almost any commercial source. That's how I ended up with a very nice one two months ago, for $100 CAD.

I’m hoping I can find someone that’s doing that

 

[dedragon]

https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/cultured-fish/products/hawaiian-yellowhttps://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/feeds/products/masstick-14I added the masstick to get free shipping, worth it for some extra algae rich food as well, and you dont really need to worry about qt pretty sure biota is very clean to be breeding these guys and sending them direct from facility to you

 

[jcdeng]

to answer the OP's question, we just need someone to release a bunch in florida waters, maybe they will become abundant like the lionfish lol.

 

[dedragon]

Yea that ecosystem is already **** up lets f it up some more, jk obv

 

[jesse88]

https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/cultured-fish/products/hawaiian-yellowhttps://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/feeds/products/masstick-14I added the masstick to get free shipping, worth it for some extra algae rich food as wellI

https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/cultured-fish/products/hawaiian-yellowhttps://shop.thebiotagroup.com/collections/feeds/products/masstick-14I added the masstick to get free shipping, worth it for some extra algae rich food as well, and you dont really need to worry about qt pretty sure biota is very clean to be breeding these guys and sending them direct from facility to you

I wonder how fast the shipping is

 

[dedragon]

very you just have to check the shipment day before hand let me check rn

 

[dedragon]

you could get it by tuesday if u wanted, lol

 

[G Santana]

I had a golden demsel that killed my yellow tang

Damsels are bad, i refuse to keep them any longer.

Regarding the YTs, I bought mine the week before the ban went into place, scored him for $90 I believe and I thought that was high, the next week the LFS owner said I got lucky, this week they are $250.