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Jeanna, the point is that it ISN"T THE SAME FISH! The $30 fish could of been caught with cyanide, dynamite, etc. It got shipped with a whole bunch of other really stressed fish and for sure has a weakened immune system. All this means that there is a good chance the fish will perish in your tank.
I lost a powder brown tang that just wasted away. It was $50. I would gladly pay double that if a captive raised was available for that species. Something I knew hadn't encountered all the above perils. My powder brown is gone and so is the $50. I would bet $500 it was caught with cyanide. I didn't see a lot of savings in that fish.
By the time you've got your tank set up, you'll have spent thousands; and then you think buying a potentially dying fish over a captive raised is worth saving $10?? I just think that's incredible. You are, of course, entitled to your thoughts and opinions. But so am I. And I think that kind of attitude sucks and is detrimental to MY hobby.