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View Poll Results: Do you have a limit on what you would spend on that special fish or coral
$10-$50 6 6.06%
$50-$100 44 44.44%
$100-$500 42 42.42%
$500-The sky's the limit 7 7.07%
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:47 PM
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Oh come on you guys..
Its only a range, I know somebody might only spend up to $250 for a fish or coral, while others may go up to $500.
Just put where your limit falls..
Eg, I may go up to $200 for a fish or coral, but I wouldn't go higher, even if someone offered me a Gem Tang for $700 bucks...well maybe..nope not even for $500.
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Old 05-10-2008, 11:01 PM
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Ok, sorry. $350.
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Old 05-10-2008, 11:07 PM
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When we were first setting up the tank, my wife and I were at the LFS to buy our first fish. She spotted a large piece of live rock she liked and went to pay for it. When she came back I had picked out the fish I wanted. I said $85is a lot of money for a fish. She said, "So what, I just paid $100 for a rock."
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Old 05-11-2008, 04:43 AM
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Its nice to know that so far I am the only cheap person here...

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Old 05-11-2008, 04:48 AM
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I max out at around$75 But $25 is more to my liking
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Old 05-11-2008, 07:25 AM
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I never had a problem with the $100 plus range for something I really wanted. Did that a lot.

The last fish I bought cost me $200 landed and died a week later. Kind of gave me a heads up.
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Old 05-11-2008, 01:46 PM
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$30 a day to rent a fish, sorry about your luck EmilyB. I won't pay more than about $50 for a fish, my bank account cry's when they die. As for corals I like to buy frags or small colonies, they'll grow. It's less expensive to be patient and let them grow than to buy them in larger sizes.
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Old 05-11-2008, 05:16 PM
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$60 is my comfort range, but I'll go up around $150 if it's something I really want. At my age, I can't justify pouring too much money into the tank when I should be saving up for a mortgage down payment or something like that!!
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Old 05-12-2008, 01:50 AM
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No livestock in any of my tanks cost me more than $100. I'd be willing to pay closer to $200 for something outstanding.
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Old 05-14-2008, 06:31 PM
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Most I've spent on a coral is $120 most I would spend on a coral I thought was a diamond $300. Most I've spent on fish is $250, my queen angel god bless it passed after 5 months probally the most I would spend on a fish now no more than $150.
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