The $5,999 pair of Clown Fish

justinl · #1 01-26-2009, 05:13 PM

nope, not a typo. There's a marine protected area and this area is the ONLY place this species occurs. so obviously, no collection is allowed from there. Ryan something or other (a high profile breeder) managed to get his hands on a few (legally but only after a lot of trouble) and bred them. I would imagine most went to japan or something, but this one pair found it's way to LA. Now, considering they are probably the ONLY ones in North America... yeah, well long story short, not a typo. these guys generally go for 3-5K$ a piece. note that LA's are not a breeding pair... they're just two fish in the same tank. but still, at 3K a piece, that actually isn't too bad for this species.

are they worth it? to me, hell no. ugly, and i don't even like clowns that much to begin with (they're just overrated damsels). but to a serious collector, maybe. maybe.

Veng68 · #2 01-26-2009, 09:14 PM

You can find out about how he collected them here:

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=612

Cheers,
Vic

Veng68 · #3 01-26-2009, 09:29 PM

Check out how much the Japanese are selling them for....... under the heading Sparrow Latch (ran it through a translator)

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate...rUrl=Translate

Cheers,
Vic

Trigger Man · #4 01-26-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Veng68

You can find out about how he collected them here:

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=612

Cheers,
Vic

just finished reading the link, and all I can say is damn that was a lot of work to get those fish.

dsaundry · #5 01-27-2009, 05:01 AM

I will take my Gold Striped Maroons over them any day....

my2rotties · #6 01-27-2009, 05:54 AM

Me too I love my cranky gold stripe, however if I won a lottery, and had money to burn... I would be getting some of these kinds of fish, just because I can. Fish are like any colector's item. the rarer and more difficult to get the bigger the bragging right are to own such things.

Don't hate the player... hate the game.

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Originally Posted by dsaundry

I will take my Gold Striped Maroons over them any day....

BlueAbyss · #7 01-27-2009, 08:00 AM

Hmm how is it even possible to import fish into Canada from the US, when you're only a hobbyist? Or am I not understanding the way things like that work...

chevyjaxon · #8 01-27-2009, 12:09 PM

sorry but to buy those for that money is plain stupid they lack pizazz in their colors and right they do look like black tomato clowns

Scythanith · #9 01-27-2009, 03:49 PM

If they are a CITES regulated fish then you must have the original import CITES from the country of origin. You then apply for a re-export CITES from the US FWS to get it into Canada. Simple as long as you can get the original import CITES.

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Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

Hmm how is it even possible to import fish into Canada from the US, when you're only a hobbyist? Or am I not understanding the way things like that work...