Who has $5,500?

Skimmin · #1 07-12-2009, 01:51 AM

LOL. I understand the rarity but that price for two rare damsels? lol

mark · #2 07-12-2009, 02:16 AM

from the link "...is off-limits to any kind of collection since 1982" and "These are offsprings from a collection trip..."

So the parents were hot?

Borderjumper · #3 07-12-2009, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mark

from the link "...is off-limits to any kind of collection since 1982" and "These are offsprings from a collection trip..."

So the parents were hot?

either that or very, very old.

Veng68 · #4 07-12-2009, 02:45 AM

They probably originated from an Australian hobbyist who collected them legally in 2006. I remember reading about his attempt but I can't find the URL at the moment.

http://www.reuters.com/article/press...09+PRN20090611

Cheers,
Vic

no_bs · #5 07-12-2009, 03:07 AM

$5500 would buy a years supply of stuff, or a very nice skimmer and light!!!! Ok maybe if we were rich

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michika · #6 07-12-2009, 05:04 PM

I bet these are offspring from one of the US companies. I think Drs Forester and Smith maybe were breeding a pair of offspring that they got from the Australian pair.

justinl · #7 07-12-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by michika

I bet these are offspring from one of the US companies. I think Drs Forester and Smith maybe were breeding a pair of offspring that they got from the Australian pair.

Yup. Some breeder in Australia kept pestering until he was allowed to go collect a few. He bred them first and sold some to Drs. Foster & Smith; they bred them too and were selling them. I believe the majority ended up in Japan. Drs. Foster and Smith are the most likely source for the one in question.

vaporize · #8 07-16-2009, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by michika

I bet these are offspring from one of the US companies. I think Drs Forester and Smith maybe were breeding a pair of offspring that they got from the Australian pair.

Nope, these are not from US but from Australia.

justinl · #9 07-12-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by no_bs

$5500 would buy a years supply of stuff, or a very nice skimmer and light!!!! Ok maybe if we were rich

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...all that and a decent looking ocellaris too. :P

midgetwaiter · #10 07-15-2009, 01:04 AM

The guy who originally collected these on the MOFIB forum. It was amazingly detailed from the process he had to go through to get permission, the hostility he got from locals when he arrived and to the journal of the actual collection and breeding setups.

You can find it here http://www.marinebreeder.org/