The $5,999 pair of Clown Fish

awa1979 · #1 01-26-2009, 01:31 PM

McCulloch's Clownfish pair on liveaquaria.com website.

Apparently they are rare, never seen them before myself.

Not sure I'd ever spend this kind of money on a fish, even if I had that kind of money.

Link.

i have crabs · #2 01-26-2009, 01:41 PM

ugly and will probably die in shipping

karazy · #3 01-26-2009, 01:51 PM

apparently these are a quite rare species,
and there has only been one man in Australia who was aloud to get a wild pair,
and then from there he bred them.

awa1979 · #4 01-26-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by i have crabs

ugly and will probably die in shipping

Well they do offer live arrival and stay alive for 14 days....

But I do find them not so attractive.

xtreme · #5 01-26-2009, 02:07 PM

Ya they aren't very nice, especially for that price.

michika · #6 01-26-2009, 03:51 PM

Is it just me or do they look like black tomato clowns?

Rbacchiega · #7 01-26-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by michika

is it just me or do they look like black tomato clowns?

+1

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 01-26-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by i have crabs

ugly and will probably die in shipping

Wow...so positive.

Diana · #9 01-26-2009, 04:46 PM

Its sounds to me like a typo... $599.99 sounds more realistic! Especially for tank raised specimens. I'd rather go for some inbred freako clowns like picassos. :P

justinl · #10 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.