[WaterPlant]

a house vendor taught me how to appraise this kind of fish and the fish is definately not worth that price at current conditions.

[meschaefer]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaterPlant a house vendor taught me how to appraise this kind of fish and the fish is definately not worth that price at current conditions.

What are you looking for in doing an apprasial?

[WaterPlant]

just to see why a fish or tank is so expensive and that it seems most of us here don't know what we are talking about

[meschaefer]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaterPlant just to see why a fish or tank is so expensive and that

I think you misinterperted my question. When you look at a fish such as the RTG, what is that you are looking for in making an apprasial? I.e. coloration, size, health, etc etc. and how much do you allocate to each criteria.

for example. You are selling a rock with some zoo's on it. Although, zoo's are not my thing, I would look at the color of the zoo's and might determine that they are extremely pleasing to the eye, and say to myself that they are worth approximately $10 per ployp. There are four polyps on the rock, so $40 and $10 discount for buying multple polyps, so $30 is a fair price.

Quote: Originally Posted by WaterPlant it seems most of us here don't know what we are talking about

But is seems that we are correct in determining that he is asking way to much for what he has there.

[reefman]

i was into this quite awhile back n i agree with waterp, that RTG aka (ruby) is definitely not worth the $. It is not even close to A grade.

[Froggie]

I don't know the exact price for the blue arowana, but I know the silver and the black arowana do not fetch more than $100 for a 6" or less. With that said, those blood parrot cichlid fish aren't that expensive. Lets say the tank, parrots, and other arowanas account for $1000 of the price tag, you're still left with a $17,000. I'm sory but I wouldn't spend $17,000 on a fish that requires a even larger aquarium, can be a picky eater, and die. That's $17,000 embodied in one fish...literally going down the drain. No thanks.

[joseney21]

this guy is bananas

[lfsmarineguy]

he did say you are paying for his 2yrs of care for the tank. Lol, if we all sold our frags/ equipment/ fish according to the care we put in over the years also factoring in cost of food and other odds and ends....(plus utilities) it might dwarf that $22,800. But then we unfortunately live in reality where such pricing doesn't exist rofl.

[Chiefmcfuz]

25,000 for a nano? Boy I am in the wrong biz

[Awibrandy]

Perhaps the person was given an ultimatum. And the person made a deal something like well, <I'll put it on ebay> it didn't sell. Now the person gets to keep their beloved tank. Kinda scary how divious my mind is working these days.