depends what it is. Most of the time if they are just harder to get such as the case with the clarion angle, it doesnt really make it any harder to keep alive then any other angel fish.
Exotic And Rare Fish
- Thread starter rkaragozler
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depends what it is. Most of the time if they are just harder to get such as the case with the clarion angle, it doesnt really make it any harder to keep alive then any other angel fish.
- Location
- Staten Island
I just saw a couple more, Titan Trigger, Golden Back Trigger, Bluline Trigger,
- Location
- New Rochelle
Peppermint angel.
Watch out for the tag "rare" or "exotic" I've seen a number of fish marked as such for high prices only to see them for half the cost at another vendor. I agree with the collection factors being a contributor, but also what is rare to our market in the Northeast, very likely is not rare on the West Coast. Also true for other foreign markets vs. ours. As an avid diver, I'm really torn over some of the more rare and delicate species up for sale. Beautiful in a fish tank certainly, but some animals should perhaps be left in the wild.
+1, there are many fish at the wholesalers in LA, that never make it to the East Coast! For example, I've been waiting for true Hawaiian Flame Angels (red, without the orange) to be available for almost 2 years...finally should be getting 3 of them next week!
- Location
- Cliffside Park, NJ
Masked Angelfish; they fetch upto $10k for one....
Sounds like the dealer should be wearing the mask!
ryangrieder
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- Location
- Northern Jersey
- Location
- Cliffside Park, NJ
A well known diver in Hawaii recently losted his life attempting catch one of these rare gems....
Correction he caught over a dozen of them and then went back the next day doinf deep dives. He was a good guy but got greedy and didn't allow the proper time in between dives. As for the Clairons they are not rare just permits for them are, Absolutely fish has them all the time, Whitecaps go for around 200 all the sudden there are a ton of them, Gem tangs (not JEM) are collected in deeper waters as well and as far as I know in one place. There is a place with thousands of Black tangs in shallow water but collecting there is banned.
- Location
- poughquag, ny
better re-read what happened because this isn't how it went down
- Location
- poughquag, ny
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