Australian rare fish pricelist

[curlykid]

wah? 5 chromis for 60 bucks, 2 cleaner shrimps for 180?

[suta4242]

Grass isn't always greener is it? To the aussie whingers: would you rather be a reefer picking up coral here often at comparitively cheap prices, or pay the ridiculous prices for sought after stock in the US?

Sure there are no Florida rics, cheap blue carpets etc... but theres plenty of decent coral if you bother shopping around. And it usually arrives in good nick at your shops or direct from collectors. Maybe if you lived on the other side of the pond you'd be complaining about that?

[patro]

Originally Posted by suta4242

Grass isn't always greener is it? To the aussie whingers: would you rather be a reefer picking up coral here often at comparitively cheap prices, or pay the ridiculous prices for sought after stock in the US?

Sure there are no Florida rics, cheap blue carpets etc... but theres plenty of decent coral if you bother shopping around. And it usually arrives in good nick at your shops or direct from collectors. Maybe if you lived on the other side of the pond you'd be complaining about that?

i didnt make this thread to whinge, it was purely to show the price difference.

[The Escaped Ape]

Australians are like Brits. We like to moan. But I don't think that's what patro was trying to do. It's completely legitimate to compare prices in the hobby in different territories and wonder why that is. Particularly when a lot of us from outside the US get our info from valuable sites like this and, as a result, a lot of our reference points are from a quite dissimilar market to the ones we operate in.

[Giglamesh]

i dont mind paying that little extra for fish and getting my corals alot cheaper

[cjdevito]

Originally Posted by The Escaped Ape

You're welcome. I'm lucky to be in Japan as a hobbyist, but to be honest, it would be better back in my native UK to an extent and heaven for a reef tank enthusiast, as far as I can make out, is Southern California.

It is. After a decade in Los Angeles I'm far too spoiled by the livestock availability and affordability there to buy any livestock in the local stores here. Even in the US, pricing and availability can and do vary geographically.

[patro]

Originally Posted by cjdevito

It is. After a decade in Los Angeles I'm far too spoiled by the livestock availability and affordability there to buy any livestock in the local stores here. Even in the US, pricing and availability can and do vary geographically.

you can also order very high quality stock off the internet such as liveaquaria, bluezoo, cherry corals etc
very jealous

[wrott]

If it's legal and I lived Down-under, I would collect my own. Even if it meant travelling a few hundred miles to the coast. But I love to SCUBA, so it would be a vacation to collect livestock.
I can understand the reason for the price differential around the world, it seems like common sense. Like the person in Canada paying $20 for a Royal Gramma, whereas, I, in Birmingham, AL, would pay $9 for one.

[patro]

Originally Posted by wrott

If it's legal and I lived Down-under, I would collect my own. Even if it meant travelling a few hundred miles to the coast. But I love to SCUBA, so it would be a vacation to collect livestock.
I can understand the reason for the price differential around the world, it seems like common sense. Like the person in Canada paying $20 for a Royal Gramma, whereas, I, in Birmingham, AL, would pay $9 for one.

collection permits on the great barrier reef are hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase.

[mwladdicted]

i just visited a collection shop in australia. I saw there live stock and from what i could see they only had local stuff. they did though have a true personifer for 100 bucks. and 100's of 35 dollar liniatus fairy wrasses. these of course are local prices though......i asked them about there collection permits and they said there only only very few availible. and they cost about 100,000.i have some pics ill post of there shop. it was quite impressive.

[Sohal Tang Tim]

The site is likely designed by THEIVES that want to rip off rich people
that do not know better but can easily afford.

Um...here Celine...you can get a pretty yellow one for only another thousand bux! yes thats right..its called a YELLOW TANG...VERY RARE...

Visa or Mastercard???

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


anyone can see this site is a rip off BUILT BY CRIMINALS that is posted...I would ignore it and not give it the traffic



Tim

[patro]

Originally Posted by mwladdicted

i just visited a collection shop in australia. I saw there live stock and from what i could see they only had local stuff. they did though have a true personifer for 100 bucks. and 100's of 35 dollar liniatus fairy wrasses. these of course are local prices though......i asked them about there collection permits and they said there only only very few availible. and they cost about 100,000.i have some pics ill post of there shop. it was quite impressive.

are you refering the carins marine? if so, that place is amazing!

[patro]

Originally Posted by Sohal Tang Tim

The site is likely designed by THEIVES that want to rip off rich people
that do not know better but can easily afford.

Um...here Celine...you can get a pretty yellow one for only another thousand bux! yes thats right..its called a YELLOW TANG...VERY RARE...

Visa or Mastercard???

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


anyone can see this site is a rip off BUILT BY CRIMINALS that is posted...I would ignore it and not give it the traffic



Tim

no its not to rip off thieves. thats a silly thing to say.
its purely showing you the difference because of import/export markets..

[n0rk]

Any fish not found on the GBR we pay through the nose for... full stop. There's a lot of overheads attached to getting fish into the country, and there's a hell of a lot of shipping costs associated... it's not thievery, it's life. Even at cost most things are obscene by comparison I will say though, many of those prices are actually low compared to what we commonly see.

[me_reef_geek]

wow I should get a CITES permit and mail you guys some fish

[patro]

Originally Posted by me_reef_geek

wow I should get a CITES permit and mail you guys some fish

haha not as easy as that mate. we have very strict custom rules and we need permitts to important live fish (basically live anything)
its just so much easier going to the store about buying a $200 royal gramma then it is getting some imported..

[patro]

Originally Posted by n0rk

Any fish not found on the GBR we pay through the nose for... full stop. There's a lot of overheads attached to getting fish into the country, and there's a hell of a lot of shipping costs associated... it's not thievery, it's life. Even at cost most things are obscene by comparison I will say though, many of those prices are actually low compared to what we commonly see.

thankyou for your imput. your 100% right