Really!!!?
- Thread starter andysgirl8800
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mng777777
Shark Wrangler Wannabe
This guy would and I want a pair but I have a few more houses to sell before I can dump that kind of cash into something that could die overnight.
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
Or jump!
fastrd400
It wasn't me!
Hell to the NO!
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
2G worth of fish stix. whoa!
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
Does it lay platinum eggs? If it does, then hell yeah I'd pay that :)
winyfrog
Yep!
those are amazing fish, so beautiful. Great for the collectors, just as in any hobby :)
Navarchus
Almost smarter than a pig
What an amazing fish! I wonder why it's so expensive.
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
He also lives in Thailand. I suspect he paid only a fraction of the price listed on 2 Docs website.
Navarchus
Almost smarter than a pig
Good point RC (and very observant) It would be cheaper to fly to a reef, rent scuba equipment, catch the little sucker, and fly back than to buy it from 2 Docs.
winyfrog
Yep!
because they are super rare, and are deepwater species so the divers have to dive deep to get them, then they will pretty much be done diving for the day.
Navarchus
Almost smarter than a pig
Ahh. Well a beautiful fish it is. interesting that it is deep water. I wonder if deep water species have problems liveing in our tanks due to the differences in water pressure and gas saturation.
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
Perhaps this is one of those little fishies that should REMAIN in the ocean, or MAYBE in a professional aquarium. Most of our home tanks are more designed for shallow water species. I'd be worried about their stress level.
Navarchus
Almost smarter than a pig
I agree with you andysgirl. Hopefully that price tag will keep novices away.
winyfrog
Yep!
As long as the diver brings them up slowly they will adjust to the pressures. and they do prefer to be in a dimly lite aquarium but will usually adjust.
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
Even so....that's almost like putting an orangutan in an enclosure with only a pond in the floor and expecting it to eventually swim in it and be happy about it! *L*
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Lots of our corals are from deep water too. Well - maybe not deep by ocean standards. But IMO 90-100 feet is pretty deep and lots of our corals come from those depths. They don't seam to be bothered by the lack of water pressure in out 24" deep tanks.
Fishies have swim bladders that they can inflate and deflate for buoyancy. They just can't do it fast - which is why when you go fishing and you pull a lake trout up from 140 feet of water his swim bladder is coming out of his mouth.
Fishies have swim bladders that they can inflate and deflate for buoyancy. They just can't do it fast - which is why when you go fishing and you pull a lake trout up from 140 feet of water his swim bladder is coming out of his mouth.
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
Good point RC. I guess it wasn't so much the pressure I was concerned with, but other conditions exist in deeper water than in shallow water....such as cooler, more steady temperatures, darker, etc.
winyfrog
Yep!
I agree its an advanced aquarist fish. I would love to have one, If I had the money I probably would.
Doesn't that go for all of our fish that came from the ocean, we hope that they will eventually be happy in the glass box that we put them in :Cheers: and they usually do become happy or at least tolerate it. :)
andysgirl8800
Blenny Badlands
Yup, you are right! I guess I just feel more guilty about fish that require much more advanced care to be kept captive than the fish that easily adapt to changing environments. I often think about the conditions in my tank and how my actions or inactions impact the health of the little ecosystem that I have created. In the open oceans, and in natural reef systems, if the conditions get bad, the fish have the option to emmigrate. They don't have that option in our tanks.
