Regrets NOT buying a fish?

[Fat Homer]

I had no clue they were quite that expensive! Good self control though.

Yup i remember a store once told me they could possibly get one but needed a $500 USD deposit, then another $500 USD on its arrival making it a fish that would total USD $1K... so bit to rich for my blood...

wow! if you don't mind... please share the fb feed

Im only sharing this here in hopes the puffer ends up in your tank Vince!!! So please dont dissapoint!!!

 

[Fat Homer]

Now that that Cross River has been supposedly sold (i hope it was vincentwugwg who bought it)...

I thought i’d share another pic they postsd today...



Also, now i can officially say, there is only maybe 1% of regret not getting it, since im broke as hell this month with Chinese New Year around the corner and a lot of big bills just paid lol...

 

[crayfishlobster]

A ropefish. Getting harder to find around my area. Such a shame, I love those guys...

 

[Lepisosteus]

I was offered a gorgeous pearl ray few years ago from a friend of mine. Was very cheap at the time, nicest pearl I’ve ever seen as an adult. What most would call a “white pearl” now. Was a large female, perfect for the hybrid I had. Anyways passed on it as I was moving and didn’t want to deal with moving more than what I already had. should have bought it.

Happened to me again recently. Local hobbiest shutting down his reef, offered his gem tang and Achilles tang to me for cheap. $800 for both. Passed on both of those as my tank is well stocked as is and i was going to be away for a month. This happened early December. Got an Aussie gold torch colony off him for $150 though. 5 heads roughly.

I’ve got big plans once my residency becomes more permanent. Between schooling and my area of work I move around a lot.

 

[Matteus]

A 6” clown loach that had a very particular odd ball pattern that was incredible. It was $50 but I wanted to wait it out to get it for cheaper but it was gone in 3 days.

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

A ropefish. Getting harder to find around my area. Such a shame, I love those guys...

My ONLY LFS back in my hometown. Had a 30 gallon tank full of them and I regret not grabbing some. The owner never had oddball or rare fish but he ALWAYS had a tank full of ropefish, they were super cool. Would have made a great addition to my tank at the time.

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

A 6” clown loach that had a very particular odd ball pattern that was incredible. It was $50 but I wanted to wait it out to get it for cheaper but it was gone in 3 days.

Dang, should have snatched it. That is a great deal on that size of a clown loach at that size. The occasional 12" around here goes for $150-200

 

[Mitchell The Monster]

I was offered a gorgeous pearl ray few years ago from a friend of mine. Was very cheap at the time, nicest pearl I’ve ever seen as an adult. What most would call a “white pearl” now. Was a large female, perfect for the hybrid I had. Anyways passed on it as I was moving and didn’t want to deal with moving more than what I already had. should have bought it.

Happened to me again recently. Local hobbiest shutting down his reef, offered his gem tang and Achilles tang to me for cheap. $800 for both. Passed on both of those as my tank is well stocked as is and i was going to be away for a month. This happened early December. Got an Aussie gold torch colony off him for $150 though. 5 heads roughly.

I’ve got big plans once my residency becomes more permanent. Between schooling and my area of work I move around a lot.

My Uncle had a 120 FOLR and my dad's friend has a 180 and I had always admired their massive tangs. The 180 had a full grown gem tang that was absolutely incredible. Coral prices have been stupid high lately around here. So $150 for 5 heads is pretty sweet.

 

[Nega Ginger]

No regrets yet as I've only been doing this for a year or so, but my LFS currently has a 12" Goliath Tiger for $400 that I desperately want, but that's not an aquarium fish unless you own SeaWorld or something

 

[Allan01230]

I remember years ago a mom and pop place that is now gone had this black moor goldfish not rare but this thing was huge about the size of a cantaloupe he wanted 25 bucks for it.. I thought about it then went to get it and the owner said some guy bought it for his 9 year old daughter that loved goldfish. In the time I went to another store then came back and that moor was gone