What's up with Hyphaestus Carbo aka Coal Grunter?

[balton777]

My lfs has an interesting fish I haven't seen before.

Anyone know about these fish? How rare are they?



This little guy moves very quickly and wouldn't be still to get a good shot.

 

[peewee]

nice! first time for me too.

 

[krichardson]

It's an Australian fish that is'nt brought in very often.How much is/was it?

 

[krichardson]

I think it's just that they are not a popular fish and therefore are'nt collected more so than than them being rare.I have been looking for one for so long that I've forgotten that I wanted one.

 

[balton777]

Mucho dinero-$79.95 for a 2-3" fish.

 

[krichardson]

Mucho dinero-$79.95 for a 2-3" fish.

I say it sits there in the store for a good while.

 

[likestofish]

always wanted one to go with my jardini

 

[krichardson]

always wanted one to go with my jardini

..and I thought one would go well with dats.

 

[Austin]

http://www.google.com/search?q=coal...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

probably not that rare.

 

[Hoyo12]

The fish is fairly rare to find for sale. And with the fish being rare, makes the price rise. But the fish isn't very... "pretty" or colorful... so I don't get why else it would be so expensive.
I've only known of one place that sells them.