Latest status symbol: $600,000 aquarium

[partagas]

OK, I am in the wrong business.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/27/pf/fortune_goodlife/index.htm

 

[Dave ESPI]

the real money.... the WATER CHANGES !

Bling Bling Mortons Kosher salt BaBI !

 

[scotia-reefer]

Sweet Buddha. Maybe I should get one of them for my tank!

 

[Ken668]

I would have fun keeping the coralline off him......not. He wouldn't stay clean for long in my tank!

 

[robplonker]

if only i had that type of dosh to spend on a reef of my own.....

 

[DanConnor]

Wow, it contains "up to ten living creatures."

 

[partagas]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7283737#post7283737 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DanConnor
Wow, it contains "up to ten living creatures."

But do not forget what those 10 are....

"These guys say, 'Okay, if we are going to do [an aquarium], it has to be hot.' " So what's the hottest thing right now in hedgie tanks? Sharks, natch. The price: around $2,000 each.

 

[xian]

"These guys say, 'Okay, if we are going to do [an aquarium], it has to be hot.' " So what's the hottest thing right now in hedgie tanks? Sharks, natch. The price: around $2,000 each. [/B]

Is that english?

 

[reefD]

lol

 

[upstatedave]

is there any hobby these yuppies won't ruin?...they did the whole Harley thing....cigar smoking....only the big $$$$ cigars though...baseball card collecting til they drove the value to rock bottom...and now reefs....hedgies....bah humbug...on a positive note...eventually there will be some neat tanks for cheap..as soon as they find some other endevour

 

[scorp1on]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7288139#post7288139 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by upstatedave
on a positive note...eventually there will be some neat tanks for cheap..as soon as they find some other endevour

Hadn't even thought of that. Good point

 

[Dave ESPI]

til they drove the value to rock bottom...

Well, for the first time in history, I can honestly say I " Gleefully await for the bottom to drop out of the market"

Every thing else is trivial. Reef- coral keeping is special, and the less morons in it, the better off we all are.... INCLUDING the animals.

 

[upstatedave]

I agree Dave...the animals are what suffers...and these people have no feeling for what they are keeping..it's just glitter for their own egos....I hope to see the fad pass quickly...

 

[jaze36]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7288139#post7288139 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by upstatedave
is there any hobby these yuppies won't ruin?...they did the whole Harley thing....cigar smoking....only the big $$$$ cigars though...baseball card collecting til they drove the value to rock bottom...and now reefs....hedgies....bah humbug...on a positive note...eventually there will be some neat tanks for cheap..as soon as they find some other endevour

Have to agree here. Don't forget snowmobiling and skiing. I have never been to big on people with more money than brains. On a side note Saratoga has no aquarium store, that I would think is a ripe business oppertunity.

 

[upstatedave]

actually there are a couple over there.....bensons and saratoga aquarium.....if they are still in business.....it would be a good place for something to appeal to the yuppie soul......

 

[Dave ESPI]

Toga has 4...errr wait.. FIVE places to get fish from, and even Saratoga Maintainance Co for you lazy SOB's to come clean it

 

[jaze36]

Do these places have salt and reef stuff? I knew about bensons but last time I was there they only had fresh, I thought.