low budget fish pics

[xxtriggermanxx]

I always see the threads "show us your high dollar fish". I think it's time for a show me your "Bargin Basement Beauty's" let's keep it under 30 bucks...
my two pictures are of my 15 dollar Royal Gramma and my 8 dollar Rex Damsel.

now don't be shy,lets see your cheap fish

 

[cwoods8]

now this is my kind of thread!

 

[OAD]

Getting on board for this one.

 

[SDguy]

Tough to get lower-budget than green chromis

 

[Recty]

Cheapest thing I ever bought, a hitchiker snail

These guys were $12 so I picked them up, cool fish for being cheap
And then here is the fish my corals loved to hate.

 

[ozadars]

Royal grammas go for $80-100 in my country

 

[crvz]

Here's my mimic tang.

 

[superfirefly]

My dwarf lion on sale for $25

my clowns

 

[xxtriggermanxx]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13091904#post13091904 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crvz
Here's my mimic tang.

nice ! I have an adult .one of my favorite fish!

I don't understand , you mean to tell me we are the only ones with low budget fish..

 

[smoothdog]

my yellow watchman

and my bi-color blenny

 

[Mariner]

Here's my little yellow tail damsel.

I paid $10 for this juvi clown at the Nashville frag swap.

Mariner

 

[LukFox]

The small yellow tang was about $20 if I remember right.

 

[Mariner]

My favorite low budget fish ever may have been this guy...chalk bass!

Mariner

 

[SDguy]

Lubbocks fairy - $25. Cheap as far as fairies go, and frankly a lot better looking than some of those pricey ones!

 

[Mikeeee]

$20 for both my clowns prob cheapest thing in my tank other than my bangaii cardinal pair (FREE) (raised them myself) no pics though.

 

[ziyaadb]

thats a fantastic pic man

 

[rydr119]

I think the bargain fish are the best. They are usually hardy and can live a long time.
Hawkfish-$25

2-barred Rabbit-$20

Blue Hippo Tang-$27 (of course it was the size of a quarter)

All three fish plus my Tomato Clown-$15

 

[reefergeorge]

<<<< $5.99 petco clownfish. I bought two, and they were $16 the next week. I think it was a miss label.

 

[DNickell]

My "rescue fish."

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The LFS had this Sailfin brought in because a Maroon Clownfish had been pickin on it and was about to kill it. The original owner waited too long in deciding which fish to keep (he kept the blinking clown!!). The top fin was completely gone and down into the meat of the back. At least a quarter of the tail was gone.

The price: FREE!! The LFS had it in a sump in the back, since they didn't want such a damaged fish in their public display tanks. The owner cared enough about the fish that he was willing to give it to someone who would try to give it a good home.

The tail has grown all the way back and the color returned. The back has healed and the top fin has grown back just a bit. The fish is about six and a half inches from tail to nose.

My kids named it "Flat Top." It has made itself at home in my 120 gallon tank and spends most of its time with its nose in the liverock rooting about for algae. It also hangs out with its new buddy the Foxface (about eight inches long). They are seldom more than a body length apart. That's the Foxface's tail in the photo.

 

[Mel-E-Mel]

My $12 green goby.
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Sorry for the bad pic.