Picasso Clownfish @ saltwaterfish.com now in stock

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jaysreef

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FYI - Picasso's have arrived @ saltwaterfish.com

I received an email today from saltwaterfish.com stating that they have ORA Picasso Clowns in stock. I ordered one for a potential mate to my Rod's Onyx Clown. I am very interested to see what kind of morph I receive. $99 and free shipping. However, they did tack on a $9.99 packaging fee and a $9.99 surcharge fee. That's ok, that lso had some really great other specials.

This may be a gamble...we'll have to see what I get!!!
 
Good luck!!!

I wish I had that kind of cash to blow on a fish.....the marine biology dept at my HS is going to be breeding clowns and these will be one of the ones we intend on breeding.
 
I emailed saltwaterfish to inquire about a pair, and said I'd pay immediately. I asked for specimen pics and they wouldn't do it. Dunno if I'd pay for a picasso that looks just like a true perc, ala their website pic
 
fish that really looks nothing like their stock photo. They didnt even really bother to answer my question, they copied and pasted the description of the picasso. Yours is gorgeous but Im a little shy about spending money with the reply they gave me. I might have to anyway.

Do you guys happen to know how many they got in? Perhaps I should call them
 
$99 seems like a HUGE! mark up.

I thought people were getting them for $30-$50 through their LFSs.

But if you want one that bad........

BTW, they don't have them listed "in stock" anymore.
 
Phender your are correct. LFS and online retailers are marking them up double or triple normal mark up. It never fails when there is a new craze for retailers to jack up the price on livestock and people to pay it. Im also guilty of paying the jacked up price but I am pleased with the ones I have.
 
I have bought two from them but one passed away a few days after arriving. He wouldn't eat while the other ate like a pig. Tried everything and nothing worked. I think he may have had a parasite (had white stringy poop when he was first introduced) which seems slightly improbable. Just waiting for them to get them back in stock again to order another.
 
When I first started looking into them over a year ago, ORA told me they go for around $50. Nowadays it seems like $99 to $120 is the cheapest that they can be found for.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10895147#post10895147 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezcompany
they are sold from ORA at $50. then the retailer marks them up.
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I thought Oama said that ORA priced they so that the retail price should be about $50. I could be wrong.
 
ORA's price to the retailer I had heard was $12. The retail price was $50 according to the person that I contacted awhile back, I think I still have the email from them. The retailer is the one doubling and tripling the retail consumer cost of picassos. Meaning, instead of me paying $50 like ORA told me, I paid $100 because saltwaterfish.com cranked the price up.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10895733#post10895733 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fish02
ORA's price to the retailer I had heard was $12. The retail price was $50 according to the person that I contacted awhile back, I think I still have the email from them. The retailer is the one doubling and tripling the retail consumer cost of picassos. Meaning, instead of me paying $50 like ORA told me, I paid $100 because saltwaterfish.com cranked the price up.
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Believe me, they are a lot more than $12 wholesale.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10891349#post10891349 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
$99 seems like a HUGE! mark up.

I thought people were getting them for $30-$50 through their LFSs.

But if you want one that bad........

BTW, they don't have them listed "in stock" anymore.
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Man you have not been paying attention they are like 40 bucks a peice on the ORA stocklist last i heard and my LFS wanted 99 a peice i thought that was expensive ,,,, some people are paying 499 a pair. LFS/divers den/other places.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10895214#post10895214 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
I thought Oama said that ORA priced they so that the retail price should be about $50. I could be wrong.
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it has gone up in the last 12 months.
 
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