Price too high for flame angel?

[Megatrev62]

Hi all, local fish store has a nice flame that is doing well. He's asking $80.00 for the fish and that seems high to me. I really don't want to pay that much(plus tax!!!) Has anyone or would anyone pay that much for a flame? Thanks all.

 

[harlequin tusk]

The flames at my LFS go for 74$ for the most part

 

[ocellaris123]

Flame angels in Southern California usually go for $45.00 give or take at most stores

 

[Cahooligan]

i saw a flame angel the other day at a new lfs for $85. i personally wouldnt spend more than $50-$60 for one, but i guess it really depends on where youre located. all of my other lfs's sell them for around $50-60 so i guess thats the price im used to, and $85 to me is quite overpriced. just my 2 cents...

 

[Megatrev62]

I can't seem to get my head around it.$80.00 seems overpriced even from where I live. Newfoundland,Canada. I bet the store didn't pay much more than $10-$15(maybe less) for it. That's what I hate!!!!

 

[IFbettas]

In my area flames are about $50.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

They run around $50.00 here.

 

[snorvich]

Where was the flame collected? Some of them that are brilliantly colored red may be going for more.

 

[landers96]

I paid $39 for mine a year ago. Just outside cleveland, ohio

 

[Megatrev62]

Where was the flame collected? Some of them that are brilliantly colored red may be going for more.

Nothing special about it no.

 

[sprayed99]

I see them from 40-50 bucks day in and day out here. (DFW, TX)

 

[JamesJR]

40-50 but the price varies a lot. If you can get a good specimen it is worth paying more. I've bought a couple of these fish that were "bargains" only to have them not persist more than a week in quarantine.

 

[agreeive?fish]

Hi all, local fish store has a nice flame that is doing well. He's asking $80.00 for the fish and that seems high to me. I really don't want to pay that much(plus tax!!!) Has anyone or would anyone pay that much for a flame? Thanks all.

you dont list where you are from but in my 2 lfs town where one store caters to AF pilots,doctors lawyers,judges and oil execs, where a yellow tang and a falme angel both are 80 each and the other store fish are more diesease/parisite infested than than any big chain store

but if i drive 2.5 hours north to the next closest lfs i can get a flame in excelent health for 50 any day of the week

so in your area 80 may be common price for a flame a lot depends on who thestore caters to and what type of compitition the lfs to what they charge for a fish

 

[Toddrtrex]

Where was the flame collected? Some of them that are brilliantly colored red may be going for more.

Exactly - I would gladly pay $80 for a Hawaiian deep red flame.

 

[iap]

One store here they are 90$ while the next store they are 39$

 

[Flippers4pups]

You would think with them being more available that the price would be lower.
I paid $79.00 for my Potters at my LFS and they are way less available than the Flame. I guess it does have something to do with where you live and how far they have to travel to get them to your LFS.

 

[palmer373]

$75 at a good LFS here, prob $85 or 90 at another rip-off store i dont go to. my mom get me a flame for $75 for my birthday, was shocked at the price, but excited when i had it in the tank. my (not with me anymore) undulated at him tho.

its its an amazing speciman in you opinion get it, if not dont.

 

[Flippers4pups]

$75 at a good LFS here, prob $85 or 90 at another rip-off store i dont go to. my mom get me a flame for $75 for my birthday, was shocked at the price, but excited when i had it in the tank. my (not with me anymore) undulated at him tho.

its its an amazing speciman in you opinion get it, if not dont.

Yes, Undulated's will eat just about ANYTHING in the tank with it. Sorry for your loss.:sad2:

 

[Megatrev62]

Seems the price is not completely wacko. Dependent on a few things. I've been looking at a place called j&l aquatics out of Vancouver. They have flames there for $45.00 which beats the pants of lfs. Has anyone dealt with them? If so how did it go? Have half a mind to order all the fish I want and save a bundle. They guarantee live arrival and the fish would have to be flown across the whole of Canada!!! May go for it. Any thoughts at all. Thanks again for input.

 

[alton]

I paid $60 ten years ago because my wife wanted it(and she is not a big fan of my hobby, so I was shocked). It was the best investment I ever made and he is still doing great. I have seen them here in SA as cheap as $29 and as much as $69, depends on the time of year and where it was collected. Look at it this way if you buy one at $40 and it dies and then you go buy another and it lives you actually paid $80?