whats the most exspensive fish

[wilsonriverfish]

What fish costs the most does anybody know I know saltwater are spendy but what freshwater fish costs the most?

 

[mattistat]

i think that a full grown discus would be the most expensive

 

[Lotus]

Some arowanas go for several thousand dollars, and more. Flowerhorns can also get expensive.

 

[Igor The Cat]

Koi, hands down.

cheers

-Java

 

[JWright]

I've seen full grown Asian Arrowana (Scleropages formosus) in the several tens of thousands of dollars range....

 

[wilsonriverfish]

good lord thats alot hopw much are they small?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Really depends on the market and fish itself. Discus are acctually very cheap when put on paper with some of these others. The only real expensive discus (relative to the others and species listed below) are the Albinos, Leopards, and snakeskin strains coming from the singapore area. Some Solid colors will fetch a good amount but not near as much as something like the albinos.

Asian Arrowana, Freshwater Rays, like lotus said Flowerhorns...however their popularity seems to have died down a bit.

 

[rohnds]

Some arowanas go for several thousand dollars, and more. Flowerhorns can also get expensive.

All I can say is, wow!!!!!

Rohn

 

['-JIN-']

ya,arowana is now the most expensive fish after all,Malaysia is the country who 'invented' flower horn.they are a chilid.Past 4 years,flower horn can cost up to 1 million ringgit,after saying that the fish can help you to strike lottery(mostly is just a mitos)sadly the beautiful fish breed very fast,every 4months they will breed up to 90 fries,that is the cause why the price drop.But now arowana is conquering the asia fish market price,depending on what type arowana they are,if im not mistaken 'Red Pearl Dragon' arowanas is the most expensive.their full grown size is about two to three feet length,the scales is about 3-4cm length.they cost up to 60 to 100 thousand.lol the price gone up so high is mainly of asian chinese believe that flower horn and arowanas bring prosperity or some sort of following the 'feng shui'.thats all i know.......

 

[Endl98]

i guess it who you buy from. because my lfs has discus and flowerforns as well as arowanas . and they are cheap .$19.99 to $69.99 . depends on age, here.
ive seen expensive on aquabid,

even seen under $100 zebra plecos.

 

[JWright]

It depends on the quality and the rerity of the particular color morph.

A common Arrowana might be less than $100, while an extrememly rare, healthy morph might go for $25,000.

 

[Jayrod7]

it was in the news a while back that this person bought some extremely huge and extremely rare koi for like $20k or higher, all i remember it was a huge price.

 

[Endl98]

my dad has koi in his pond in the back yard. some of them are worth 5 to 10k.
real big 3 to 4 fters. a couple of solid golds.

his pond is 18ft by 35ft and it goes 4ft to 8ft deep. ive swam in it. the fish rub all over ya. its was just like building a swimming pool.

 

[wilsonriverfish]

check out this cool fish anyone seen these


eBay: direct from thialand bublehead youngsters (item 170036021623 end time Oct-10-06 19:17:32 PDT)

 

[bala_aquarium]

the most expensive freshwater ive seen is a zebra pleco for $600

 

[Igor The Cat]

Wilson, those are flowerhorns.

cheers

-Java

 

[Stevie]

In an issue of pfk they had an arrowanna for 200k!!!

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Also, Roseline Sharks usually aren't too cheap, at about $40.00 per fish..

 

[TheFighterFish]

right on the dot

Also, Roseline Sharks usually aren't too cheap, at about $40.00 per fish..

I agree. Funny, my lfs sells them for exactly the same price. Must be a west coast thing, j/k. They are beautiful fish nonetheless.

 

[Smalltank3]

Same here in the midwest roselines for 39.99