Most Expensive Fish You've Seen

[NLindsey921]

Pair of electric blue rams $40

 

[abc123userabc123]

4 years isn’t that short, considering you can pay upwards $100 for a pure bred dog with a typical lifespan of around 10 years. Besides, if I prefer the higher quality bettas as they’re just so beautiful and they don’t come from places that don’t have a clue like Petco. Typically better breeding as well to provide a better lifespan.

I think 4 years is good enough actually. Most of the people I know who raise Bettas say that their fishes only live for 2-3 years

 

[Blitzar]

$150 in 1992 Gobels cobolt blue discus. From Gobel himself!!

Super jealous...

I've spent $40 on my goldie Q, but I've shown off pictures to my goldie breeder friends and been offered upwards of $125 (she's got amazing confo, and has a beautiful red color with perfect white fins, and hasn't ever changed color)

 

[ParrotCichlid]

I bought a red tail golden splendour arowana a few years ago. £820 so around $950? Gorgeous fish though.

Sold it when I taken my old fish room down.

 

[chromedome52]

Hmm, thought I'd answered this question before....

$300 for a trio of Rivulus obscurus. Here's a picture of one of them:

 

[Madrigal77]

$80+ back when I was into African Cichlids.

 

[Platylover]

Hmm, thought I'd answered this question before....

$300 for a trio of Rivulus obscurus. Here's a picture of one of them:

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Ooh, those are so beautiful... I want some now lol

 

[AJE]

$40 for a betta

Wow! It must be some betta

 

[NLindsey921]

20 dollar baby super red bn pleco. It dissappearedthe same day.

 

[aussieJJDude]

Wow! It must be some betta

In australia, that price is rather common besides the veiltails....

As for myself, probably either a betta ($50 off memory) or one of catfish sp....


Now plants on the other hand... haha, easily can say over $100 for a single plant.

 

[Gypsy13]

Don’t laugh! I paid a neighbor one hundred dollars for a plain Jane guppy. Then another thirty four dollars on meds. I can’t help it.

 

[AJE]

I would love to open

Don’t laugh! I paid a neighbor one hundred dollars for a plain Jane guppy. Then another thirty four dollars on meds. I can’t help it.

a pet store near you all

 

[dwarfpufferlover]

Probably a bundle of red racers for 55$

 

[wrs2]

I bought a betta for 15 USD. He died within 3 hrs :/ That was the most I've spent, usually anything over 3.99 is way too much for me! But I can "splurge" on Bettas!

 

[Discus-Tang]

1 halfmoon betta for $37. That's the average price for bettas here

 

[yukondog]

Apistogramma

 

[75g Discus Tank]

I spent $50 for my L018 golden nugget.

He ripped his fins up from his lava rock cave, but he is on the mend.

 

[Gypsy13]

I would love to open

a pet store near you all

Not now that you know we have sucker stamped on our souls! Lol

I bought a betta for 15 USD. He died within 3 hrs :/ That was the most I've spent, usually anything over 3.99 is way too much for me! But I can "splurge" on Bettas!

 

[aussieJJDude]

I would love to open

a pet store near you all

And good luck trying to find a suitable central location... for all of us

 

[AquaticJ]

I paid $40 for a Black Ram...btw bizaliz3, you owe me $40..

 

[Seth15]

Honesty I'm not rich, but I have spent quite a bit on fish, (people might say it's unwise, I disagree lol)

200$ koi
50$ chilotilapia euchilus
35$ polypterus butterikoferi
80$ african lungfish
55$ distichodus lussoso
50$ jumbo black ghost knifefish
Plus others I can't remember

 

[AJE]

Portals obviously

 

[Mike1995]

some of the most expensive for me have been,
my green terror, he's wild caught and I got him for around $80 at 5". A little expensive for a terror but he's turned out to be beautiful and his personality more than makes up for it .
I used to have an electric blue jack Dempsey cost like $35.
however one day, once my current fish all pass away in my biggest tank (10 or more years), I plan on having a colony of frontosa. Always been a dream of mine.

 

[FishyFan2018]

What was the most expensive fish you had for your tank?

$25 for a chocolate zebra pleco
$15 for a DemasonI blue cichlid
$30 for 2 electric blue rams (died in the the major ich bloom that killed most my first tank a couple months ago)
$15 farwella catfish (my absolute favorite fish to-date)

 

[sipec]

Royal gramma (profile pic). Will be buying some green banded gobies eventually

Actually it might be my extreme misbar clown... idk they were both about $30

 

[GuppyGuy007]

As a thirteen year old, the $30 I spent on a pair of guppies was a lot , butbI can' wait until I can spend a lot of money on bigger tanks and more fish. All I need now is a job

 

[Dch48]

Well, when I had my saltwater tank, I paid $35 for a juvenile just over an inch long Blue Angelfish. That was back in 1987 or '88. So how much would that be in today's money? Over $100 at least.

 

[CanadianFishFan]

my $32 "Premium" Halfmoon betta. AKA petsmart sells the more pretty ones for more money... My LFS was selling koi bettas for $60 though!

 

[Dch48]

my $32 "Premium" Halfmoon betta. AKA petsmart sells the more pretty ones for more money... My LFS was selling koi bettas for $60 though!

Those premium halfmoon butterfly Bettas are $25 at my PetSmart. That's US dollars. If mine dies, I'm getting one of those next.

 

[sipec]

As a thirteen year old, the $30 I spent on a pair of guppies was a lot , butbI can' wait until I can spend a lot of money on bigger tanks and more fish. All I need now is a job

I know what u mean, i’m 14 and am constantly beging my parents for new jobs

 

[CanadianFishFan]

Those premium halfmoon butterfly Bettas are $25 at my PetSmart. That's US dollars. If mine dies, I'm getting one of those next.

yeah $25 us to cad is $32 so same thing

 

[abc123userabc123]

Koi for USD 40 (5 inches )

 

[Seahorse man]

Probably my $34 engineer goby for fish, if we are talking about animals, My $88 hammer coral takes the cake.

 

[emmysjj]

Well, when I had my saltwater tank, I paid $35 for a juvenile just over an inch long Blue Angelfish. That was back in 1987 or '88. So how much would that be in today's money? Over $100 at least.

$78

 

[Small Tanks]

Back when I kept rams I believe I paid $25 each.
I think I've paid $30 for really fancy bettas before

 

[FishGirl38]

I'm lucky enough to work at an LFS, So whatever I buy is never too expensive. The most I've spent on 1 fish...was about 14$. for my severum.

Though, we're selling arapaimas for $399.99 at my store...I couldn't personally imagine spending that much on fish but...It happens more often than not where I work. Especially salt water. 1 coral is already $54 with tax. Though our green chromas are just $4.99. lol.

 

[xapoc]

$72 of 5lb smoked salmon, tasty!

 

[Dch48]

I'm lucky enough to work at an LFS, So whatever I buy is never too expensive. The most I've spent on 1 fish...was about 14$. for my severum.

Though, we're selling arapaimas for $399.99 at my store...I couldn't personally imagine spending that much on fish but...It happens more often than not where I work. Especially salt water. 1 coral is already $54 with tax. Though our green chromas are just $4.99. lol.

Really? Arapaima? How would somebody keep one of those? They get like 8 feet long and over 200 pounds.

 

[TRAILRIDER]

Dch48, people will buy stupid stuff...I worked in a pet store and once sold a Nile Monitor. I knew the woman who bought it (it was actually a gift for her) and when I last saw it, the monitor was well over four feet long and probably very nasty!
I can't remember the most I've paid for a fish....
But every time I had the job of handfeeding baby parrots at my pet store, I ended up purchasing one at cost : ( I had eight birds back then, now only one 23 year old sun conure.

 

[Seth15]

Really? Arapaima? How would somebody keep one of those? They get like 8 feet long and over 200 pounds.

I personally believe that some species of animals are just better off in the wild where they belong. Only a zoo or public aquarium can properly house an araipaima. They should not be able to be sold at pet shops so easily.

400 bucks is pretty expensive too

 

[Dch48]

I personally believe that some species of animals are just better off in the wild where they belong. Only a zoo or public aquarium can properly house an araipaima. They should not be able to be sold at pet shops so easily.

400 bucks is pretty expensive too

They would only be suitable for a private lake or large pond. They are air breathers but still need a lot of room.

 

[Esimm03]

Hi,
The most I've ever spend on fish was either £20 for my tail spot blenny, or £30 for my clownfish pair

Ethan

 

[FishGirl38]

Really? Arapaima? How would somebody keep one of those? They get like 8 feet long and over 200 pounds.

IKR! don't ask me...I know better than to buy something that gets big enough to eat me...lol.

we've sold quite a few though....We get a few other types of 'river monsters' in as well.. I would like to believe whoever paid that much for one, would take **** good care of it too..ya know?..

To the person who said they shouldn't be sold in pet stores, I agree with you. 110% agree with you.

But unfortunately, demand sells.
and people are interested in them...:/. That's kind-of the 'skeleton' of the hobby. All fish should be in the wild, where they belong, but we catch them, breed them, and ship them around the world to be housed in glass boxes...it's the name of the game...:/.

 

[sushifanta]

Lol I’m so cheap... I got 3 albino corydoras 8 bucks each, but they were buy two get one free, do it was more like 6.50

 

[pepperedcorydoras5]

I can't believe the price for these green laser corydoras: $179.99 for three cories. . I know that it is rare, but still... 60 bucks for one. I think discus's price is justified, but this one... I don't even like the look of them. So, what's the most expensive fish you've ever seen?
Edit:
I just found another. Try to beat this:

 

[TClare]

The most I have spent on a single fish is $20. My L129 pleco that I never see, and recently some small Uarus, all were $20. Second most expensive were the Laetacara araguaia at $15 each, I got 4, they have more than paid this back with the fry they produced.

The most expensive fish I have seen for sale in shops here was a flowerhorn for $100. Small arowanas cost about $10.

 

[ForBettaorForWorse]

Most I have paid for a fish was $30… The most I can remember seeing is about $60 for certain saltwater fish at petco, but I'm sure I've seen more expensive fish before.

 

[KribensisLover1]

I can't believe the price for these green laser corydoras: $179.99 for three cories. . I know that it is rare, but still... 60 bucks for one. I think discus's price is justified, but this one... I don't even like the look of them. So, what's the most expensive fish you've ever seen?
Edit:
I just found another. Try to beat this:

They are cool looking hahahaha I saw this Top 7 Most Rare & Expensive Corydoras ($50~$600 Per Fish)
Also troph Duboisi I’ve seen sell for quite a bit. Nothing like above but I think $20 something?