Labropsis polynesica $2.4K???

Price aside, would you buy this fish?


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Just came across this if you happen to be looking for one...
Is this really that rare of a fish that is demands $2,400.00?
 
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Crazy!
 

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Its not even that great looking of a fish and as noted it eats corals lol
 

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rare in the hobby, not in the wild. It is a coral eater.
Exactly; an obligate corallivore. The whole Labropsis genus is.

So unless you are willing and prepared to feed it corals the rest of it's life, it doesn't belong in your tank.
 

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It is funny how pricing works when a fish is rare....some of the most colorful fish are damsels but they are so cheap because they are plentiful. Yet like Cleo stated, people will pay 800+ for an all black fish lol.
 

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I was assuming we were just voting based on looks. I think it looks bad butt, like a Marianas Trench kind of fish.
 

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I remember seeing this fish a while back. Id rather keep coral than this guy. Goofy coral muncher hahaha
 

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