So what's the most expensive cichlid out there? I was curious after seeing a pair of full-grown Red Dragon Flowerhorns at a local store the other day priced at $500 for the male and $400 for the female. I'm not sure I could ever see paying that much for one fish.
Most expensive cichlid
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Flowerhorns are priced like that because of the asian belief that they bring good luck. The pattern and size of the nuchal lump determine the value.
Wild caught adults of various cichlids usually bring the highest dollar. $125-150 is not uncommon.
Proven pairs of discus or select strains of angelfish bring high prices.
Wild caught adults of various cichlids usually bring the highest dollar. $125-150 is not uncommon.
Proven pairs of discus or select strains of angelfish bring high prices.
Top-end flowerhorns can fetch $10,000+, although they do not come close to the top Asian arowanas and koi, which can command prices of $100,000+.
single color blue discus can go up to $500 in my area for fish that are the size of a dinner plate.
Uaru fernandezyepezi get pretty expensive too. not Uaru amphiacanthoides though...ive seen them labled as the "poor man's discus"
Uaru fernandezyepezi get pretty expensive too. not Uaru amphiacanthoides though...ive seen them labled as the "poor man's discus"
That's high, but I believe that the highest was a red dragon arowana. Sclepropages Formosus
