I'd pay $185 for a fish. Just not that one. For me it's kinda like the zebra plecos. So small, and SOOOOO expensive. I do think I would buy them before a L-046 zebra though. I have a hard time spending hundreds on something that stays small. If it was certain grown psuedacanthicus sp. I would drop that kind of $$ in a heartbeat. I guess the size justifies the price for me. I dont want to spend $200 for something I have to search the tank to see. But to spend $200 on a huge, spiney, grumpy, gorgeous pleco that is the ruler of the tank..... Sign me up.