Odontanthias borbonius available again?

[Len]

I've heard they are back on the market (e.g. JL Aquatics in Canada). Any US place have them?

 

[sanjay]

I've heard they are back on the market (e.g. JL Aquatics in Canada). Any US place have them?

yes, ask jason.

I also saw them listed on the Manhattan Reefers board by another one of thier vendors.

sanjay.

 

[thecommersoni]

Wow i'd love to have one of these! Where can I find them exactly?

 

[Len]

It looks like the price is much higher now (several hundred). Still, this is cheap compared to a few years ago (1K+). I hope these are caught under better conditions though. The last batch had very few that survived from what I've seen (decompression issues).

 

[Anonymous]

Pic?

Peace,

Chip

 

[Mike612]

I just saw them at my lfs. The guy there said he had 4 and that a pair already sold. There's still one available for $225 Canadian while the last one was put into the display reef. It's a really neat fish. I was considering it, but didn't want to spend the money on just one.

 

[Len]

Search this forum Chip. There's a number of photos of this magnificent fish.

 

[sedgro]

Phishybusiness and Oldtown Aquarium both have them. I am told they are being collected in Taiwan, shipped to Bali and then on to the US.

 

[racerw]

Phishybusiness is down to having 2 large ones left

 

[Unarce]

Here's a pic from Phishybusiness:

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I remember it now. Nico has one, doesn't he?

I'd be down for one of those in my 28.

Peace,

Chip

 

[jason edward]

Yes, Len, they are back, pretty much everywhere right now. Though this time they are coming in really rough. I got four last week, only one made it and it has yet to eat. I got 9 juvis in 3 months ago that did great (1 1/2 inch)
the ones in now are much bigger.
I still have the one I got last Feb, but his colours have faded a lot.
Interesting that they maybe coming in from Taiwan, Sedgro, we were all led to believe some diver found them in Bali in a cave 60ft down.
Definitely seasonal though, the last big batch was this time last year...

 

[Anonymous]

Store or wholesaler?

Peace,

Chip

 

[jason edward]

Chip,
I'm a store bringing in tranship, but they're in all the west coast wholesalers right now

 

[Len]

Ya, i was wondering about how the collecting conditions were for this new batch. I didn't think last batch was particularly well-caught either, so if this new batch is worse off, I'm hesitant to buy my remaining borb a companion (at several times the juvie prices).

 

[IconicAquariums]

There are a bunch of these everywhere, both bigs and some nickel/quarter sized ones.

the price is too much though for the way they are handled.

 

[Project Reef]

I have 7 of them. All are eating and doing pretty awesome.

 

[Len]

Are all the ones that came in about 3-4"?

I'm tempted to get one for my surviving borb, but I'm not sure I want to plop down that kind of money for a fish that might not be caught properly.

 

[Fish Finder]

I have two small ones. One of the best fish i ever owned. Looking to add like 3 more to the group.

 

[Len]

I'm considering getting some more myself to keep company with my one surviving one, but the price deters me a bit (it really shouldn't since they used to cost so much more).