Most expensive strain discus

[africandiscus]

What is the most expensive stain?

[africandiscus]

Please exclude wild from the equation

[dreamer]

there probably no such thing as 'most' expensive strain. all good quality fish are expensive :)

[africandiscus]

That is not true, a good quality blue diamond will not sell for the same price as a good quality red melon.

It has to do with supply and demand. Some strains are rarer and fetch higher prices

A LFS would have a better idea of what I am reffering to.

[jim]

I will say Albino Red Rabbit Eye..super red melon...Golden red spot in SLS (not sure how much as they did not put price for that fish on glass)

[Aurora]

Nick (Nicholas76) on this site told me that he has pics of discus that are $40,000+!!!!!!

I didnt see any of the pics, but I would like to.

Dave

[Escher]

The most expensive fish???

The one you cannot afford! :wink: In my case? Most of them. :roll:

Just kidding!

[dreamer]

the rabbit's eye at sls sell for $350 for 2-2.5".

i guess the price is really depends on supply and demand, but the trends change every now and then... what we see here in our local lfs are mostly common strains ie. blue diamonds, red melon, marlboro etc..etc ..

sls brings rarer strains sometimes... but there are more strains out there ie. singaporean fireworks, wayne fireworks, spotted eruption, ring leopard, etc etc.

how do know which is the most expensive?

[africandiscus]

Each breeder has their most expensive. I guess to say the most expensive is subjective. I am looking to find out what are the very expensive strains available in Australia at the moment.

[kevkoi]

Which is the most expensive dog breed in the world? It's all subjective really....

A SUPERB show winning Blue diamond could fetch more than say a good quality Red melon.

The value of a fish is what someone is willing to pay. Say for instance, Chai Discus farm in Singapore had a "Web Leopard" back in 2002-2003 which swept quite a few international awards. This fish was superb. In it's prime, it was almost "priceless". I suppose if you offered the breeders $40K, they may have parted with the fish (but then again maybe not!), but there was no set value for that fish.

Generally speaking, the newer strains and the harder to breed strains naturally command more. A one-off "Freak" fish may also command a high price.

Currently some of the more expensive fixed strains we can get are the REAL Golden leopards and Golden leopard snakeskins. Albinos have been around for a while already. The price is high because of the problems in breeding this strain. Blind fry, slow growing, poor shape... etc etc. That said, the price of the albinos may come down slightly in the next couple of months.

[africandiscus]

Albinos

Why would someone want to buy a blind fish? Bizarre

Are the parents blind? It must be upsetting watching them crash into the glass

[kevkoi]

The ones that make it and are sold are NOT blind! The blind fry die out very quickly. The Albino discus spawns are very small as a result.

[DiscusMan]

My recently obtained golden leopard snakeskin. Purchased from mr Roland Foo. Was told by others during show that price in market was around $3000 to $4000 but i haev no idea.

link to it as it wont let me load it here

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=423