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[kris4647]

So theres someone on ebay selling Gemmatum and Conspics at really attractive sizes not prices.

What are your collective thoughts on pricing of either?

Are there truly only two importers of these fish in the US?

I've been away for a while its good to see this forum still alive. Like to see a few from the Ibehind the Hobby forum" chime in here as well....


Thanks for your thoughts
Kris

[blue155]

to be honest...there are not many importers of these extremely rare fish. i haven't seen a conspicillatus in a wholesaler for a few years. The prices on the Conspics aren't bad but I don't think a Gemmatum tang is worth that amount.

[jhemdal]

Kris,

I've been communicating with a person who just imported 4 or 5 gem tangs from Mauritius. I don't know if he is here on reefs.org or not. He's a young guy, must be only 18 or so. He has at least one conspic as well (it was in the pictures he sent me). I deleted the emails, so I can't ask him if he was selling any of them or not....my advice to him was to sell some of the tangs and pay for the ones he wanted to keep - but I didn't mean on EBay(grin). I just looked up the completed listing on EBay - I would bet that those are his fish - they look just like the pictures he sent me.

JHemdal

[joetbs]

Jay,

there were alot more than 4 or 5. They also didn't come directly from Mauritius. They probably made a stop in Taiwan...

joe

[myerst22]

I just looked at the Conspic on Ebay and have been looking for one at a decent price for quite some time. Does anyone have experience dealing with this retailer? I'm a bit concerned by his DOA policy. It is very ambiguous. Below is an exact copy of it as written on Ebay.

Guarantee Policy for Live Arrival Only
The fallowing conditions apply. The livestock must remain in it's shipping bag. Contact us within 1 hr of shippers drop off time. Take a picture of the livestock still in it's shipping water with the bag closed. Return the livestock to us with the bag closed and drained of it's water. Do not for any reason open the bag if the livestock is DOA. You can inspect the health of the specimen by lifting the bag from the shipping container and viewing it from the underside. If for any reason we suspect fraudulence or the shipping bag has been opened the guarantee is void. The guarantee only covers the cost of the livestock not it's shipping charges. Guarantee will be issued in the form of a credit to be used towards other livestock.


For the DOA policy to be accepted the first part of the policy says bag cannot beopened and live stock must remain in water. Then it must be returned with the bag closed with water drained. Then it states do not open open bag for any reason.

How are you supposed to get the water out?

Then if the bag is opened in any way than the gaurantee is void. I'm confused. Seems like either way if the fish is a DOA than there is no reimbursement. Regards, Tim

[joetbs]

If you're going to drop money on a fish like that at least find one either locally or from a reputable vendor that can assure that it's eating, healthy, etc. I'd trust his guarantee as much as his "paperwork" for legal 14" leopard sharks

[kris4647]

Sent you a pm Tim