Saltwater Fish
Banggai Cardinalfish — What's a Fair Price?
Based on 6 tracked listings across 3 online reef vendors, updated September 5, 2026.
A typical Banggai Cardinalfish sells for around $46.49 right now. Anything near $34.99 is at the cheap end of today's market, while listings run all the way up to $179.99 for premium specimens, named strains, or show pieces. Prices below are the cheapest current listing per vendor.
Cheapest per vendor
| Vendor | Listing | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reefwise | Banggai Cardinal | $34.99 | view → |
| Top Shelf Aquatics | Captive-Bred Banggai Cardinalfish — SM (<1.75") | $39.99 | view → |
| World Wide Corals | Banggai Cardinalfish - Aquacultured - Thailand — 1.75" / 1 | $39.99 | view → |
Shipping differs by vendor (free-shipping thresholds, flat overnight rates) and can change which vendor is cheapest to your door.
Reading today's numbers
Today's 6 tracked listings span $34.99 to $179.99 — the high end is 5.1× the low. For fish, a gap like that usually comes from listings at different size classes, or captive-bred versus wild-caught stock, rather than one vendor simply overcharging. The $46.49 median is the fairest single benchmark: half of those listings sit at or below it.
Nothing is in stock right now, so the prices above are the most recent listed prices rather than buy-it-now offers.
Keeping it alive once it arrives
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A new fish cares most about being acclimated gradually to your tank's own water rather than dropped straight into it — shipping bag water is best kept out of the tank — and then about being offered food it will actually take. Chewy — a general pet retailer that sells no live coral or marine fish, and is not one of the vendors this index tracks — carries reef salt mixes, saltwater test kits, marine fish food, and coral and invertebrate food.
Price history
The market median for Banggai Cardinalfish has changed 15 times in 55 days of tracking. Median shifts here usually come from vendor promotion events or the in-stock mix changing rather than gradual drift (how these prices actually behave) — genuine repricings land on the price drops page as we observe them.
Common questions
Every answer below is computed from this page's own numbers at build time, and updates with the daily data refresh.
- How much does Banggai Cardinalfish cost?
- The median price is $46.49, based on 6 tracked listings across 3 online reef vendors as of September 5, 2026. The range runs from $34.99 at the low end to $179.99 at the high end.
- Which vendor has the cheapest Banggai Cardinalfish?
- Reefwise has the lowest current listing at $34.99, as of September 5, 2026. Prices exclude shipping, which differs by vendor and can change which store is cheapest to your door.
- Which vendors sell Banggai Cardinalfish?
- 3 of the online reef vendors the index tracks list it as of September 5, 2026: Reefwise at $34.99, Top Shelf Aquatics at $39.99 and World Wide Corals at $39.99. Each figure is that vendor's cheapest current listing.
- Has the price of Banggai Cardinalfish changed?
- Yes. The market median has changed 15 times across the 55 days the index has tracked it. Shifts here usually come from vendor promotion events or the in-stock mix changing rather than gradual drift.
- Is Banggai Cardinalfish in stock right now?
- No. None of the 6 listings the index tracks for it were in stock as of September 5, 2026, so the prices shown are the most recent listed prices rather than buy-it-now offers.
Cite this page: Reef Price Index, "Banggai Cardinalfish price," data through September 5, 2026. https://reefpriceindex.com/species/banggai-cardinal
Related reading from our data
- Captive-Bred vs. Wild-Caught: What the Price Data Shows
- Do Reef Livestock Prices Actually Move? We Measured.
We check Banggai Cardinalfish prices at every vendor we track, every day. How the index works.