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The SA Aquarium Price Index
What fish actually cost in South Africa — taken from real listings at real shops, every day. No shop sees this. No search engine can tell you. Check before you buy.
141
species priced
13
shops on the widest species
954
price points
137
at a great price today
Guppy runs R30 to R125 depending on which South African shop you walk into — a 324% difference for the same fish. That is what this page is for.
141 species
Guppy
Poecilia reticulata
R5
cheapest now
↤ R30med R40R125Great price−87%-3.8% / 90d13 shops
Bristlenose Pleco
Ancistrus sp.
R40
cheapest now
↤ R60med R120R450Great price−67%-8.3% / 90d14 shops
Corydoras Panda
Corydoras panda
R55
cheapest now
↤ R65med R85R100Great price−35%+9.4% / 90d11 shops
White Cloud Mountain Minnow
Tanichthys albonubes
R19
cheapest now
↤ R20med R30R40Great price−37%0% / 90d9 shops
Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
R40
cheapest now
↤ R70med R150R272Great price−73%-30.1% / 90d12 shops
Amano Shrimp
Caridina multidentata
R40
cheapest now
↤ R48med R70R89Great price−43%+4.3% / 90d10 shops
Corydoras Bronze
Corydoras aeneus
R45
cheapest now
↤ R48med R60R95Great price−25%-5% / 90d10 shops
Kuhli Loach
Pangio kuhlii
R25
cheapest now
↤ R40med R50R71Great price−50%-7.8% / 90d11 shops
Neon Tetra
Paracheirodon innesi
R20
cheapest now
↤ R23med R25R32Great price−20%0% / 90d10 shops
Otocinclus
Otocinclus vittatus
R90
cheapest now
↤ R96med R125R150Great price−28%+2% / 90d10 shops
Cardinal Tetra
Paracheirodon axelrodi
R38
cheapest now
↤ R41med R50R55Great price−23%+10.6% / 90d10 shops
Blue Dream Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi var. 'Blue Dream'
R35
cheapest now
↤ R40med R55R80Great price−36%+14.3% / 90d11 shops
Betta
Betta splendens
R45
cheapest now
↤ R76med R200R298Great price−77%+14.3% / 90d11 shops
Cherry Shrimp Red
Neocaridina davidi var. 'Red'
R29
cheapest now
↤ R30med R60R126Great price−52%+40% / 90d9 shops
Corydoras Peppered
Corydoras paleatus
R40
cheapest now
↤ R45med R65R100Great price−38%+6.3% / 90d9 shops
German Blue Ram
Mikrogeophagus ramirezi
R95
cheapest now
↤ R100med R133R185Great price−28%+14.3% / 90d8 shops
Black Neon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
R27
cheapest now
↤ R28med R30R40Great price−10%+16.7% / 90d8 shops
Corydoras Sterbai
Corydoras sterbai
R57
cheapest now
↤ R64med R80R132Great price−29%+21.9% / 90d9 shopsSiamese Algae Eater
Crossocheilus oblongus
R40
cheapest now
↤ R60med R65R79Great price−38%-13.3% / 90d9 shops
Ember Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
R20
cheapest now
↤ R32med R35R40Great price−43%-6.5% / 90d8 shops
Yellow Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi var. 'Yellow'
R29
cheapest now
↤ R46med R55R120Great price−47%+40% / 90d9 shops
Bloody Mary Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi var. 'Bloody Mary'
R20
cheapest now
↤ R41med R65R232Great price−69%new8 shops
Platy
Xiphophorus maculatus
R20
cheapest now
R20med R35R98Great price−43%0% / 90d8 shops
Congo Tetra
Phenacogrammus interruptus
R79
cheapest now
↤ R86med R120R160Great price−34%-4.5% / 90d5 shops
Glowlight Tetra
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
R27
cheapest now
↤ R29med R30R36Great price−10%+8.3% / 90d6 shops
Lemon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
R25
cheapest now
↤ R29med R35R37Great price−29%+7.7% / 90d8 shops
Neon Dwarf Rainbowfish
Melanotaenia praecox
R35
cheapest now
↤ R44med R65R87Great price−46%-36.7% / 90d7 shops
Crystal Red Shrimp
Caridina cantonensis var. 'Crystal Red'
R50
cheapest now
↤ R55med R80R116Great price−37%+106.4% / 90d10 shops
Cherry Barb
Puntius titteya
R29
cheapest now
↤ R30med R35R83Great price−18%-6.7% / 90d6 shops
Swordtail
Xiphophorus hellerii
R20
cheapest now
↤ R39med R45R65Great price−56%+16.5% / 90d7 shops
Dwarf Gourami
Trichogaster lalius
R65
cheapest now
↤ R74med R100R200Great price−35%+2.6% / 90d7 shops
Discus
Symphysodon aequifasciatus
R300
cheapest now
R300med R690R1 719Great price−57%+8.2% / 90d5 shops
Zebra Nerite Snail
Neritina natalensis
R30
cheapest now
↤ R37med R55R75Great price−45%-8.3% / 90d4 shops
Galaxy Rasbora (Celestial Pearl Danio)
Danio margaritatus
R30
cheapest now
↤ R51med R65R92Great price−54%+55.6% / 90d6 shops
Molly
Poecilia sphenops
R20
cheapest now
↤ R35med R35R56Great price−43%-6.7% / 90d8 shops
Orange Shrimp
Neocaridina davidi var. 'Orange'
R29
cheapest now
R29med R60R74Great price−52%-40% / 90d6 shops
Red Eye Tetra
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
R27
cheapest now
↤ R29med R31R217Great price−13%-36.7% / 90d5 shops
Assassin Snail
Clea helena
R25
cheapest now
↤ R30med R38R45Great price−33%-12.5% / 90d6 shops
Hillstream Loach
Sewellia lineolata
R135
cheapest now
↤ R138med R148R158Great price−8%+5.3% / 90d5 shops
GloFish Tetra
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Genetically Modified)
R35
cheapest now
↤ R58med R73R80Great price−52%+15.4% / 90d6 shops
How this is built
FishHub reads the public catalogues of South African aquarium shops every day and records what each species is listed at, over the last 90 days. Two things keep the numbers honest: observations are collapsed to one price per shop per day, so a shop that re-prices often cannot drag the median toward itself; and the range shown is where the middle 80% of listings sat, not the absolute cheapest and dearest. That second rule matters more than it sounds — a handful of listings are breeding groups or show-grade strains rather than a single fish, and letting those set the top of the range would put a R850 guppy next to a R30 one and make the whole page look broken. Tracking since July 2026.
A species is only listed once at least two shops have priced it — one shop's own history is not a market. Prices are what shops advertise publicly and can change at any time; always confirm with the shop before buying.