Am I paying too much for male breeder Malawi cichlids?

[Fishkeeper88]

Hey so I picked up 4 breeder males. 1 sunshine, 1 carolinae jake jumbo, 1 white blaze lithobates, 1 flame tail.... here is a picture of the reciept and pics of the fish.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

here is the reciept

here is a picture of what I payed for 4 fish....

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Are these wild or f1? I think you over paid imo. But if its worth it to you and your happy that's all that matters. They are very nice fish

I figure $140-170

 

[Fishkeeper88]

they are imported not sure from where I will ask next time. I think I have 16 breeder males now. I think the three are from two first generation fish. I have seen some of the imported males my store has that breeds them. they said I have three of the same generation. I spent about $1,600 on these fish all 16 of them.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

The price of wild are way up and lower slightly on f1 after that the price drops a ton. For wilds its really not a bad.price I don't think. For f1 hmmm can't really say for nether of those its a bad price imo.

Most of those sell at that size at $30-60 a piece as wild on aqua bid

 

[Andrew McFadden]

they are imported not sure from where I will ask next time. I think I have 16 breeder males now. I think the three are from two first generation fish. I have seen some of the imported males my store has that breeds them. they said I have three of the same generation. I spent about $1,600 on these fish all 16 of them.

You need to keep a record of the fish name and generation so you remember if the time ever comes of needing to sell off some.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

will these fish breed well? like hold their color and if I get another strain of genes?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

will these fish breed well? like hold their color and if I get another strain of genes?

Yep because they will sell for a good amount of money. So two.wild caught have fry they would be sold as f1 and you can put that on the sellers write up

 

[HUKIT]

Yep because they will sell for a good amount of money. So two.wild caught have fry they would be sold as f1 and you can put that on the sellers write up

Unless there is proof from a reputable importer that would be a lie, with this type of demand and people looking to supply that I can tell you the majority of fish sold as wild caught or first gens are more likely F500's. For this reason I ONLY buy from people I can trust, most local fish stores buy from the same places not people like Jeff Rapps, Rusty Wessel, Don Conkel, or Gage Brady to name a few.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Unless there is proof from a reputable importer that would be a lie, with this type of demand and people looking to supply that I can tell you the majority of fish sold as wild caught or first gens are more likely F500's. For this reason I ONLY buy from people I can trust, most local fish stores buy from the same places not people like Jeff Rapps, Rusty Wessel, Don Conkel, or Gage Brady to name a few.

Agree find out where they come from and so on

 

[Fishkeeper88]

They did mention the name Pablo? does that mean anything?

 

[Fishkeeper88]

Can someone point me in the correct direction for buying imports from lake Malawi?

 

[HUKIT]

Can someone point me in the correct direction for buying imports from lake Malawi?

Click here--->Fish

 

[Fishkeeper88]

thanks man. I found out today my Ngara flame tail, my jumbo jake, and my sunshine are authentic wild. they are from a small fish distributer in ohio. I am still getting details.

 

[Mogurako]

Get some corresponding females for a couple of the males and breed them to help offset the cost.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

thanks man. I found out today my Ngara flame tail, my jumbo jake, and my sunshine are authentic wild. they are from a small fish distributer in ohio. I am still getting details.

In Ohio ?? Let me know I.can't seem to find anything here

 

[Fishkeeper88]

getting famales this week. ordering more males and females... how do I ship fish? might be getting a website also

 

[Fishkeeper88]

if I breed pure f1 fish will you guys spread the word?

 

[Cichlid-dude]

In Ohio ?? Let me know I.can't seem to find anything here

Have you ever been to "something fishy" near cleveland ohio? They are a bit pricey, but they have beautiful specimens and they breed fish in the basement of the shop.