Where to sell fish?

[Fishkeeper26]

Recently some of my L. Brevis have bred, and I contacted my lfs and put up a classified. However neither have sparked much interest, so does anyone know of anywhere else I could sell them? The fry keep getting bigger and I dont have the room to support all of them.

 

[jetajockey]

aquabid if you are willing to ship them, otherwise donate them to a pet store.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

I emailed my lfs about donating last week, and still haven't gotten a response. And they usually respond in under a day, so I'm assuming that'll be a no. But thanks for the site!!!

 

[vitacrux]

You could always try craigslist.

 

[Esoteric Backbone]

What's the name of the fish fry?

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Tried craigs list too, nothing yet. They're Lamprologus Brevis

 

[rebelyeller89]

Where are you located at?

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Pennsylvania

 

[rebelyeller89]

Hmm. I'm in NC, they're a pretty fish, might have been able take a few off your hands if I were closer.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Yea it's just so expensive to ship

 

[jetajockey]

Shipping via priority to most places in the US is under $10 depending on weight. Packages with stuff like fry typically weigh very little, but if they reach a general threshold weight of a few lbs then you could always use a medium flat rate box for $11. Just giving some ideas.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

I had looked at flat rates, and they're definately the cheapest but is 1-3 days in the mail ok?

 

[HUKIT]

When packaged right they will be fine, I've had very few casualties using flat rate. I'll also include a heat pack or cooler pack depending on time of year. Shipping fish is not hard, but in all honesty my first couple shipments did not go very smooth. But after learning from my mistake there's been no issue for years, but I still recommend overnight.

 

[Bl80]

Pennsylvania

Where at in pa? Just got rid of my tropicals in my 55 and have been tossing ideas of other cichlids.... These are one of interest I'm in Pittsburgh...

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Hershey

 

[Bl80]

 to bad we weren't closer... I haven't found shell dwellers here.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Id be willing to ship?

 

[Bl80]

How much? Also where would I get shells for them? ( or kind looking for) so I can get their habitat ready. I'll read up on them as well.

 

[Mogurako]

How much? Also where would I get shells for them? ( or kind looking for) so I can get their habitat ready. I'll read up on them as well.

I've been wondering that too.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

I've used large hermit crab shells, I recently bought escargot shells. The hermit crab shells are much bigger, but i think the escargot shells work (I bought a box of thirty off of amazon). As far as price its not really a big deal, as long as I don't loose money from shipping. So maybe 3-5$? If that's not unreasonable.