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WaterPond · 10-30-2006, 03:53 PM

ok, I dont have alot of money to spend and beleive it or not the clown pleco would be the most expensive fish in that list (20 bucks at my LFS). Maybe i will skip the pleco all together

severum mama · 10-30-2006, 10:24 PM

20 bucks? That's really high for a clown pleco IMO. I paid 10 for mine. If you like the clown pleco, might as well go for it though.

*edit* Duh, I just realized you were in Canada!

That's still a little high, but not as bad as I thought.

WaterPond · 10-31-2006, 03:04 PM

lol, yeah, all fish are at least 30% more expensive up here, usually more though, i hate it

Anybody know if fish can come across the US/Canada border?

severum mama · 10-31-2006, 06:51 PM

I thought that someone posted here a couple weeks ago that it was legal, but the cost of overnight shipping your fish is quite prohibitive IMO and you probably wouldn't save any money.

zenkatydid · 10-31-2006, 08:33 PM

clown plecos were only legalised here (australia) less than a year ago, so they cost like $50! and you can't seem to get babies, only big ones. though, i'm not totally opposed to spending a bit of money on a fish, as long as i'm happy with the stability of my tank at the time. i'll be spending about that much to get a peppermint bristlenose, because i can't live without it

severum mama · 10-31-2006, 08:41 PM

I've only seen the peppermint bristlenose in pics, but never in person. They look sweet!

WaterPond · 10-31-2006, 09:08 PM

well, there is a petsmart right across the border from me(i live right on the michigain border) so i will have a look there and see if they have cheap fish, they had scissortail rasboras (a 10 dollar fish here) for only 1.50 at the miejer(howver you spell it) And they fish were very healthy there too. I will look around, but i dont want to ship anything.

10-30-2006, 03:53 PM	#11
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	ok, I dont have alot of money to spend and beleive it or not the clown pleco would be the most expensive fish in that list (20 bucks at my LFS). Maybe i will skip the pleco all together __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

10-30-2006, 10:24 PM	#12
severum mama Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 2,771 Images: 22	20 bucks? That's really high for a clown pleco IMO. I paid 10 for mine. If you like the clown pleco, might as well go for it though. edit Duh, I just realized you were in Canada! That's still a little high, but not as bad as I thought. __________________ WE CAN STAGE A RUNAWAY GOLF CART MARATHON 5 gallon, 45 gallon, and 55 gallon planted 75 gallon SA/CA cichlids 8 gallon Oceanic BioCube nano reef

10-31-2006, 03:04 PM	#13
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	lol, yeah, all fish are at least 30% more expensive up here, usually more though, i hate it Anybody know if fish can come across the US/Canada border? __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

10-31-2006, 06:51 PM	#14
severum mama Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 2,771 Images: 22	I thought that someone posted here a couple weeks ago that it was legal, but the cost of overnight shipping your fish is quite prohibitive IMO and you probably wouldn't save any money. __________________ WE CAN STAGE A RUNAWAY GOLF CART MARATHON 5 gallon, 45 gallon, and 55 gallon planted 75 gallon SA/CA cichlids 8 gallon Oceanic BioCube nano reef

10-31-2006, 08:33 PM	#15
zenkatydid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 765 Images: 3	clown plecos were only legalised here (australia) less than a year ago, so they cost like $50! and you can't seem to get babies, only big ones. though, i'm not totally opposed to spending a bit of money on a fish, as long as i'm happy with the stability of my tank at the time. i'll be spending about that much to get a peppermint bristlenose, because i can't live without it __________________ 50gal planted - yoyo loaches, BNs, SAE, odessa barbs 28gal planted - sparkling gouramis, dwarf cories (hastatus, habrosus, pygmaeus) 5gal planted - betta, otos 5gal planted - glass shrimp, CRS

10-31-2006, 08:41 PM	#16
severum mama Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 2,771 Images: 22	I've only seen the peppermint bristlenose in pics, but never in person. They look sweet! __________________ WE CAN STAGE A RUNAWAY GOLF CART MARATHON 5 gallon, 45 gallon, and 55 gallon planted 75 gallon SA/CA cichlids 8 gallon Oceanic BioCube nano reef

10-31-2006, 09:08 PM	#17
WaterPond Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Corunna, Ontario (outside of sarnia) Posts: 2,616 Images: 5	well, there is a petsmart right across the border from me(i live right on the michigain border) so i will have a look there and see if they have cheap fish, they had scissortail rasboras (a 10 dollar fish here) for only 1.50 at the miejer(howver you spell it) And they fish were very healthy there too. I will look around, but i dont want to ship anything. __________________ Jason Canadian Aquarium Auction!

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