Interesting Find on Aquabid

[black hills tj]

Just found this on aquabid, thought it was kind of interesting.


http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfishp&1185125076

 

[Fishyfanatic]

That's about right in regards to price. Lucky seller.

 

[papa_bear_21]

man...them are some expensive fish...roughly 1K per female and 100 per male...very pretty tho...

 

[2cvbloke]

8O

Those are expensive fish!!! And very shy too by the looks of the pic!!!

 

[theotheragentm]

The Ray section isn't too cheap either.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwstringray

 

[BillD]

Those are actually cheap, especially for the size of them. At $75 per fish they are a bargain. I just wonder why they have import papers if they are F1, unless it is for the parents.

 

[hulkamaniac]

I would love to have a zebra pleco. Because of the cost though I'd be terrified to have them. You lose a $10 angel fish you get depressed. You lose a $75 pleco and you go suicidal. At least I would.

 

[WaterPond]

and the price can only go up with these fish, seeing as how they are now illegal to collect. Only a handful of people breed them in all of north america aswell.

 

[Blazeherd2306]

There's no way I would pay that much money for a group of little breeding plecos. lol I can find better ways to spend $11,500.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

I wouldn't mind dropping $12K as long as in a few months I have made back my money by breeding and selling the fry. It's a good investment if you want to take the time and energy. It's not a quick payoff.

 

[WaterPond]

Theres no guarentees when it comes to breeding fish. Although that is a pretty good price, i'd rather build up a nice big aquarium.

 

[theotheragentm]

I can just imagine people staring at their fish that cost 12k and yelling, "Mate! Come on! Pleeeeeeeaaase!"

 

[Fishyfanatic]

I do that with the Africans. All the fish seem to mate except for the labs. Many a time I am staring down the females saying "come on, mate already!"

 

[tropicfishman]

wow thats pretty pricey for something that will die in a few years lol

 

[Sidi]

I think water chemistry would be the biggest thing that would scare me from this.

12 grand. They're (supposedly) breeding now. You plunk them down in your water, and what happens? The odds of not being able to find a proper water chemistry, or losing some due to water stress, is just so high. I could maybe see picking up a single pair at $200-300, if you love them, to see if you can breed...but that's a massive investment if you aren't sure you're going to keep them breeding.