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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / October 2004The price of fish..
We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches long. We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The main Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare. Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current exchange rates works out at as follows , 300.00 AUD Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD United States Dollars Would you consider this good value or over priced. Regards from OZ bassett > We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and > the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Regards from OZ bassett I think it would be a better idea to get a small pleco and let it grow. They can grow to 10 inches or more in 12-18 months, assuming they have enough to eat. Can you get small ones at a reasonable price ? Over $200.00us is a LOT to pay for just one fish. Limnophile > We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, > and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Regards from OZ bassett From a UK POV Assuming by Placo Catfish you mean a common Plec (Hypostomus) or a sail fin (Gibbiceps) then what happens in the UK is that the dealers sell hundreds of tiny ones to people with small tanks. Before long the Plec outgrows the tank. The owner then takes it back to their LFS, who take it off their hands and sell them for about 10GBP (= 25AUD), they generally hang around for ever as the market is saturated with them. If you mean more exotic varieties then I have seen big Panaques go for about 5or6 times that Roger Sleet Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com Its nice to know that aquarists in South Africa are'nt the only ones being ripped off!!!!!! -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** > We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and > the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Regards from OZ bassett > We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and > the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Regards from OZ bassett I could be way off, but my shops in this area (Indianapolis) range anywhere from $20 to $50 for a pleco of that size. Was this a Royal pleco or somehow especially ornate? Paul > 300.00 AUD > Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Regards from OZ bassett Here in Texas, an ordinary plecostomas of 6-8" would cost about $20-$25 US. Fancy varieties bring more, for example I saw a HUGE, at least a foot long, gold dust pleco for sale for $200 the other day. And a tiny one was $25. Cindy In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have one that big you can't give it away! >We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and >the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Would you consider this good value or over priced. > Regards from OZ bassett > In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have > one that big you can't give it away! Yep, not too many people start out with a big tank and big fish. I got a "rhino" pleco the other day - has a nice high fin and little horns on his head, interesting textured dark grey. Cindy >> In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have >> one that big you can't give it away! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cindy Actually more of a dark olive green, not grey. Cindy > In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have > one that big you can't give it away! > > >We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and We'll pay for shipping....what do you say bassett? ;) cheers Pippen (Brisbane, Australia) Yep, I,m beginning to think that "Plain O'l Placo" is over priced I have a couple of small one's [one per tank] and they where about an inch and a half long, cost me $12 aus [$8.75 us] each. Which by the way I read these posts would be about right. Thanks for the comments Regards from OZ bassett > > In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have > > one that big you can't give it away! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cheers > Pippen (Brisbane, Australia) There at a aquarium in Woogoolga, [Coffs Harbour] About 4 hours drive for you. Give him a ring, he might drop one of for you 02 66 548 155 Regards bassett "Pippen" <pippen_I_am@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >We in > We'll pay for shipping....what do you say bassett? ;) > cheers > Pippen (Brisbane, Australia) > bassettwrote: > Would you consider this good value or over priced. > > Regards from OZ bassett Way over priced for around here. Typically large, meaning 12 inch pleco's run about $30 USD here. __________________________________________________ Posted via FishGeeks - http://Aquaria.info |
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