expensive cichlid

[cocoa_pleco]

when i went to petsmart today, i found some small purple and black cichlid, something close to the name demonsi, for $99.99 each. what makes them so pricey?

[Drumachine09]

Its probobly a hybrid. Hybrids are sterile, making them harder to come across, making the price go this way ^.

Makes me wish I could bred weird hybrids for a living.

[cocoa_pleco]

man, thats alot for a tiny cichlid (it was the size of a small snow white soccolofi).

[CAF]

Its probobly a hybrid. Hybrids are sterile, making them harder to come across, making the price go this way ^.

Makes me wish I could bred weird hybrids for a living.


Hybrids are not always mules... TRUST me... Most likely it was a F0 or wild caught fish that is relatively rare...

[tropfish]

either way, you know you want it cocoa lol :hmm3grin2orange:

[crackatinny]

Try $715 for this guy
http://www.livefish.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_80&products_id=1709

Also check some of the other prices on the site, that us Aussies can pay for Cichlids

[CAF]

Try $715 for this guy
http://www.livefish.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_80&products_id=1709

Also check some of the other prices on the site, that us Aussies can pay for Cichlids


Thats $627.48 USD folks... (assuming the prices are in AUD) current market value check back in hour for an update... Got to love exchange rates sometimes... ::pfffttt::

That just isn't fair...

[cocoa_pleco]

thats insane for a fish!

[CAF]

thats insane for a fish!
That fish averages $100 to $150 here in the US...

[cocoa_pleco]

That fish averages $100 to $150 here in the US...

thats not too bad for a fish, i ALMOST bought a huge walking catfish a few years ago for $150. wish i did. lol

[crackatinny]

I think CAF was pointing out the huge difference in price over there for that particular fish.

Still I would not even pay $150 for a fish.

[YaYgoldFish]

The albino kribs were awesome! I never even knew about them..

[cocoa_pleco]

albino and scalare kribs are beautiful. on the way back from seattle i stoped at a fish store in B.C, and they had a tank full of albino kribs

[TowBoater]

Here is one I know of that is outrageous!!

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1137

Here is a few more:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1986

I guess they made this high so not very many people buy it due to it's requirements.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=929

[crackatinny]

Here is one I know of that is outrageous!!

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1137

Here is a few more:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1986

I guess they made this high so not very many people buy it due to it's requirements.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=929

Not impressed khuli LOL.
I still feel us Aussies are getting ripped off.:11:

[crackatinny]

Can anyone beat $au715?

[TowBoater]

Nope, sucks to buy fish there.:c8: LOL, JK bud.

[crackatinny]

Nope, sucks to buy fish there.:c8: LOL, JK bud.

Its mainly Cichlids mate, and I agree, it does suck.

Once a pet comes into my life, they are my family, so I would never part with them, no matter the price, but see the Red Devil and Oscar in my avator, at there size, a market value over here would be at least $AU75 each, that is in the country at least, in case other Aussies challenge that. Of cause, we did not pay that, The red devil at about 2" was $AU8, the Oscar at about 3" tops $AU12. they are now approx, Red devil 9", Oscar 10".

[TowBoater]

Here a 12" oscar is 25$. Don't know bout red devil though. You can get a 2" oscar for like 5$ here also.

[CAF]

I think CAF was pointing out the huge difference in price over there for that particular fish.

Still I would not even pay $150 for a fish.

That IS most definately what I was trying to do. The Aussie government is to blame for your high prices mate. They have got to be one the most difficult govs to try to import anything through and the costs are outrageous, which is one reason why you pay so much for fish.

[Fishguy2727]

That is actually a reasonable price, at least for the high end of the size range they listed, for the redtail catfish.

Here (http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwarowana&1191178179) is a link to a much more expensive fish. $3500 for a red arowana.

Here (http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwflowerhorn&1190987400) is another, $3000 for a flowerhorn.

And if you are looking for high end koi, save up even more.

[crackatinny]

Unreal fishguy, I as you may know by now am a real tightwad, I satrated of saying, I wont pay more than $5 for a fish, then went to $10, $15, now I am considering paying $25 for a smaller breed of pleco, to control alge in our 120G, I have preached on here before about small tank owners considering bristlenose instead, but do not want to do that with our Oscar, as I read a thread on a cichlid site, and seen the pics, of an oscar choking on a brisltenose, due to the defensive spines they throw out.

[CAF]

Unreal fishguy, I as you may know by now am a real tightwad, I satrated of saying, I wont pay more than $5 for a fish, then went to $10, $15, now I am considering paying $25 for a smaller breed of pleco, to control alge in our 120G, I have preached on here before about small tank owners considering bristlenose instead, but do not want to do that with our Oscar, as I read a thread on a cichlid site, and seen the pics, of an oscar choking on a brisltenose, due to the defensive spines they throw out.
It appears your typing skills actually get better the more you drink... LOL

[cocoa_pleco]

i can see paying 100+ dollars for a pleco (ive had a few that much), but for a small cichlid i cant see it

[Fishguy2727]

If you look at some of the pics of some of these cichlids, I can see spending that much.

Most I have spent on a cichlid was a pair of wild discus a long time ago ($70 each), but that was a xmas gift for my dad's tank. Most i spent on one for me was $40 (one of the current peacocks).

[Dave66]

Most I've ever spent was for six Pseudolithoxus tigris (L 257). All in all it was nearly 3,000 for those fish. Still got them, and they've bred a couple times, thus have paid for themselves.

Dave

[cocoa_pleco]

i think my most expensive fish was some kind of pleco, cant remember the species, but paid well over $100

[A340]

i think my most expensive fish was some kind of pleco, cant remember the species, but paid well over $100
Ever hear of Koi? :ezpi_wink1:

http://www.coloradokoi.com/koi_pricing.htm

Just average prices, it's not unusual for people to pay up to a million dollars for them.

[Fishguy2727]

Even if it is not unheard of, I do not say that it is 'not unusual' for people to spend a million dollars on koi. I suspect that those are rare instances mainly in Japan with only the best of the best koi.

[A340]

Even if it is not unheard of, I do not say that it is 'not unusual' for people to spend a million dollars on koi. I suspect that those are rare instances mainly in Japan with only the best of the best koi.
Spending a million on the perfect koi happens quite often, usually by dedicated (and annonoymous) collectors. Although, there are not that many that can fetch that price, many Koi at the All Japan Combined Nishikigoi Show fetch prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Fishguy2727]

Which is my point, it is not exactly common. It is a rare thing by a few people out there for only the best of the best koi.

[A340]

Which is my point, it is not exactly common. It is a rare thing by a few people out there for only the best of the best koi.
I depends on what your defenition of rare or common is. But that's irrelevant, even if it happens on a daily basis or only once a year, Koi are traded at phenomenal prices and the one million dollar mark does get hit.

[Jasonizal]

Haha thats Really Pricy. In Edmonton at a fish auction i got this fish young for $2. I absolutly love this fish and mine doesnt seem too aggressive in my 32 gal.:c1: http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee34/Jasonizal/2007-10-08-00026.jpg

[cocoa_pleco]

finally, another person from edmonton!

the expensive fish i saw was at the petsmart on the way to drayton valley by wal-mart.

which auction do you go to? the one by canora?

[Jasonizal]

No. Theres an edmonton Aquarium Society. Google that. In may there is another Auction. They Go Well. Calgary has one too, I went to that one this morning.

[Jasonizal]

I would breed these things, But i Cant Afford the tanks :c2:

[cocoa_pleco]

I would breed these things, But i Cant Afford the tanks :c2:

lol, ive got a few empty ones, a home made 29g, store bought 20g long, and a storebought 15g.

ive gone to a few edmonton Aquarium Society auctions, theyre pretty impressive

[Jasonizal]

Tell you what. Ill try and find a breeding trio of these fish. ill hook you up. you breed them and sell them to petstores and send a couple to the next auction. And maybe you could hook me up for a cheap Female. (my male looks lonely). I dont think these fish are quite 100 bucks thou. come look around big als and Pj's etc etc. See what you Find.:hmm3grin2orange: http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee34/Jasonizal/100_6327.jpg

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, fish tycoons!

[Jasonizal]

hmm Tanks = $500 food = $150 Chemicals=$200 Fish=$900 Lightbulbs=$100 stand=$10 Orniments=$50 hmm $1910 and i said i couldnt afford a plasma. ps buy your food in bulk, go to fish auctions and wait for the last table, look around, compare, find friendly breeders, and ALWAYS!!!! Love the fish you buy, pick out the fish you love the ones that stand out from the rest.

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, my single 55g reef cost that much!

60lbs LR, $480
55g starter kit, $250
current VHO FL. lighting (200W), 250$
metal halide fixture, $20 (usually $800 new)
MH bulb- $100
argonite- $20
2 powerheads- $40
arrow crab- $25
coral banded shrimp- $25
yellow tang- $40
tank raised clown- $25
clown goby- $35


as for food, i get it bulk, usually vitamin enhancers etc.

[Jasonizal]

Its amazing, im new to the fish world and yet i can help so much..... i think i just got lucky with my choice of fish.

[snipers_den]

thats about average...where i live they go for around 150.00 to 250.00 depending on availibility

[shockshockshad]

Check this out!!!!!
http://www.luxist.com/2007/05/28/the-80-000-aquarium-fish/