xinguinsis Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 Hi all, Can anybody who's had any experience with these guys suggest reasons as to why their not readily available buy now when they've supposedly being in the country for quite some time and does anybody know anybody who has young to sell? Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 The young are said to be alot harder to raise then normal bn fry. I sold my trio off almost a year ago now, so their should be others who ar eready to sell some young soon, i hope. Great fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinguinsis Posted December 28, 2003 Author Share Posted December 28, 2003 Hi Alex, Would you mind telling me what the ones from that batch were going for. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurea23 Posted December 29, 2003 Share Posted December 29, 2003 hi chris albino bristlenose would be as rare as hens teeth. Most that seem to have been mentioned have been bogus or have died. The last ones i heard of were $ 400+ for 7 cm fish... and even then only 3 fish As most fish everything tends to surface... Its all a matter of one values them at. that being said. Even a large outlay would not take long to recover the initial outlay. A pair of peppermints sold for over 600 recently...ALbinos being a lot rarer could be worth more... regards Mike aurea@optushome.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinguinsis Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 Hi Mike, Thanks for the input yeh it frequently suprises me how many fish don't take hold when they come in .Couldn't find anything on planet catfish saying they were any harder than normal bristlenose(good breeding article with nice photos in there) $400 ea doesn't seem much if you sure there's hardly any around.I't would be nice to see some nice catties become available again . Wouldn't of heard of any young L134s (or similar) being around by any chance? Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurea23 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 funny you would say that i have heard of a couple floatin round traps ... none breeding and not many ... I dont think those who have them would say anything though... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypo Zebra Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 If Anyone has got any of those fish available have genuine buyer with cash and quantity would not be a problem, also L177 0393572233 TUES TILL SAT 9 TO 5 JOE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinguinsis Posted December 31, 2003 Author Share Posted December 31, 2003 Yeh I'll jump in on that .Could take 10 L134s price determining factor of coarse ph 0439304006 .I think quite a few of the Peckoltia offer the appropriate increase in difficulty from peppys in breeding. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurea23 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Chris think 1000 ea and even then you may have a hard time finding anyone to part with them..... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazza Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Nice fish. pitty they wernt commonly available. I especially like the L134. How much are they when you can find them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinguinsis Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 Hi Mike, Yeh in that case it looks like I'll be waiting a while I thought (from reports )I could get 10 for about 4k rather than 10k I've paid those sought of prices for catties before though for stuff like zebras.Didn't somebody supposedly get a spawn or two of the pulchers or vittatas off about 3 years back .Im looking forward to the time when Aussie aquarist start putting in the work required to breed this stuff on some sort of regular basis. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurea23 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Hi chris There was a few L134 floating around but were snaffled very quickly... I think that those who have them will not part with them. These have not been spawned in australia to my knowledge. I think the time of catties being available at cheap prices will be a long ways off as they are harder to breed than cichlids, less available and tend to produce less fry. Harder to raise... All these factors mean demand will always be higher than supply meaning they will be expensive for a while. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[-fireStorm-] Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 A fishkeeper in Victoria used to be breeding Zonancistrus (Peckoltia) pulcher L168, but the breeding fish have since been sold and I haven't heard about anyone breeding any more of them. When they were available AI was supposedly selling them for like $50!!! Now they're a fair bit more expensive then that... -Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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