Aquaman Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Hi Folks, Just a quick question, what's the going rate for Red Empress fry? Thanks in advance for your reply. Cheers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.s Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I dont know whether red empress fry are faster or slower than any other fry - they may be ...i dunno. What I can tell you is if you want you fry to grow quickly: As soon as they are free swimming and no longer have the yellow egg sack you should feed them newly hatched baby brine shrimp. When you think they are large enough to take crushed dry food - crush up a comnination of good quality flake/pellet food and feed this to them as often as you can. For example: Feed all they can eat in 10 seconds every 5 minutes until they cant eat anymore. More frequent feeding seems to help fry grow quicker. Do as many water changes as you can - if the fry are small make sure the water you put in is close to the water paramaters in the tank. Some breeders do a 50% water change everyday on their fry tanks to speed up their growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newo Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I think he ment how much they cost... The answer is... bugger all. Im assuming around $3 - 6 estimate in a private sale. Even when they are rather large they dont cost all that much. They do take ages to get big and show colour... so personally i'd rather buy a colony off someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungy Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Hi R73 ... I have found that my Cichla are the best FETCHERS for my empress fry Apart from my cuckoo baby's ... Good luck in selling them mate Andy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Thanks for the reply folks. $3 - $6, about as much as I thought (I thought $6 was reasonable). Are you guys saying there's not much demand for Red Empress fry? If so I'm surprised...they're such a fantastic looking fish (the fully coloured males)... Thanks again, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbuna Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 the demand is not high as they breed often and have large broods. beautiful fish none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOPPA Posted April 4, 2004 Share Posted April 4, 2004 how many fry do you have as i like red emperess and only have one only trouble i live in cairns though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquaman Posted April 5, 2004 Author Share Posted April 5, 2004 Last count there were 11. They ready for sale I think (approx 2cm). I'm looking for $6 each.... Not sure about getting them to Cairns though! Cheers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFishkeeper Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hi Choppa Try putting a WTB post on the Qld Forum (link below) as there are usually people up here selling good sized red empress fry for around $5 each and its much closer for shipping to Cairns. There are quite a few breeders in Central Qld who may have red empress. Qld Cichlid Forum Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcichlid Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 Hi there, I am selling my atm for $2.50 ea and are btw 4-5cm. I must say I am not keen on shipping. If you see my post at qld cichlid forum you see a pic of dad. I will not have many more empress fry's in the near future. My cuckoo catfish are ready to breed and I've heard that empress cichlids are good host. I agree they are a nice looking fish, thats why I've bought them in the first place. Cheers Ziggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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