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Cost of Fish food $60 a kilo!


gianniz

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You know the food will never make through customs right?

Trying to save a few bucks will end up costing you double now

When my LFS put their prices up for NLS to $55 for 300g I had a look around on ebay to find a better price. I ended up searching the US ebay site (just leave the .au off the end) and couldnt believe the price difference, calculated to about AU$48 for a 2.2kilo tub! After emailing a few suppliers i found one guy who posted it to me in Adelaide for $60. So thats $108 for 2.2kilo (equal to over 7, 300g tubs). The cheapest price i could find in Australia was double that around $220.

Dont get me wrong tho i do like to support local companies, cause without the we'd have nothing over here, but when it comes down to it, thats a big price difference and i couldnt resisit.

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Cost wise:-

HBH African Cichlid Attack (Protein 45%) $44.60 for 708g ($0.063 per g)

http://www.aquaticlifeaquariums.com.au/con...en-uk/d806.html

Sera Granugreen $35.35 for 600g ($0.059 per g)

Sera Granured as above

Sera Flora $39.80 for 210g ($0.19 per g) or $166.65 for 2000g ($0.083 per g)

Sera Cichlid Sticks $32.65 for 210g ($0.155 per g) or $133.25 for 2000g ($0.067 per g)

http://www.aquaticlifeaquariums.com.au/con.../en-uk/d16.html

NLS Cichlid 1mm $58.00 for 600g ($0.067 per g) or $130 for 2270g ($0.057 per G)

NLS Medium Fish: Same as above

NLS Thera A $60 for 600g ($0.10 per g) or $140 for 2270g ($0.062 per g)

http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/spectru...amp;instid=8194

OSI Cichlid Flake $75.80 for 1000g ($0.076 per g) or $231.40 for 5000g ($0.042 per g) Would 5kg go stale before it was all used?

OSI Cichlid Premier Pellets $45 for 1000g (4x 250g packets) ($0.045 per g)

OSI Cichlid Pellets (carnivore Protien 42%) $27.95 for 400g ($0.07 per g) or $205 for 5kg ($0.041 per g)http://www.aquariumproducts.com.au/osi_fish_food.php

Tetra Cichlid Sticks $36 for 320g ($0.11 per g)

Tetra Colour Bits $25 for 300g ($0.083 per g) or $260 for 3600g ($0.072 per g) (ON SPECIAL)

TetraMin Tropical Flake $38.50 for 200g ($0.193 per g) or $160 for 2000g ($0.08 per g)

Tetra Cichlid Crisps $55 for 247g ($0.23 per g)

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You know the food will never make through customs right?

Trying to save a few bucks will end up costing you double now

When my LFS put their prices up for NLS to $55 for 300g I had a look around on ebay to find a better price. I ended up searching the US ebay site (just leave the .au off the end) and couldnt believe the price difference, calculated to about AU$48 for a 2.2kilo tub! After emailing a few suppliers i found one guy who posted it to me in Adelaide for $60. So thats $108 for 2.2kilo (equal to over 7, 300g tubs). The cheapest price i could find in Australia was double that around $220.

Dont get me wrong tho i do like to support local companies, cause without the we'd have nothing over here, but when it comes down to it, thats a big price difference and i couldnt resisit.

Customs will have field day if they catch it, more get caught these days than not though..

Dont know why your LFS would raise the price as RRP has come down slightly with the $$

Most 300g tubs are around $38 except for theThera A

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