Adam_J Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 i've been offered a trio of Breeding Royal Whiptails , and was wondering what the going price for these would be? they are all 20cm long... 1 male , 2 females.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Not really seen big ones of these for sale , 1 ad I came across online said $200 for a breeding pair the female was 14cm so yours are a fair bit bigger. A lfs offered my nephew $200 for a male about 20cm. Another add online was selling 7cm for $40 each. Not sure if this helps but might give a bit of an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Not really seen big ones of these for sale , 1 ad I came across online said $200 for a breeding pair the female was 14cm so yours are a fair bit bigger. A lfs offered my nephew $200 for a male about 20cm. Another add online was selling 7cm for $40 each. Not sure if this helps but might give a bit of an idea. cheers , the price for the breeding trio is $150. , they have had 3 lays... but he's never at home to look after them and keeps losing the fry... i think i may just take up his offer. thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 $150 Sounds like a decent price to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 $150 Sounds like a decent price to me thats what i thought , but i've never had much to do with them.. i better start reading up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat williamson Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Sounds fair to me , they sell them small for about 25 or 30 bucks ay aquariums. I have 2 males and 1 female ,she lays like clock work every 2 weeks. The bubs are extremely hard to raise , good luck , they have almost done my head in I have 4 bubs at about 3cm from 4 batches of about 50 eggs. All the best Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Pat your not wrong about raising being harder than breeding on these the fry are lazy feeders and don't seem to search out food like most other Loricadae I have found that Sturisoma like to spawn in a current flow area, mine liked the area under the HOB filter return they need to be able to constantly graze without having to search so cultivating algae is the best method (IMO) on glass plates or flat river pebbles/stones that can be left with the fry and then placed back in a culturing tank to regrow to me this is the only way to have food available for long periods without polluting the water, by cultivating algae the other thing I feel is required is a sponge filter to supply gut fauna for good intestinal bacteria and also to supply micro organisms like rotifers something breeders of Aust natives know about and create a "green soup" to use when raising fry of rainbows and associated species seasoned timber should also be available for the fry to rasp over I also think pre conditioned water should be available and used as often as possible for 10 - 20% water changes remember none of this may apply to how your fish behave but this may help if you are having problems Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat williamson Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Yep thanks for the info , I currently have a 3 foot tank which is in the shed window and has heaps of algae growing in it , thats the next step in my efforts .The 5 little ones I have are now in this tank (for 2 weeks) and seem to have good poo trailers hanging from them so i assume its working they are about 4cm now. The tank has some anubias on wood for them as well which gives them some timber. I seemed to have some luck last time with moving the fry to the fry saver and floating some lettuce in the saver. I am planning on moving the next batch straight to the algae tank and see how they go, its actualy quite refreshing having a tank which requires not much more than a 20% water change each week and looks like absolute crap. Thx again Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 Picked my trio up today! these fish have been well looked after and are very big , alot bigger than i expected.i think they'd be closer to 25cm. they have seemed to settle into their new home well so far , i have to get some plants for the tank , but i have some good timber in there at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 will try and take some tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAL05T Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Thats some big royals. I have only seen long nose that size before. I have raised long nose and royal fry by mixing crushed nls wafers with egg white and painting it onto small rocks, then once it has dried I add it to the fry saver with them. I went from raising around 10 per batch to over 80 per batch with the long nose and about 40-50 with the royals. Cheers, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 please dont shoot me down if these ARE NOT royals.... i'm only new to the tropical game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEG-IT Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 please dont shoot me down if these ARE NOT royals.... i'm only new to the tropical game lol, these are longnose whiptails if i am correct not royal's, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 please dont shoot me down if these ARE NOT royals.... i'm only new to the tropical game lol, these are longnose whiptails if i am correct not royal's, i have been ripped off... ffs.. my wife is going to kill me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAL05T Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Hey mate, $150 for a breeding trio of long nose is still quite good. Here is some good info on them: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=102 All the Sturisoma are here I learnt the hard way not to keep them together as they will hybridise, interesting young but worthless to sell and no good for the gene pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_J Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 Hey mate, $150 for a breeding trio of long nose is still quite good. Here is some good info on them: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=102 All the Sturisoma are here I learnt the hard way not to keep them together as they will hybridise, interesting young but worthless to sell and no good for the gene pool your words have put a smile back on my face.... i was worried i'd just paid $150 for $5. fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEG-IT Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Hey mate, $150 for a breeding trio of long nose is still quite good. Here is some good info on them: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=102 All the Sturisoma are here I learnt the hard way not to keep them together as they will hybridise, interesting young but worthless to sell and no good for the gene pool your words have put a smile back on my face.... i was worried i'd just paid $150 for $5. fish they are not $5 fish, $150 is still very good for the trio, probably make your money back in one go if they breed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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