Buying Fish From Your Lfs?

[lowthy76]

hi as a few of you know im in the market for a pair of apistogramma's.
my question is are fish in your lfs all from the same brood?
i mean if i bought a male and a female of say cacatuoides, are they likely to be brother and sister?

 

[Westwood]

Yes, they will most likely be from the same brood. Best thing to do is buy a male from one shop and the females from another location. Or try eBay and buy from 2 diffrent sellers.

 

[lowthy76]

Yes, they will most likely be from the same brood. Best thing to do is buy a male from one shop and the females from another location. Or try eBay and buy from 2 diffrent sellers.

do all tropical fish shops in the same area use the same supplier?
i was thinking of going to westwoods in enfield, and i heard that there are quite a few tropical fish shops there all in the same area, does this mean if i bought a male fish from one shop and a female from a shop half a mile down the road that they are likely to be related to?

 

[Westwood]

do all tropical fish shops in the same area use the same supplier?
i was thinking of going to westwoods in enfield, and i heard that there are quite a few tropical fish shops there all in the same area, does this mean if i bought a male fish from one shop and a female from a shop half a mile down the road that they are likely to be related to?

That's something I can not tell you. They may be they may not. Buying from 2 different places online will be your best chance.

 

[GShorty1981]

They always are from maidenhead aquatics, they all coem from the same breeders.

 

[TheRedDarren]

The thing with Maidenhead is they use breeders en masse so their stock is 1000's of fish from 100's of parent fish. So buying 6 from their display not necessarily means they are related, they might be, they might not be.

 

[GShorty1981]

Well i got told first hand that they were, so unless the manager was lying...

 

[TheRedDarren]

Me too, I was speaking to the manager about it. I think we have the same point...