Cichlid Prices?

[star4]

Delivered a tank today which happened to be right by Shirley Aquatics & Maidenhead so we made an outing of if. I could not believe the prices of some of the fish. I nearly keeled over backwards at the price of Ellioti £14.95!!! Daemons same price, firemouths £8 something geo's all around the £15 mark, there was one lonely little front and I didnt dare ask! even the smaller tetra etc seem to have gone up. I think I need to get out more lol

 

[angelfishguy]

our lfs wants 15euro for a krib

 

[mossy69056]

Delivered a tank today which happened to be right by Shirley Aquatics & Maidenhead so we made an outing of if. I could not believe the prices of some of the fish. I nearly keeled over backwards at the price of Ellioti £14.95!!! Daemons same price, firemouths £8 something geo's all around the £15 mark, there was one lonely little front and I didnt dare ask! even the smaller tetra etc seem to have gone up. I think I need to get out more lol

you think thats bad
2"female frontosa are 40 euro in maidenhead aquatics in ireland
nuts!!!!!!!!!
rgds

 

[Wills]

Ellioti seems expensive, FMs are about right round here in humberside as are geos. Once a geo hits about 3 inches your lucky if you can find them under £20 Plecs are the worst here though one shop charges £40 for anything with an L number

 

[GShorty1981]

Yeh some are stupid, my local Watermarque wants £21.95 for Silver Dollars @ 2"

The other Watermarque store 30 miles away, owned by the same guy and they use the same supplier (their own, j + k aquatics) want £2.99 per Silver Dollar.

So i had to drive 30 miles to buy them at a certain price...even tho the profits go to the same place.

Lame.

 

[minxfishy]

Told you MA had them for that price - madness!!

My Geo's cost £8 each, so they were quite cheap in comparison to some places I see them.

 

[star4]

I thought the Ellioti was a price error lol. I must admit both shops were very empty of customers, I am not suprised at those prices and Shirley was having a sale. Got some lovely tanks though, found one perfect for the fronts, could house them all, trouble was it was about £1800.

 

[minxfishy]

Start saving

 

[totally tropical]

Start saving

A LFS I know sells red line torpedo Barbs at £24.95 each!!

Thank god for the good ol' guppy!

 

[GShorty1981]

Red Line Torpedo Barbs are endangered so the price fluctuates everywhere.

In the same store i have seen them go from £12 ea, £48 ea, £25 ea back to £12 ea over a few months.

God knows why Silver Dollars are going at crazy prices in this one particular shop tho lol i think the main appeal of SD'd is they are cheap and get to big for most cichlids to eat

 

[dave_oddballs]

i think prices vary greatly everywhere, i see some prices people mention on here and am quite disgusted really! the ma near me in blackpool sells frontosas for £15 at about 4" all the way up to £40 for 8" ones which is fair as far as their price's go, and geo surinamensis for £8.
my lfs has firemouths at £2, malawis between £2.50 and £5, 12" fire eels for £12 about 20 different corydora species between £1.50 and £4 and loads more, i guess im just lucky looking at some price's elsewhere!
because i like odd fish most of them have to be ordered in but even then they are cheaper than most i see.
it won't help for imported fish at the moment with the pound being so low, maybe that does have an impact on price's.

 

[GShorty1981]

The best places for prices are pets@home because you can tell them that the fish is a Neon Tetra and they will sell it to you for 50p lol!

 

[jmkgreen]

I just bought 3x baby Severums for £6.50/ea and a baby Keyhole for the same. I paid £30 for a Geophagus Surinamensis but he's like 3-4in plus tail.

To be honest the only fish with high price tags around here are L numbered catfish. Cheapest is £30, common price point is £50-£80 or more which is a bit much for my stomach.

 

[kevin82]

The best places for prices are pets@home because you can tell them that the fish is a Neon Tetra and they will sell it to you for 50p lol!

I know what you mean, I'm going to pick up a Blue Phantom Pleco L128 for £20 tomorrow nigh because I know there is a certain member of staff on

 

[GShorty1981]

I just bought 3x baby Severums for £6.50/ea and a baby Keyhole for the same. I paid £30 for a Geophagus Surinamensis but he's like 3-4in plus tail.

To be honest the only fish with high price tags around here are L numbered catfish. Cheapest is £30, common price point is £50-£80 or more which is a bit much for my stomach.

I find that quite expensive. (i'd be moaning lol!)

I have 5 Sevs and this is what i paid

3" Red Spotted female = £7
3" Green Severum = £2
4" Gold Severum = £10
5" Green Severum = £3
7" Red Spotted Male = £25

Surinamensis usually go for £10 @ around 4-5" like pretty much every common peaceful Geo, more bolshy types like Brasiliensis go much cheaper at around £3.

My 3" Blue Acara was £3
4" Green Terror £3
3" Convict £2
5" Sajica £3