Is This Overpriced Or What ?

[HEX]

so anywho there are some galaxy rasboras on aquabid. 5 for 40.00 us; buy it now another 25.00 us.; for garanteed live delivery plus shipping on top of that next day to my area about 35.00 us; that equals 100.00 us .20.00 dollars per fish .what do you guys think. these fish are very hard to find. i asked him if i would get any females in the order and he said he doesn't sex the fish but i should get a female or two . opinions

 

[iairj84]

Seems really high but I think they're pretty expensive everywhere until someone can figure out how to breed them well enough to sustain the species

 

[PoPoV]

Thats SOOOO expensive. We sell them at the store for $4.99. I dont know if thats expensive or not since I havnt ever compared prices on them befor. But $20.00 per fish is pretty steep.

 

[Ilya]

My teacher breeds guppies. He sells 5 for $30 to people from the east coast.

 

[dc3]

My teacher breeds guppies. He sells 5 for $30 to people from the east coast.

US$6 for a guppy??? Must be a species of guppy I haven't heard of - or maybe I am cheap when it comes to guppies... the guy at my LFS buys them between 0.50 and $1 and sells them between $2 and 3 - super pet / big al's sells them as low as $1 apiece. Even the place that sells "show" guppies wants $5 apeice with package deals on 10 or more and that's Cdn$

 

[DiscusAngel]

i might think about breeding them, at my lfs there like £3 each!

 

[Miss Wiggle]

so anywho there are some galaxy rasboras on aquabid. 5 for 40.00 us; buy it now another 25.00 us.; for garanteed live delivery plus shipping on top of that next day to my area about 35.00 us; that equals 100.00 us .20.00 dollars per fish .what do you guys think. these fish are very hard to find. i asked him if i would get any females in the order and he said he doesn't sex the fish but i should get a female or two . opinions

they are now under threat of extinction in the wild

http/www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/...m.php?news=1197

as such i would advise you only buy them if

1 - you know they are from tank bred stock not the wild
2 - you know how to and intend to breed them

 

[HEX]

thanks MISS WIGGLE, they are tank bred and i do intend to breed them. but thats a little steep on price. and he's not really garunteeing any females.

 

[Kevinator]

I have seen them at a few stores near me for as high as $5.99. That is really expensive what they are asking for yours.