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Why are plecos so damn expensive or is it just cause i live in australia??
i mean its insane really to sell a 8" fish for $200
or is it not? lol are they rare or something? thats more valuable than gold
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2003, 05:54:23 AM » |
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Um, it's cause you live in Australia  Dunno if it is due to your import restrictions or transport costs or hardness to breed or all of that  They're not cheap here either, depending on the species, but nothing compared to your prices. Some are widely bred here, but many still have to be imported from South America or maybe from Asian breeders which raises the price. Some of the most wanted here I think are zebra plec*s (only few breeders here so far) and Panaque suttonorum which are quite rare and therefore expensive. |
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2003, 07:11:11 AM » |
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I just bought an 8" monster pleco(common) from the lfs for $11.99US I guess we are lucky.....sorry
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2003, 09:34:08 AM » |
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Yes in the U.S. plecos are really cheap. I can get a 2" pleco for about $2.00. The rarer plecos are more expensive. I saw one of those " gold nugget" plecos for $19.99 about 3" long.
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2003, 12:57:18 PM » |
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We sell 8" plecos at work for US$14.98.... they are anything but rare... it has to do with how OZ imports them and the taxes levied on them I believe . I seem to recall Tony saying something like that.
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2003, 08:26:24 PM » |
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I got my 12" common pleco for less than $10
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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2003, 11:10:10 PM » |
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they r prety cheep here also but the only pleco u get over here is the common ive never seen any other type!!!!!! its sad we have no plecos  (in durban that is) |
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« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2003, 11:38:36 PM » |
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Its a very long story but to condense it down.
Imported fish have to both quarantined for 2 weeks in the country of origin by a australian approved facility and when they get here they are once again quarantined for a further 2 weeks. The quarantine facility has to sterilize the holding water, only one species per tank and if a fish can not be 100% IDENTIFIED as a allowable import it is destroyed.
All this adds up and makes imported fish rediculas in price.
Basicly our import laws suck totally.
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2003, 04:51:55 AM » |
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i so want a nice big pleco for my oscar tank but ill never aford one being a student and all  if i find a real small one thats cheaper do u think my 8inch oscar would try eat him? |
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2003, 05:11:07 AM » |
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if its small enough to fit in its moth it will eat it or try to eat it
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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2003, 07:00:50 AM » |
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I introduced a 3" pleco into my tank that has an 8 tiger in it and he checked it out but didn't mess with it because of its tough skin.....
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« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2003, 05:57:18 PM » |
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i always wanted a pleco there just to expensive
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2003, 03:43:29 AM » |
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i always wanted a pleco there just to expensive
That just sounds so strange to me. Too bad for you folks down under. |
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2003, 07:39:40 AM » |
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i always wanted a pleco there just to expensive
i would gladly give you mine, he doesn't do anything other than poop  |
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