On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:06:02 +1000, "swarvegorilla"
wrote:


"Altum" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:

I haven't seen one these in years, at any price.

Bummer. There are folks in town here who breed albino bushy noses. I can
get them on auction for $8-10. Cool looking fish.


bushynose = bristlenose?
ye old ancistrus dolichopterus?
I breed these by the hundred. $1 a cm. Although lately I just trade for
food.
Like feeding me fish good food but I don't enjoy buying it.

I like that method of pricing. Makes good sense. I'll keep it in mind
when I get around to dickering price with lfs in the future. It's
going to be a while, however, because bushy bristle ancistrus have
become scarce around here in recent months. I have a couple of
handsome males, just waiting at the entrance to the cave, but no
females to join them for a romantic evening. (To clarify before
someone comments, the males are in separate aquariums.)

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