On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:59:57 GMT, Altum
wrote:

swarvegorilla wrote:
"Altum" wrote in message
om...
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?

Yep. That's the fish.

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 usually trade plants for food. Mosses are surprisingly valuable and
easy to grow.

The fuel crisis may be giving a helping hand to home breeders. I was
talking with my lfs today and he was telling me about the price
increases he is dealing with every time he gets a new order of fish.
He said the big fish farms have been holding the prices down fairly
well so far, but the network of middle people involved in bringing
live caught fish to the distributors has been adding on some
outrageous increases. Quite a number of common fish are still live
caught, including the hatchet fish I bought this week and many bushy
nosed ancistrus. Hometown breeders provide an economical alternative
and are becoming more in demand around here with each new increase of
fuel prices. He said price hikes have recently forced him to change
suppliers for his marine fish, worse than the live caught freshwater
suppliers.

-- Mister Gardener