The price of fish..

We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and
the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large
Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches long.
We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The main
Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare.
Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current exchange
rates works out at as follows ,

300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars


Would you consider this good value or over priced.

Regards from OZ bassett

"bassett" wrote in message
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We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and
the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large
Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches
long.
We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The main
Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare.
Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current exchange
rates works out at as follows ,

300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars


Would you consider this good value or over priced.

Regards from OZ bassett


I think it would be a better idea to get a small pleco and let it grow. They
can grow to 10 inches or more in 12-18 months, assuming they have enough to
eat. Can you get small ones at a reasonable price ? Over $200.00us is a
LOT to pay for just one fish.

Limnophile

In article ,
(bassett) wrote:

We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish,
and
the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large
Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches
long.
We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The
main
Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare.
Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current
exchange
rates works out at as follows ,

300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars


Would you consider this good value or over priced.

Regards from OZ bassett

From a UK POV

Assuming by Placo Catfish you mean a common Plec (Hypostomus) or a sail
fin (Gibbiceps) then what happens in the UK is that the dealers sell
hundreds of tiny ones to people with small tanks. Before long the Plec
outgrows the tank. The owner then takes it back to their LFS, who take it
off their hands and sell them for about 10GBP (= 25AUD), they generally
hang around for ever as the market is saturated with them. If you mean
more exotic varieties then I have seen big Panaques go for about 5or6
times that

Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com

Its nice to know that aquarists in South Africa are'nt the only ones being
ripped off!!!!!!
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**

"bassett" wrote in message
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We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and
the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large
Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches
long.
We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The main
Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare.
Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current exchange
rates works out at as follows ,

300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars


Would you consider this good value or over priced.

Regards from OZ bassett

"bassett" wrote in message
...
We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and
the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large
Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches
long.
We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The main
Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare.
Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current exchange
rates works out at as follows ,

300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars


Would you consider this good value or over priced.

Regards from OZ bassett



I could be way off, but my shops in this area (Indianapolis) range anywhere
from $20 to $50 for a pleco of that size. Was this a Royal pleco or somehow
especially ornate?

Paul

300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars


Would you consider this good value or over priced.

Regards from OZ bassett

Here in Texas, an ordinary plecostomas of 6-8" would cost about $20-$25 US.
Fancy varieties bring more, for example I saw a HUGE, at least a foot long,
gold dust pleco for sale for $200 the other day. And a tiny one was $25.

Cindy

In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have
one that big you can't give it away!

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:29:20 +1000, "bassett"
wrote:
We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish, and
the other day I visited my local Aquarium , and he had a couple of large
Placo catfish , in stock . These would have been around 6 to 8 inches long.
We never see fish of that size, especially in the country areas, The main
Cities, Sydney, Melbourne etc might get them, but there rare.
Anyway, they where priced at $300 aust each, which by current exchange
rates works out at as follows ,
300.00 AUD
Australia Dollars = 217.875 USD
United States Dollars
Would you consider this good value or over priced.
Regards from OZ bassett

Cuthbert.J.Twillie wrote:
In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have
one that big you can't give it away!

Yep, not too many people start out with a big tank and big fish. I got a
"rhino" pleco the other day - has a nice high fin and little horns on his
head, interesting textured dark grey.

Cindy

Cindy wrote:
Cuthbert.J.Twillie wrote:
In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have
one that big you can't give it away!

Yep, not too many people start out with a big tank and big fish. I
got a "rhino" pleco the other day - has a nice high fin and little
horns on his head, interesting textured dark grey.

Cindy

Actually more of a dark olive green, not grey.

Cindy

"Cuthbert.J.Twillie" wrote

In Chicagoland, they seem to be about $10-15US, although if you have
one that big you can't give it away!

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:29:20 +1000, "bassett"
wrote:
We in Australia don,t get much of a chance to buy large tropical fish,
and

We'll pay for shipping....what do you say bassett?

cheers
Pippen (Brisbane, Australia)