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biggin
10-09-2007, 09:10 PM
I was at USA Aquarium today they had 3 Zebra Plecos. Cool little guys about 2.5 in.

Really neat looking fish. If you get a chance you should check them out. $250 puts them out my price range but they were pretty neat.
EAST_TX_RN
10-09-2007, 09:18 PM
Each??? Why are they so expensive???
biggin
10-09-2007, 09:20 PM
Has to do with where they come from and they are not easy to breed from what I have heard.

Plus they are really cool....

And yes $250 each.
EAST_TX_RN
10-09-2007, 09:28 PM
They are cool-looking, just not $250 cool.
bra8ndy8
10-09-2007, 10:01 PM
They are cool-looking, just not $250 cool.


LOL that's what I was thinking!!
poel_19
10-09-2007, 10:29 PM
they are that cool....
lellison
10-10-2007, 06:00 PM
Oh I would love to have one, and one of these days I might actually be crazy enough to do it, but I know what would happen. It would die the next freaking day. Or the day after the waranty went out. Just my luck. And then I would be sad because I would miss it. lol, and be too poor to buy another
arnold
10-11-2007, 05:32 AM
No I dont have these anymore :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/paulscar/IM005579.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/paulscar/IM005574.jpg
poel_19
10-11-2007, 03:59 PM
Arnold, can you get some???
EAST_TX_RN
10-11-2007, 06:57 PM
They are gorgeous fish, but not $250 gorgeous. Maybe $50 gorgeous, but I am part jew and cheap that way! :burned:
poel_19
10-11-2007, 07:04 PM
LOL ETXRN classic!!
EAST_TX_RN
10-11-2007, 07:30 PM
I didn't know if anybody would get the smiley joke against jews. You are on the ball, Joel!
poel_19
10-11-2007, 07:33 PM
toasty!!! LOL geez im on fire tonight!!
EAST_TX_RN
10-11-2007, 07:40 PM
Yes, you are! roflmao
arnold
10-11-2007, 08:04 PM
Arnold, can you get some???

Not anymore :( I would have to look around and pay same as anybody, dont have any wholesale connections on those anymore.
poel_19
10-11-2007, 08:07 PM
dang!! Dane how much can you get them for??
chebert22
10-12-2007, 07:14 PM
Well i'm full blooded southern catholic and can't justify paying a down payment for a car.... for a fish, that may or may not live for the extent of his $250 life.... So dont feel bad.
chebert22
10-12-2007, 07:15 PM
HOWEVER.... if anyone just happened to have a tank that was overflowing with zebra's, i would be happy to provide a good home for one. You could come and visit him/her anytime you wanted.... (they are very beautiful fish.)
Rift2Reef
10-13-2007, 11:00 PM
I can get them for $150ish.

They are expensive because they are illegal to collect so there are no more wild ones coming in.

I don't think they are that hard to breed but i've heard otherwise as well. About 6 years ago they were cheaper than gold nugget plecos.

$250 is beyond ridiculous for any store to try to sell them at.

A friend of mine has 18 of them and I have 9 of them. Mine are about 6 months away from being old enough to breed.

When I do have babies available I will probably sell them for around $75-$100 each until I recoup my initial investment.

Hopefully once the wild population is back to safe levels they will let them be collected again.
arnold
10-14-2007, 12:12 AM
Dig through all this and see why they are banned from export out of Brazil, hence the price insanity. Also while they breed in captivity, I'm told spawns are generally small, 10 to 30 max as a rule, and anyone breeding them has a waiting list a mile long.
http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=182

http://www.amazonwatch.org/amazon/BR/bmd/index.php?page_number=1

The Belo Monte Dam is a cause of great concern among locals and environmentalists as well as collectors along the Xingu.

Oh, and by the way, $150 or so is a very good price in todays L046 world.