Cichlid lovers, what do you do?
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I recently had to give my 12 inch oscar away
i had him for 5 years. i gave him to my lfs. they took him and gave me 5 bucks for him. hey it better then nothing...
I'm replacing him with 7-10 kribs in his 75 gallon. I'm planning to sell the babies to the lfs, they said they'd give me 5 bucks for each baby.
To answer your question, I give him to my lfs.
P.S: the reason I gave him away was cuz he never stopped moving stuff.. I had nothing in the tank except gravel and he would swim to the bottom, then swim to the top and spit it out of the tank. I took all the gravel out but then he just layed on his side. I had to do it.. I feel so bad for him.
i had him for 5 years. i gave him to my lfs. they took him and gave me 5 bucks for him. hey it better then nothing...I'm replacing him with 7-10 kribs in his 75 gallon. I'm planning to sell the babies to the lfs, they said they'd give me 5 bucks for each baby.
To answer your question, I give him to my lfs.
P.S: the reason I gave him away was cuz he never stopped moving stuff.. I had nothing in the tank except gravel and he would swim to the bottom, then swim to the top and spit it out of the tank. I took all the gravel out but then he just layed on his side. I had to do it.. I feel so bad for him.
PetsUnlimited here in Nova Scotia is sort of odd. Anything small, like barbs, tetras or corys, and you'll get a credit for the full value of the fish at retail price. I've also received full credit for some mid size fully grown cichlids - I got $24.99 for my 7" Jack Dempsey when I returned him and $14.99 for my 5" Severum.
Large cichlids (8+ inches) and large plecos are handled differently for some reason. I traded in a 13" common pleco a couple weeks ago and was told the store policy on plecos is to replace it with a baby pleco. I returned to the store the next day and they slapped a $49.99 price tag on it. Needless to say I was not impressed by that. A friend of mine recently traded in a pair of breeding Jags (approx 11" male, 7" female) and received $9.99 each for them. He visited again within the week to notice the pair listed at $89.99.
I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do down the road when I move out of my apartment, I've got some fish that I just barely have enough tank space for and some oddballs that don't quite fit in anywhere. I can't even imagine what they'll offer for my semi-rare, exotic fish. Haplochromis Ahli breeding pair that I bought for $70.00, or my Polypterus Senegalus pair that cost me $50 for the pair as juveniles but eat about $10 worth of food a week. Something far too low would be my guess
Oh well, I'm more excited about planning my new 125 or 180g tank when I finally graduate and settle down. Torn between two ideas at the moment, first option is arowana's and some marbled or motoro rays; second option is a fahaka or mbu puffer all by itself. If I could ever spend the money on it, M. Tigrinus would be awesome as well
Large cichlids (8+ inches) and large plecos are handled differently for some reason. I traded in a 13" common pleco a couple weeks ago and was told the store policy on plecos is to replace it with a baby pleco. I returned to the store the next day and they slapped a $49.99 price tag on it. Needless to say I was not impressed by that. A friend of mine recently traded in a pair of breeding Jags (approx 11" male, 7" female) and received $9.99 each for them. He visited again within the week to notice the pair listed at $89.99.
I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do down the road when I move out of my apartment, I've got some fish that I just barely have enough tank space for and some oddballs that don't quite fit in anywhere. I can't even imagine what they'll offer for my semi-rare, exotic fish. Haplochromis Ahli breeding pair that I bought for $70.00, or my Polypterus Senegalus pair that cost me $50 for the pair as juveniles but eat about $10 worth of food a week. Something far too low would be my guess
Oh well, I'm more excited about planning my new 125 or 180g tank when I finally graduate and settle down. Torn between two ideas at the moment, first option is arowana's and some marbled or motoro rays; second option is a fahaka or mbu puffer all by itself. If I could ever spend the money on it, M. Tigrinus would be awesome as well
LFS's around here will give 1/2 of what they sell them for on fresh water, larger fish will be taken on Consinment.. meaning they will take it and tell you a value.. then depending on how many days its there and how much they feed it.. he value slowly decines..
oh, I didn't know they were 600 dollars, nvm don't get it, I can get one here for 50 bucks, I thought it would be around there.
That' seems fair Toooloud, I think that would be a way to buy fish off people.
That' seems fair Toooloud, I think that would be a way to buy fish off people.
