spotted raphael

[lnbarbie]

just wondering if anyone in Aus. would know the going price for spotted raphael,I have 2 around 10cm had them for about 2 years, just curious?

[MatsP]

Moved to relevant forum.

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Mats

[Buddiechrist]

Well up here they would only be like 10 bucks each.

[Viktor Jarikov]

I hope Inbarbie already found their answer but Australia is funny when it comes to pricing - the country is so restricitive when it comes to nonnative wild life import. If you have not found your answer yet in 3 months, let us know and I hope an Aussie will chime in.

[MatsP]

Given that this list here shows that they are illegal to import into Australia, and not really known to breed easily, I'd expect that they are quite pricey.

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Mats

[Shaun]

Locally bred specimens were available from Australia's largest wholesaler recently. They were $55 each, in the shops they will probably be around $140-$170.
Shaun

[Viktor Jarikov]

wow! that puts things in perspective! thanks Shaun

[MatsP]

I was going to point out that those are Australian dollars, but checking it, one AUD is 0.95 USD anyways, so yes, the fish are about 5-10x the price you'd expect to pay in the US or in Europe - mainly because they are not allowed to be imported, so any fish available is either smuggled in or locally bred - and they don't breed like rabits.

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Mats

[Shaun]

they don't breed like rabits

Yes. I believe the breeder was able to produce only 8 after years of trying. Still, a pretty amazing achievement. The same breeder produces fairly large batches of Platydoras armulatus on a regular basis.
Shaun