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L14 - whats a good price ?
Posted: 12 Mar 2005, 16:25
by Pillarcatz
Hi Guys
Just been offere 2 L14 sunshine's both around 6 inches long - the first is lovely colouring and spots the second not quite as nice
the seller wants £100 a piece - would you say this is a good price???
thanx
Posted: 13 Mar 2005, 02:19
by ClayT101
I'm not sure of the conversion, but those would go for any where from $60 - $100 each here. Of course, its all really about supply and demand.
Posted: 13 Mar 2005, 03:35
by Pillarcatz
That would work out at around £50.00
but they might be a little more common in the USA than here
Posted: 13 Mar 2005, 08:47
by skids
Here are out local wholesaler's prices in California, add 20- 100% markup to figure out retail:
Gold nugget-L18 MD $16.80
Goldy peacock-L14 MD $40.00
Goldy peacock-L14 XL $104.00
Xingu tiger pleco-L15 LG $20.00
Royal-brkn strp-L191 MD $16.80
The MD are around 3-4" I saw several today. They apparently had a 12" Royal L191 that went for $100. I met a guy who was trying hard to get it first.
I picked up a 5" royal and about a 3" Xingu today.
Re: L14 - whats a good price ?
Posted: 14 Mar 2005, 11:25
by MatsP
Pillarcatz wrote:Hi Guys
Just been offere 2 L14 sunshine's both around 6 inches long - the first is lovely colouring and spots the second not quite as nice
the seller wants £100 a piece - would you say this is a good price???
thanx
I've considered gettting one of these, but I'm pretty sure my tank is a bit small.
The price I was given by my shop was "Not much change out of 50 quid for a 4 inch one", so it's a question of whether a 6" one is worth almost double of a 4" one... As I understand it, they do grow fairly quickly, so you may want to just get a smaller specimen and grow it yourself.
I'm pretty sure that
the Goldfish Bowl had some at that sort of size when I bought my tank from them. Not sure what the price was at the time, but I don't think it wasn't quite a hundred each. Give them a call and see [you don't have to buy when asking for a price
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I've pretty much decided NOT to get L14's, as the do grow a litte bit on the big side for a RIO 400 tank (5' x 1'8" x 2')...
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Mats
Posted: 14 Mar 2005, 12:35
by Pillarcatz
Thanks - i'll give them a call.
we have a 6ft x 2 ft x 2 ft tank with Discus
so i thinks a nice goldie will fit in well - lots of bogwood to live in etc....
Posted: 14 Mar 2005, 12:42
by MatsP
Pillarcatz wrote:Thanks - i'll give them a call.
we have a 6ft x 2 ft x 2 ft tank with Discus
so i thinks a nice goldie will fit in well - lots of bogwood to live in etc....
Yeah, those four extra inches of width is what I'm missing. Also being longer doesn't hurt...
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Mats
Posted: 14 Mar 2005, 14:28
by racoll
they do have one at the golfish bowl for £60. about 3 inches.
in my opinion, i will pay more than the going rate for a really colourful, nicely marked and healthy specimen.
if the one at £100 looks really spectacular, buy it. if they're just a bit average, shop around.
Posted: 15 Mar 2005, 15:20
by ClayT101
Pillarcatz wrote:Thanks - i'll give them a call.
we have a 6ft x 2 ft x 2 ft tank with Discus
so i thinks a nice goldie will fit in well - lots of bogwood to live in etc....
Do you have plants in there? I kept a goldy with my discus in a 110 gallon, but it kept knocking down my plants (unintentionally, not to eat them).
Posted: 15 Mar 2005, 15:25
by MatsP
ClayT101 wrote:
Do you have plants in there? I kept a goldy with my discus in a 110 gallon, but it kept knocking down my plants (unintentionally, not to eat them).
That's true about any large pleco. Plants will be moved/pulled out/knocked over, because they just fancy going somewhere the plant is in the way of...
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Mats
Posted: 15 Mar 2005, 15:28
by Pillarcatz
i have around a 10 amazon swords - all are very well buried into the gravel