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PostSubject: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySat Feb 21, 2009 5:43 am

Someone mentioned on here that they were looking for one, but I can't remember who. I called the fish distributor today to get them to add a pile of ghost shrimp with my replacement Aros and we were talking a bit just about random fish.

Anyway, the L024 (and a number of other ones as well) are going to be very hard to come by. He hasn't had a cactus in almost a year and said, that Brazil is cracking down on exporting the unnamed Plecos. He was saying that what does manage to get out goes to us the very last. Japan gets first crack since they'll pay a lot more for fish than we do, and then Europe.

So if you see one, and want one buy it as soon as you see it.. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySat Feb 21, 2009 9:33 am

Yeah because there hard to find.
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySat Feb 21, 2009 9:51 am

That was me. How much does Japan pay for theres?
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySat Feb 21, 2009 12:29 pm

No Biggie, Brazil is not exporting them currently. No mention on how hard or not they are to find in the wild. They could have thousands sitting around in tanks, but they won't sell 'em to us.

He didn't say what the other countries paid for theirs, we ended up talking about the Gulper catfish, and that's how we ended up on the whole Japan and Europe tend to pay higher prices for fish then we do in the US.

I do know that in Japan they don't have hardly any big pet/fish stores like we have here, and there aren't any chains at all. Some department stores carry dogs and dog supplies, but fish are mostly a small private run shops. Keeping fish is more of an expensive thing too since if you have room for a decent fish tank, you have money. Like, it's pretty common for CEOs to be gifted an Arowana as a sign of success.
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySat Feb 21, 2009 6:04 pm

I didnt know that. Exoticfinds is out of stock and so isnt thatpetplace. As soon as one them has them in I'm buying one!
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySat Feb 21, 2009 11:34 pm

I don't know if he supplies to that fish or what, but the guy I was talking to was a wholesale distributor. If you do manage to find one I imagine it's going to set you back a bit.
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySun Feb 22, 2009 12:22 am

8" $55
12" $125
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySun Feb 22, 2009 8:21 am

Mike D wrote:
8" $55
12" $125
Wow thats not bad.
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptySun Feb 22, 2009 10:30 pm

Good luck finding them in stock at that price.

I was at Nemo's today and they had someone that brought two back at 12" the first one went for $225 within hours of it coming in the store. They haven't sold the second yet, since one of the employees wants him, but they've been getting offers around $250.

You have a serious talent for wanting expensive or hard to find fish. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptyMon Feb 23, 2009 9:11 am

yea i know. That seems to be my down fall
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptyMon Feb 23, 2009 7:35 pm

saint_felony wrote:
Good luck finding them in stock at that price.

I was at Nemo's today and they had someone that brought two back at 12" the first one went for $225 within hours of it coming in the store. They haven't sold the second yet, since one of the employees wants him, but they've been getting offers around $250.

You have a serious talent for wanting expensive or hard to find fish. Smile

It's called good taste, Mike. Don't let Rick getcha thinkin' it's some kinda pitfall. LOL. Anyways, wait 'til I get started. Wink
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptyMon Feb 23, 2009 11:16 pm

Wyomingite wrote:
saint_felony wrote:
Good luck finding them in stock at that price.

I was at Nemo's today and they had someone that brought two back at 12" the first one went for $225 within hours of it coming in the store. They haven't sold the second yet, since one of the employees wants him, but they've been getting offers around $250.

You have a serious talent for wanting expensive or hard to find fish. Smile

It's called good taste, Mike. Don't let Rick getcha thinkin' it's some kinda pitfall. LOL. Anyways, wait 'til I get started. Wink

Thanks! I figure If I get a few hard to find fish and they just so happen to breed....... Twisted Evil

I'm just looking to make a tank with fish you dont see everyday.
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 12:12 am

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It's called good taste, Mike. Don't let Rick getcha thinkin' it's some kinda pitfall. LOL. Anyways, wait 'til I get started. Wink

Hey now. I wasn't saying it was a bad thing. Just sayin he had a talent. Though it may be a bad thing from his wallet's and/or girlfriend's perspective. Wink

Just make sure your girlfriend has an expensive hobby too and that should solve the one problem at least. Wink
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PostSubject: Re: L024 Red Cactus Pleco..   L024 Red Cactus Pleco.. EmptyTue Feb 24, 2009 10:35 am

Oh she does! She has 2 chinchillas which were $125-$175 a wack not to mention the $100+ cages, $30 hay huts the list goes on! Just wait until I get a house I'll make SDD fish buying spree look like........... something I just cant think of a good analogy right now. Shocked
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