Albino BN Market changed???

Whats your opinion,

I used to notice people getting $10-15 each for 3-4cm fry, now stores are doing them for $5-6 each.

How long untill these guys are gonna be the same price as commons??

Yup i did notice alot of people Trying to sell them with no luck in the live stock section.

[ndoboi]

Looks like they have just about hit the common bn price now.

They only commanded a higher price because they were new. Problem (if you want to make lots of money) is they breed exactly the same (like rabbits) so there will not be a shortage or supply problem with them like other L numbers.
It's the same with new cichlids - if you dont get hold of the original shipment into the country it's hard to make money out of them.

My opinions only.  :?

Cheers
Steve

[Benji]

yep, i guess the market has been flooded and they're nice and cheap, why would you by them from private breeders for $10 each when you can just wait for Aquarium Warehouse to get more in and then buy them cheaper.

i wonder when the same will happen to the peppermint b/n's??

Doubt it will happen to the peppermints, they are abit harder to breed.

[nem7902]

steve,
 if you dont get hold of the original shipment into the country it's hard to make money out of them.   :lol:  :lol:
if with u on that one steve  :P

benji,
pepermints have already gone down quite a bit since they were bought into aus **good in a way i wouldnt have been able to get some if they didnt** but yer they should never get that cheap unless people start mass producing them and flood the market then compiet with each other on prices just to sell em


cheers luke

[fishybusiness]

good thing is that those like me who held onto there peppermint the price for them are now going back up as the albinos floo the market

[mjscookie]

The only albino's in the genetic sense are the pinky ones.

The rest (brownish-yellow), are a mutant that has been line-bred (unknowingly) with a problem/mutation in alpha-tubulin affecting microtubules resulting in poor pigmentation.

Mitch. Just my 2c

[Thanes]

I hope peppermints are going up in price cause mine had their first spawn & are fanning again.Might be able to buy some more fish in a couple of months.woohoo!!
Brian.

[Savage_roo]

Well i would have some if some 1 lived closer to me lol
They might be only a few $$ but the cost goes up if you have to add an hours driving on top of the price lol
O well thats life lmao

[Thanes]

Give me a ring in about a month the first ones might be ready for sale then.

[aquariumwarehouse]

WHAT CAN I SAY  :lol:  :lol:


tropheus are next    :twisted:

KEV

[dammwoman]

Why is the price drop any surprise?
Sure they breed well and the price has been steadily falling as it does with everything once they become more frequently available in Australia.
The price was always going to drop down to almost common price.
I say almost because I feel they are far more attractive than commons and will always be a little more popular but the sudden price drop is due simply to Aquarium Warehouses sale.
I mean whos going to pay $10 to $15 now when it is commonly known that Kev was selling them for $3.50. Makes everybody else look like a rip off.
I'm not saying they are.
I personally think he has done the market no favors at all and you should all hope that he doesn't find a source of Peppermints or the same thing will happen.
Most people with common sense knew the minute those adds went on the internet the price of Albinos was gone for ever so I'd suggest you get used to it.

(Waiting to get ripped to shredds, but my opinion]
Cheers Linda

Nah i agree totally, that was what i was getting at without saying it lol, ppl are still trying to get $10 each for them when kev does that, Think it just ripped the arse out of the market.

But its supply and demand, cant hold it against him for being able to supply so many of them.

And tropheus are next? Well i sorta hope so becuase im cheap and I really like my tropheus, might allow me to get some more varietys, cant see the same thing happening with tropheus though, dont have the spawns and arnt that easy to keep.

But i will say they do love nls, and without any bad affects, ohhh if the best colour i have seen in them is a bad thing.

[aquariumwarehouse]

thats true and i agree'

tropheus do have small batches


but are on the import list :evil:

i just think there a great fish but have been over priced for a long time...


peppermints yes i have a good supply comeing...


regards kev

[dammwoman]

Tropheus are on import list and tend to agree with you to a certain degree but the Catfish are reliant totally on local aussie breeders and I think you have prematurely devalued them. If hobbists can't sell off their fry they will move on to other things that pay a bit better which in turn eventually makes them harder for you to sell too. I realize the price was always going to fall but think you have unnessarily kicked the average hobbist in the guts and I'm not the only one who thinks so. Just the only one saying so ATO.
Cheers Linda