petro Red's are breeding for Greg

[billansor]

Ya'all should a contest....

I bet Greg gets at least 250 per fry.....

But

Why do fry when you could wait for a few months and get say 400 per sexable fish...

We can only pray that Alison has huge successes and she probably will........ And then let the wars begin...eh?

Bill

[76dragon]

She will. She has the in when getting the petros

[Gene D]

Tom's Tanganyikans has dropped the price on WC males (5 IN) to $460 a fish. Surely F1 have to sell for less

[myjohnson]

as of now...he has the monopoly on F1 fry...so why not. As soon as others begin to get true F1's...a price war will emerge and prices should go down. Hopefully Cichlids and Herps has good success as well.

Don't know about monopoly. Tank over on CF has F1s starting to breed. I believe be got those f1s from Chip. Where they came from before that I don't know....

[myjohnson]

Tom's Tanganyikans has dropped the price on WC males (5 IN) to $460 a fish. Surely F1 have to sell for less

Finally price I'm guessing is realistically $100-150 per f1. I'm seeing final price on WC being $300-350. If the fish keeps coming in who knows how low it will drop.

I'm guessing it cost $150-250 (largely depending on size) per WC fish. Everything else is mark up. As of now, it seems like collections efforts are still doing down.

[billansor]

So then.........

Should we consider the petro's (like the flame tail) to start coming in like tropheus??? Remember not too long ago, there was quite the scramble to get even Blue Giants... now everyone seems to have them.........

Its almost like a flood gate is opening. Of course, the price for wild caught petro is quite a bit higher than the measly tropheus...

Bill

[geoff_tropheus]

Thai you are killing me man...your back hurts you gotta pull those things out when they die

[geoff_tropheus]

The exporters are going to respond to demand, it is only going to take some time for them to gather the fishes we are requesting.

Sometimes that may take 2-3 years laggin..

I see requests for Namansii Reef for the last 4-5 years from serious people and then BAMM ...they become availible...

Serious people put the money where the mouth is, and it will happen...

Just like in Field of Dreams...build it and they will come..

[myjohnson]

Geoff check your PM regarding exporters.

[myjohnson]

So then.........

Should we consider the petro's (like the flame tail) to start coming in like tropheus??? Remember not too long ago, there was quite the scramble to get even Blue Giants... now everyone seems to have them.........

Its almost like a flood gate is opening. Of course, the price for wild caught petro is quite a bit higher than the measly tropheus...

Bill

Don't know about the flame tails. Their true collection point is still relatively "undisclosed" right?

If the money is there exporters are going to bring them in. But you have to factor in real cost. Petros are harder to collect in large numbers because they don't school. Bigger fishes also. Meaning less per box. I don't see them costing the same as tropheus.

[russ]

i think the flame tails will cost 200-250,but what do i know?

[billansor]

Do you mean to say that Alison is more experienced than most of the other importers??? If so...why??? I have a great deal of respect for her but wanted to know what others think...

She will. She has the in when getting the petros

[billansor]

Uhhh Brian Given that you have a list and are importing fish in, you probably do know...

Anyway... its going to be interesting...

i think the flame tails will cost 200-250,but what do i know?

[russ]

Uhhh Brian Given that you have a list and are importing fish in, you probably do know...

Anyway... its going to be interesting...

i have some info on them but will wait to say anything else.

[76dragon]

From talking to her first hand, I do know that she has an in. I am pretty sure that she will be getting a good bit of petros in this year..

Do you mean to say that Alison is more experienced than most of the other importers??? If so...why??? I have a great deal of respect for her but wanted to know what others think...