The Most Desirable Pleco
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The Lyretail adonis is my favorite so far. But the gold nugget is catching up pretty fast and the king tiger after that. I don't think the zebras are worth half of their price.
at last someone who agrees with me about zebras.
they are well overpriced and there are much better plecos out there.
i am glad i sold mine on
they are well overpriced and there are much better plecos out there.
i am glad i sold mine on
how much you get for it? i mean there are other so many plecos out there- how this ONE can be so popular i really dont understand, there are plenty just as/better looking, and not necessarily black and white. ahwell-more fool them!DiXoN said:
Zebras are sought after so much IMO because of their cost, not their beauty. I do think they are very nice looking fish, but not at that price tag.
davo said:how much you get for it? i mean there are other so many plecos out there- how this ONE can be so popular i really dont understand, there are plenty just as/better looking, and not necessarily black and white. ahwell-more fool them!
supply and demand. zebras cant be exported anymore due to my knowledge as they are protected. Thus if makes them much much more difficult to aquire one. when they werent protected, they were as much as any other, around $40 or so. in the fish trade especially, the harder something is to get, the more people want it thus prepetuating the demand. in this case supply and demand has reached an equilibrium price of around $350-$450 a piece. However as more and more people breed them as what is happening right now due to the high price tag, supply increases and the equilibirum will be suppressed. The equilibirum will never be stabalized were it used to around $45 with the protection since it takes much longer time, more resources, and entails less distribution channels to breed them than to catch and import them. the price is going down and will fall as it seems they are at the peak of thier popularity.
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