Breeding
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Posted 11 October 2002 - 10:03 PM
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Posted 11 October 2002 - 10:33 PM
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Posted 11 October 2002 - 10:59 PM
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Posted 11 October 2002 - 11:27 PM
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Posted 11 October 2002 - 11:50 PM
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Posted 12 October 2002 - 12:44 AM
#7
Posted 12 October 2002 - 03:08 AM
But i admit i have been ripped a few times.
#8
Posted 12 October 2002 - 03:59 AM
heheh sum one buy my fish !!!
#9
Posted 12 October 2002 - 07:41 AM
#10
Posted 12 October 2002 - 03:38 PM
If you're looking for some fullebornis, I have a male and female, breeding (can't stop them) that I need to get out of my tank. email me fish_styx@bigpond.com if you're interested
#11
Posted 12 October 2002 - 03:41 PM
Thanks
#12
Posted 12 October 2002 - 04:51 PM
It is in the electric yellow family originating from the locality of hongi island. I think !
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Posted 12 October 2002 - 05:06 PM
#14
Posted 12 October 2002 - 05:08 PM
The $70 markup isnt alll profit... the shop still has to pay...
All sorts of bills and rent... fish food... wages... so you can see why they have to mark them up so much...
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Posted 12 October 2002 - 08:24 PM
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Posted 12 October 2002 - 08:49 PM
#17
Posted 12 October 2002 - 09:14 PM
Recently there has been some criticism of stores and their markups. A $70 markup may seem excessive to you, but you need to consider the LFS's overheads - staff, rent, electricity, not to mention losses of stock.
That hongi you are trying to sell may die, or maybe no one will buy them at that price. Fish stores lose a lot of stock and thats just part of the trade. No one can guarantee that the next person to trade in 100 electric yellows wont have some kind of internal parasite that will kill them all in 3 weeks.
Not to mention that though the fish may be expensive, demand may not be high enough for them to sell the fish at a price that will let them earn a little to make a living. Hongis are expensive now, but really they are just another mbuna that breeds readily and are pricey only because they are new. There is a very limited pool of individuals willing to invest their money into new arrivals and rarities. Just look at the incredibly rapid decline in hongi prices over east and still the very low demand for them.
So to put it bluntly, say they pay $15 ea for 10 hongi. Add in staff, rent, and other overheads plus the 2 that died a couple of days later... Then they take a few months to try to sell an expensive fish everyone wants but very few want to pay for. Add in discounts for regular customers and cichlid society members and the margin may not be so large as you would think..
Remember, the owner wants to make a living as well. They are often working extremely long hours with few holidays due to the nature of the trade.
I would say that many might earn a better rate per hour working as night filler at Coles or something like that...
LFS's provide a service, the rare and not so good looking fish that dont sell all that well are probably not the big money earners. However, the hobby here would experience a big loss if these shops were to only sell what would make them a decent amount of money..
Sorry for the long spiel, i just felt that their side of the story needed to be told.
BTW I dont work for any LFS's .. LOL
#18
Posted 13 October 2002 - 11:45 PM
Well what about fish liek oscars??
They get like a $10 mark up and yet they eat more, grow bigger and take up more tank space, therefore requirign more water changes, more water conditioner???
if you go by food and water etc woudl the mark up on an oscar be say.......$100 compared to a hongi?
I doubt it, so you cant say that They have to oay for food etc.........That is only a minute fee as fish food is bought in bulk and water changes done not just by each tank but by multiple tanks.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...................... maybe LFS are rippign peopel off, and Hongi's shoudl be worth $30 form breeders??
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Posted 13 October 2002 - 11:47 PM
#20
Posted 14 October 2002 - 12:22 AM
Let me know how they go.
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