Apisto bitaeniata price

[ljse]

What is a fair price for a bitaeniata?

 

[Tea]

Fair price

Hello I would say a fair price for the more common bitaeniata from peru would be around 20 to 30 a pair, and the less common ones found in other areas would be a little pricer..hope this helps

 

[ljse]

thank you. I am not sure what kind I have.

 

[Mike Wise]

Actually it depends on how you buy them. A. bitaeniata commonly enters the hobby among "mixed dwarf cichlids" which can be bought for around $5 each.

 

[ljse]

I bought them at a gcca swap meet a few months ago. They were labeled as apisto bitaeniata "purutu" (i just remembered this). The breeding pair are f1 apistos.

 

[ljse]

It could be curutu instead of purutu. I should have written this down.

 

[blueblue]

hmmm.. to be fair.... if you buy some really high quality bita imported from Brasil, the price can be much much higher... a pair of A. bita. from Rio Tefe is usually selling at a price of US$120-250 here in Hong Kong... the price is even higher in japan...

 

[Apistt_ed]

I bought them at a gcca swap meet a few months ago. They were labeled as apisto bitaeniata "purutu" (i just remembered this). The breeding pair are f1 apistos.

Hello ljse,

You picked them up from the gcca? I may have an idea of which one's you've got. I noticed they were floating around the GCCA and MAS. Great fish! . If they are the one's I'm thinking of, they were about $20 a pair.

How are they doing and have you gotten them to spawn yet? I am also a regular at those swaps and meetings... good to see you here! hopefully we can meet and talk fish at one of the events. john

 

[ljse]

Yeah they were 15 a pair, I was just wondering if that is an average price or if it is low.

They spawned soon after I got them and I have 4 that managed to evade my tetras and the biggest is about the size of a neon tetra. If I get them to spawn again I will try to raise the fry separately to get a higher survival rate.

I have only attended that one swap meet, but I'm planning to go to the November one.