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i saw 4 threadfins at pet advantage, at 6 bucks apiece! or 15 for 5, r those norml prices, they were less than an inch long

yes rainbows at lfs are very expensive. lucky me

Last edited by bettachris at 11-Aug-2005 18:23

I saw them online for $6 a piece, so nothing special there. Seems to be the common price for this kind of rainbow (Dwarfs went for the same price).

I wonder how much they cost on the other side of the world?

Ingo

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$12 each here. I ordered most of mine online instead.

12 bucks wow, i guess the next time im up there, i should get em..oh, and i ment 5 for 15, boy i wish it was 15 for 5

next time i go up to wholesale, remind me and i iwll pick some up for you.

The lfs near me sells em
for 5.99 each or 6 for 25.00
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wow, thanx chris, the 20 gallon is finaly stable, fish not gasping, fish not...dead so another week or 2, and i will feel comfortable enough, to add the other cory, and set the stock how i want it

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drsfostersmith sells them for 13

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thatfishplace has some for 5.99, which isn't bad, and they also have boeseman for sale, same price.

yeah most rainbows in the uk go for £5 to £7 as juveniles and up to £25 for an adult.Harsh prices, but since some of them breed pretty well- red rainbows especially, the price will probably come down eventually.

I think if more people knew their potential for colour when removed from pet shops they might be more popular, its easy to overlook em when they look all blanched out from stress. Which is ironic, cos a lot of fish that are small and bright in shops get blander as they get older and bigger , and rainbows generally get brighter and more vivid.

I still dont think that a lot of the cheaper smaller species are really suited for most people though, cos theyre sensitive both mentally and to water quality- and theyre the ones that are all wild collected, hardly ever breed, and cant really suffer the exploitation of collection.
The good ones that are bigger , tougher, more colourful and reproduce well are all expensive. Go figure.