Bill Eagan (Absolute Discus in Naperville) used to sell them for $1, but they were wild caught. Then he raised the price to about $2. Unfortunately, he's shutting down. I've been meaning to buy them, but hesitated. My hesitation costs me. I was finally ready, but wanted to pick them up locally. I was fortunate to find them at Petsmart. Being local and having a 14 day guarantee made it somewhat price worthy. Whether the ones at Petsmart are tank bred or wild caught, they are being housed in regular local water, not softened like most breeders around me have them for.
I prefer to buy them locally. Less stress for the fish when taking them home. Plus I can see the health of the fish I'm getting. Also if they have a guarantee, I can easily return them.
Most of my fish stock have been from either Petsmart or Petco, with the exception of my discus and plecos, which only came from breeders/importers.
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125 gal (473 liter): Low Tech (1.5wpg PC for 10 hours, no CO2/ferts, gravel substrate), Equipment (72" Coralife PC, Eheim Pro II 2128 w/built in heater, FilStar XP3 w/Hydor ETH201 inline heater), Fish (6*Discus, 2*Angel, 5*Clown loaches, 4*L-018 Gold Nugget pleco, 1*L-260 Queen Arabesque pleco, 7*Cories, Farlowella cat)
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