Here in the Chicago area, I can find them for about $2 - $3 from discus breeders, who get them from the wild. I think they just buy them in bulk from lotsofish.com (about $1 each). I actually prefer to get them from Petsmart, which sells them at around $4 each. A little more expensive, but I know the cards have been already been acclimated to fresh water. When breeders get them, they usually keep them in soft, acidic water, where they come from. This makes acclimation a little harder. Some cards may not handle the stress of the transport home and the acclimation to the new water.
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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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