Wild Greens

[samir]

Bayfish has got them at 10cm. Anyone know what kind of quality they are ???

[taksan]

Don't know but @ $83 ea it couldn't hurt to check em out

[samir]

Don't know but @ $83 ea it couldn't hurt to check em out

I've got a price list for even less. At that price they would probably not be worth the 40 litres of water they would take up

[ILLUSN]

Samir or Taksan, any chance of getting a photo from bayfish?

I'd be keen on 4-6 if the quality was there.

[gypsy3]

how do you guys buy from bayfish...aren't they a wholesaler only ?. When i tried to buy my heckles originally,( from Bayfish) i had to go thru my lfs and they wanted to charge me $240 per fish! I really want wild greens but can't afford them at the prices the lfs charges.

[samir]

When i tried to buy my heckles originally,( from Bayfish) i had to go thru my lfs and they wanted to charge me $240 per fish! I really want wild greens but can't afford them at the prices the lfs charges.

don't think a lfs can afford to sell it much cheaper than that.

[benkk]

is it possible that we do a group buy directly from Bayfish ?

[Ben]

Taksan how many do we want? 8-)

[taksan]

I dunno call your little girlfriend and find out about them

[samir]

they still have the altums on there.

Benkk, I don't think they sell direct to the public.

[ILLUSN]

don't think a lfs can afford to sell it much cheaper than that

fair call mate, i think alot of people forget that any shop that doesnt tack on at least 200% on its wholesale cost is going to ge broke really quick.

[Ben]

I dunno call your little girlfriend and find out about them

I lost her home number will call her at work in the morning. :wink:

[taksan]

they still have the altums on there.

Benkk, I don't think they sell direct to the public.


LOL we ain't exactly the public ......

[gypsy3]

really?....200% is a fair mark up? i'm not being smart, just didn't realise that it was that much. Makes it hard for us poor ole pensioners to get the kinda fish we'd like to have. thank god for Fathers Day! ( thats where the heckles came from, courtesy of my wonderful girls) :)

[samir]

:lol: :lol: :lol: no more discus for me.

[Hassles]

In all sincerity - who here can confirm the validity of the fish's origins ? Price, I admit, is one limitation but who wants a fish that is not what is is suposed to be AND in this regard who would know ? ? ?

[samir]

If Bayfish says wild, its wild.

[ILLUSN]

200% is a fair mark up? i'm not being smart, just didn't realise that it was that much. Makes it hard for us poor ole pensioners to get the kinda fish we'd like to have.

sorry to get off topic but if a shop buys in a bunch of fish for say $100, they have to house them, feed them, condition them to local water. this takes time, then they have to pay wages, rent, power water, equiptment maintence costs and still have enough money left over to make it worth their wild. plus a few fish always go belly up in the process and as unfortunate as it is for us end consumers were the ones who have to pay 3x what they paid wholesale.
when I've moved off youngans to a LFS id get $10-$15 ea then they'd sell them at $30- $45 ea. thats just busniess. and in my area thats all the market will pay for baby discus.

[samir]

I think around 120-180 is what you'll probably pay for the greens from a lfs

[Amazing Amazon]

All sold!

[ILLUSN]

you didn't buy the lot did you?

[Amazing Amazon]

Yup! :P

[Tommo]

Nice Work !! Not To Far From My House Either Can You Let Me Know When They Come In ?

Cheers Tommo

[ILLUSN]

you ship to sydney right?????????????
pics PLEASE!!!!!!!!

[Ben]

All 10 sold before they were bought!
Pics to come!

[ILLUSN]

damn you melbournites work FAST!!!!!!!
looking forward to the pics mate

[Tommo]

Gee ......... I Did Not Even Get A Sniff !!!!! :banghead


Well Who Ever Got Them I Hope They Are Nice Fish !!!

Cheers Tommo

[Ben]

Here are the pics!

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=118309#118309

[taksan]

All 10 sold before they were bought!
Pics to come!

Yep ....by me of course ! :wave2

If ya snooze ya lose in the wild caught game.
:wave1

Of course I feel sorry for all those who missed out (in some cases its missed out AGAIN) so here's a lil violin for ya ....

:boohoo

[samir]

all the greens have gone, however blue face heckels are back, whoever wants them should get them now.

[Ben]

all the greens have gone, however blue face heckels are back, whoever wants them should get them now.

Should have not mentioned that!:shock: Now Taksan will get the lot!

[Squid]

Their will be a few more coming in soon I hope. I know a few of the guys down there and have bought from Bays for 10 years. Very few fish came out of the 'zon' this year. I'll bet those fish were sourced from Germany from what I've seen. Other importers are importing from the same German exporters, but dont expect much as the Germans pick the guts out all the good ones before they export. You would too! Anyway - my wild greens are in the process of spawning as we speak. Going down to the shed to see if it all worked out.

Also - if you are a wild fan, you'de better buy up soon as the Brazilian govt is about to put the clamp on wild fish exportations - or at least numbers exported. Going to be slim pickings for a few years to come, so expect a price hike.

Squid

[benkk]

If i have a ABN number, am i allow to buy Wild Discus from Bay Fish at all /??

[Merrilyn]

Benkk you actually need to own a retail aquarium shop to be able to buy fish direct from Bayfish.

Amazing Amazon bought all ten wilds on behalf of one of their customers, taksan.

You could probably do the same, by asking your LFS to order them in for you. You may need to leave a substantial deposit on your order.

[samir]

Also - if you are a wild fan, you'de better buy up soon as the Brazilian govt is about to put the clamp on wild fish exportations - or at least numbers exported. Going to be slim pickings for a few years to come, so expect a price hike.

I think Hugo mentioned that as well. Might have to give the missus a net and put her on a rickety bus to Peru, the next time she goes home. :lol: :lol: :lol: should be a good thing if they are expensive people will breed them

[samir]

If i have a ABN number, am i allow to buy Wild Discus from Bay Fish at all /??

try one of our sponsors, maybe they can get some in for you. If you dont have any luck shoot me a pm.