janine456 Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Hey guys, Just wondering what your opinion is about mixing a breeding colony of 10 demasoni with my colony of 8 Frontosa? Too risky? Been trying to sell my Fronts but no one is willing to pay how much they are worth so might just keep them but i need to move my demasoni. Would love any opinions Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine456 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Oh forgot to mention the tank is 6 foot With lots of rocks etc. But the biggest frontosa is 20ish cm. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 People will say the fronnies won't like the active fish. But they will chomp at them at night time. Especially if some are 20cmish. Fronnies are alert at night in the hunt for live food, even though they are lazy. In the wild they hunt Cyprichromis species. At night these little guys huge the rockwork etc, just like demasoni do at night. I wouldn't do it. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Yeah have heard of fronts eating a adult J maileri so yeah probably woudn't either.. Have you had no luck selling your fronts Janine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janine456 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 No real luck selling them yet.. Just thought id ask seeing there are still 4 baby brichardi left in the tank completely untouched, i sold all the rest. Hmm will have to wait and see what i do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 things are only worth what people will pay for them. if there are only 5 interested buyers & the highest bidder will only pay $40 each then the market is telling you what they are really worth. maybe the shops can get away with charging huge prices because they wait for someone who is willing to pay big $ for em, you will have to do the same to get high prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yeah its all about supply and demand and what you think something is worth isn't always what it is actually worth.. The only way to find out what anythings worth is to $1reserve it but you might get alot less than what you hoped for them. And fronts are becoming more common and with all the colonies around the place they will only become more common. Anyway Janine good luck with the sale they look like nice fish! I think I read the same question about fronts and demasoni on cichlid-forum and the answer was the same you could use the search on there if you wanted to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Yeah Fronts in a few shops now but not exactly walking out the doors at $110.00. The next lot wil be cheaper though and so on. Something comes in new so you get it at top dollar, so you can breed it and sell the babies with everyone else for nix. Remind me again why we do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 The only way to find out what anythings worth is to $1reserve it but you might get alot less than what you hoped for them. Its not really a good indication of what something is worth, more just how many people happen to find it on TradeMe and feel like going nuts. We dabble in TM at work, one week we put a plant up for $1res (usual retail would have been $15-20) and it went for $75, the following week we put up a slightly bigger and better one and it went for $16. Its pretty random really. I agree about the supply vs demand thing. I think the pet shop prices for frontosa are crazy high, but I guess if there's people willing to pay it then it'll stay there, and if not it'll come down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 The standard fronnie here from a breeder at 3cm is $15-20. Therefore shops are around $30-40. They are well established here. Just an idea where they may level out at. Fronnie species are now a legal import, been about a year or so as a guess. They haven't affected the prices to much yet on the old species. As an example, online here, I can buy 4 fronnies, 8-15cm for $150 Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Frenchy how many different varieties do you get over there?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 Don't really know? They are legal, therefore whatever the wholesalers can get or thinks that will sell. When I find the link, I will place up a page from one of the wholesalers. Off the top of my head, Ikola, Burundi, Moba, Kigoma, Mpimbwe are in the country. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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