oO SKIPPY Oo Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 can someone please clarify something for me - i was in my local animates today and i got a little puzzled by the tags for a run of a mill Bristlenose and a golden bristlenose firstly the bristlenose would get to 5cm max secondly the GBA saying it would get to 100cm and a fish that size was good for a 100L tank thirdly whats the standard price for a GBA ? i had the feeling that $32 something was a little pricey ? please note that this thread is NOT an animates bashing thread but a genuine question for the above cheers Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Normal BN and GBA both get to around the same size. If they grow to 100cm, i'm probably screwed with the 20+ I own :lol: IMO, $32 is way too much. You can get young ones on TM for around $6. Well, in Auckland you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 secondly the GBA saying it would get to 100cm and a fish that size was good for a 100L tank That is one big fish. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 can someone please clarify something for me - i was in my local animates today and i got a little puzzled by the tags for a run of a mill Bristlenose and a golden bristlenose firstly the bristlenose would get to 5cm max secondly the GBA saying it would get to 100cm and a fish that size was good for a 100L tank thirdly whats the standard price for a GBA ? i had the feeling that $32 something was a little pricey ? please note that this thread is NOT an animates bashing thread but a genuine question for the above cheers Skip I don't think that 100cm is a GBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 100cm = 1 metre I think 10cm is a more realistic approximation of adult size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yes, the cards are wrong. That particular card shouldn't be on display. Animates won't buy fish off back yard breeders and so the GBA price is indicative of the suppliers price to a certain level. There is another unrelated store in palmy that sold 2cm GBAs for $50 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oO SKIPPY Oo Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yes, the cards are wrong. That particular card shouldn't be on display. Animates won't buy fish off back yard breeders and so the GBA price is indicative of the suppliers price to a certain level. There is another unrelated store in palmy that sold 2cm GBAs for $50 each. i think that card wasnt out but then when i asked how much the girl went and got it - i was thinking what the heck thats so gotta be wrong.....so are brown and golden the same fish just a different color morph ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 i think that card wasnt out but then when i asked how much the girl went and got it - i was thinking what the heck thats so gotta be wrong.....so are brown and golden the same fish just a different color morph ? They're both ancistrus. They tend to act the same and grow the same. I also believe they can be bred together, but I don't know if they are exactly the same fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 They are pretty much the same species and i have heard several times of normals and GBA's breeding with the fry being a mixtureof the two, max size is probably 12-13cm with most around 10cm, $32 is pretty expensive, Hollywood have them for i think $12ea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 The origin of the GBA is probably one of the most hotly debated topics in the catfish world :nilly: People have finally come around to accept that the commons and the GBA are indeed the same species of fish (previously many thought the GBA was L144) however they breed truly to their respective colours. The real L144 is terribly rare (worldwide), and will likely never hit our shores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I paid $70 for a 4 year old breeding pair. So paying almost half that for a tiny one seems crazy! You can get them super cheap if you just ask around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 You can get some for two dollars each if you are willing to wait a couple of months, mine just had fry (brown bristlenose) edited too add two pics SamH you might be interested to know that the two bigger bristlenoses on the pumpkin is the two little juveniles I got from you in exchange for the guppies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 You can get some for two dollars each if you are willing to wait a couple of months, mine just had fry (brown bristlenose) edited too add two pics SamH you might be interested to know that the two bigger bristlenoses on the pumpkin is the two little juveniles I got from you in exchange for the guppies I was selling mine for a buck each just to get rid of them. I hate fish breeding! Little tiny tank was swarming with them, I lost count somewhere between 200 and 300 and that was months before I got rid of the last of them. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I was selling mine for a buck each just to get rid of them. I hate fish breeding! Little tiny tank was swarming with them, I lost count somewhere between 200 and 300 and that was months before I got rid of the last of them. :evil: I gave our local Animates over 80 of mine for free to get rid of them. Saw them selling them afterwards for 13 dollars each :nilly: next time I do that, I will ask for food or something in exchange. It was my first lot ever, so I was still a bit silly in the way I rehoused them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 You can get some for two dollars each if you are willing to wait a couple of months, mine just had fry (brown bristlenose) edited too add two pics SamH you might be interested to know that the two bigger bristlenoses on the pumpkin is the two little juveniles I got from you in exchange for the guppies oh Melanie those are just Sooooo cute It almost makes me want BN again .. but mine was a bully to the kuhli and now Sam has him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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