Sidthimunki

Glostik · Post by **Glostik** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:37 pm

Does anyone know of a good place to get them?

All the LFS here say they can't order them, and i've only found one website selling them for $20 each.

starsplitter7 · Post by **starsplitter7** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:33 pm

Frank's Aquarium has excellent stock and a good reputation.

Sids sell for $12 each or 6/$60. That's the best price I have seen. Definitely go for six.
http://www.franksaquarium.com/brookstreamloaches.htm

Glostik · Post by **Glostik** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:39 am

with shipping its still almost 15$ each

CatsandFish · Post by **CatsandFish** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:27 am

Compared to what you pay for em at some stores here
$ 15 is still a nice price
one of the lfs' here sells em at EU 13,95 and those examples look rather sickly to me
I was lucky finding another one that has good healthy sidth's at EU 7,50

starsplitter7 · Post by **starsplitter7** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:17 am

My LFS sells them for $17 each. Sids don't come cheap.

Ashleigh · Post by **Ashleigh** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:43 am

For healthy sids, $15 is not that much to spend.

Perhaps look at the smaller, less expensive loaches if you do not want to spend that much-you will be very lucky to find healthy sids at a cheaper price than that.

Ashleigh

Glostik · Post by **Glostik** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:42 am

Ive spent 30 or 40 on fish before, its not that the price that bothers me. Its just that I could have sworn ive seen LFS thart sell them for $7 or $8

Jim Powers · Post by **Jim Powers** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:56 am

I usually see them for $11-$12 around here, never any cheaper.

plaalye · Post by **plaalye** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:06 pm

$16.99 + tax here, and they don't look right to me. Maybe it's because they're always very small but the sids that my LFS gets don't quite look like the pics i see here.

jwyfk · Post by **jwyfk** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:18 pm

The only place around here that has them sells tiny ones for $20 each. It's kind of a boutique store that really gouges customers. Does anyone know when they're "in season?"

starsplitter7 · Post by **starsplitter7** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:19 pm

The one I got is so small for $16.99 that I mistake him for a small Oto, which are the fish he choose to hang out with. I will get more Sids when I find them. I was just picking up the last loaches before my LFS closed. He has loaches to hang with, but he spends his time pretending to be an Oto.

Ashleigh · Post by **Ashleigh** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:38 pm

Sids are expensive everywere. Your best bet if to find them in a shop that can't get rid of them and make an offer to clear them-it does work

Ashleigh

Marcos Mataratzis · Post by **Marcos Mataratzis** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:48 pm

I paid US$ 70 on my 3 sidthimunki. Very rare fish here in Brazil.

zmo63 · Post by **zmo63** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:43 pm

Ashleigh wrote:Sids are expensive everywere. Your best bet if to find them in a shop that can't get rid of them and make an offer to clear them-it does work

Ashleigh

That's how I got my first six. The manager said they predated him! Got them for $11 each, while most other stores were charging $30. I bought from Frank to increase the group - highly recommended.

Glostik · Post by **Glostik** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:07 am

I actually found a guy who will import them for me locally.

Less than $10 each for prolly 20 or 30.

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