Engloid
Valuable Member
****!! It's like fish prices have doubled in the past year to year and a half. ...or does it just seem that way to me?
About 2 years ago, I bought a 3" blue hippo for $29. Now, a 1" is $50. I bought a 4" Leutennant tang for $34 a couple months ago, now they are about $46.
I priced a powder brown tang today, and was told it was $96 for a 2.5-3" fish!!
There's still a couple fish I want to buy, but the prices are so high, or they can't even get them. None of the stores in town can even get a copperband butterfly, and if they can, the price is sky high. Same goes for a desjardini tang.
Is it the time of year or what? It seems selection and availability are crap now, and prices are skyrocketing.
I know they are running a business, and the local stores are likely still on the same percentage markup. I've talked to some of the people at the stores, and they say availability isn't that good now, which leads me to believe the wholesalers are really gouging the prices and cutting back supply at the same time.
I'm starting to wonder if I will have to just give it a few months to buy what I want, or resort to buying livestock off the net...which I really don't want to have to do.
btw...just a quick rant out of frustration, not really singling out any store, employee or anything. I do feel that the employees have all done a lot to help me any way they can, so I am definitely not criticizing them.
About 2 years ago, I bought a 3" blue hippo for $29. Now, a 1" is $50. I bought a 4" Leutennant tang for $34 a couple months ago, now they are about $46.
I priced a powder brown tang today, and was told it was $96 for a 2.5-3" fish!!
There's still a couple fish I want to buy, but the prices are so high, or they can't even get them. None of the stores in town can even get a copperband butterfly, and if they can, the price is sky high. Same goes for a desjardini tang.
Is it the time of year or what? It seems selection and availability are crap now, and prices are skyrocketing.
I know they are running a business, and the local stores are likely still on the same percentage markup. I've talked to some of the people at the stores, and they say availability isn't that good now, which leads me to believe the wholesalers are really gouging the prices and cutting back supply at the same time.
I'm starting to wonder if I will have to just give it a few months to buy what I want, or resort to buying livestock off the net...which I really don't want to have to do.
btw...just a quick rant out of frustration, not really singling out any store, employee or anything. I do feel that the employees have all done a lot to help me any way they can, so I am definitely not criticizing them.
