The blue eye habitat has been lost due to an oil spill.. so the ones u see for thousands of dollars are the last remaining ones.... im sure theres still a bit in the wild.. just hard to breed..
When I see prices like that it makes me sick that I gave my blue-eyed plecos away before my last navy deployment. I could have paid off my mortgage with the $ that colony could have brought in.
there is one for sale in wildwoods here in the uk for £1000. i looked and thought about getting it because it was a nice looking fish but then i noticed the price and i felt my heart skip a beat.