Pterophyllum Scalare Red Back
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Hi, Thanks.
They are captive bread, and for some reason... they are for sale here in Israel in the lfs in only 10-15 $
^ Lucky you. Only one person is selling tank-raised Manacapuru here and they are $80+ each for medium sized fish. No thanks. I'll play with other wild-types until someone gets realistic about those prices.
@ Ryan - I know the dealer you're speaking of & I think he is overpriced on alot of his fish, but $80 for manacapuru is crazy. $100 on CB altums is also ridiculous. Funny thing is, he sells F1 St Isabels for $30 each which is a pretty fair price IMO. I've seen WC St Isabels sell for much more than Altum prices...
Those are some gorgeous angels! I'm a noob at angels and was wondering if these guys are as sensitive as altums? Thinking if they would get along with my geo proximus and geo dicrozosters? That's if I ever find them 
Altums are in a league of their own as far as sensitivity goes. I've found all other wild angels to be very tolerant to pH & hardness. My water is pH 7.6 with medium hardness - I've kept wilds from Brazil & Peru w/o difficulty. The problem you're going to run into is finding manacapuru red backs of that quality. You might luck into some during wild season - I've seen Discus Origins(a vendor on this site) carry some nice ones. I've seen some F1s offered online & they were very expensive & looked really bland and washed out. Ryan & I spoke of that issue in this thread.
Yeah been keeping up on this thread. But, I'm just wondering what is a reasonable price a piece? Because somebody I know was selling a bunch (don't know if was f0 or f1) but I think they were asking around $60 or so ea. btw thanks for the info!
