Asterophysus batrachus

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protectandserve21

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I've been researching and familiarizing myself with a few different kinds of fish that I want to add to my aquarium and ran across this one. It seemed like a unique addition until I saw how much they cost! Why are they so expensive? Anything special besides the probable reason, rarity?
 
Be careful when choosing tankmates with Gulper cats. They will eat almost anything. I´ve seen gulpers eat fish twice their size.
 
Where I am from they are rare. I have never seen one in a lfs. And for a year or so I checked with all of the specialty shops on a weekly basis trying to get one locally. I have seen them go online for anywhere from 60 bucks to 150. Plus shipping. So how much is the one you are looking at?
 
They are really expensive in Europe too. I think they have been imported into the EU for the first time only a few years ago, so not too many people have them. Maybe that's the reason they are so heavily priced...
 
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