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?
Asterophysus batrachus
- Thread starter protectandserve21
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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?
If you've seen them for $60 then you are really going to laugh at the prices I've seen. A few online shops have them for $300-$600!
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...