Blue Eye Pleco
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It is true that the Zebra Pleco is very expensive, but with as easy as they are to breed someone will soon start breeding them commercially and flood the market due to their greediness. Luckily for us their greediness will result in lower prices because there will be so many of them.
Man it makes me mad when humans wipe out a species like that. One oil spill and they're all gone, it's just so sad.
Did the same thing happen to the zebra pleco? the little black and white guy. I remember buying one when i was 16 for the low low price of 15 bucks. now they're like 250. wtf?
Brazil banned the export of zebra plecos. The only ones for sale in the U.S. today were either captive-bred or smuggled into the country. I'm not sure of the particulars, something about overfishing.
Brazil banned the export of zebra plecos. The only ones for sale in the U.S. today were either captive-bred or smuggled into the country. I'm not sure of the particulars, something about overfishing.
I was told by a wholesaler on the east coast that the BEP are extinct in the southern part of the rio magdalena in Colombia but there are specimens in the
northern region of the magdalena. the problem that collectors have are dealing
with paramilitary groups & drug cartels. to get past this obstacle you have to go
with someone who knows the leaders of these groups. you will also have to pay
them to get to the habitat of the BEP. to make matters even more difficult they
are in a difficult area to get to. I know of an individual who went on a fishing
trip to Colombia. everywhere he went he encountered people dressed in
combat fatigues. He said it was a frightening experience. no fish is worth
sacrificing for a human life.
northern region of the magdalena. the problem that collectors have are dealing
with paramilitary groups & drug cartels. to get past this obstacle you have to go
with someone who knows the leaders of these groups. you will also have to pay
them to get to the habitat of the BEP. to make matters even more difficult they
are in a difficult area to get to. I know of an individual who went on a fishing
trip to Colombia. everywhere he went he encountered people dressed in
combat fatigues. He said it was a frightening experience. no fish is worth
sacrificing for a human life.
i dont know what is the big deal of these. i would rather have a batch of zebra than blue eye for many reasons...
