Blue eyed panaque

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Jonnyakawombell

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Hi there I'm looking for a blue eyed panaque 10" or above cash waiting right now must be able to ship to England, dont worry I know what these panaques cost, I'm posting here because I'm sick of looking round the uk with no success or totally insane prices ( the 6" ones go for around the 900-1000 GBP over here that's around 2000 bucks) and I've seen 12" go for 900 bucks in the USA hence the post, any help will be much appreciated thanks
 
Thanks fella I've tried to message him but I need to wait 24-48 hours for a password as I've never bought anything from aqua bid and need to register, does anyone know if snook21 ships to the uk thanks in advance
 
Agreed but there a pain to find and there priced way to high over here, they are not as rare as people make out if money is no problem, I know of 3-4 shops that have one or more right now but the money they want for them like I said before is just insane, around £200 per inch, a big one would cost £2000+ (4000 bucks) WOW
 
I think you're looking in the wrong places (aside from the wrong continent :D). Buying from the USA will end up being costing more than those already in the UK and be a lot more hassle. I'd keep a close eye on http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/ as I've seen half a dozen pass through here in the past couple of years.

I narrowly missed out on a 30cm one for £175 and know of a couple more 40cm+ that were £400-£500. These were all private sellers.

As you mentioned, I know a couple of shops have had them in the past couple of years, Pier and Rare Aquatics. The last one I saw (well technically the first in the flesh) was from Rare Aquatics at about 28cm for £1000. So I'd suggest asking them, otherwise, try and some UK based forums like PlecoPlanet, I know a few members there have Blue Eyes.

This was the fella from Rare Aquatics.

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Thanks Matt you the man, I always try aquatics classified but no luck yet, I rang rare aquatics two days ago and they said that they have not had one on there lists since the one you mentioned, pier aquatics can get one but they want crazy money and it's only 22cm do you know of anyone selling one on pleco planet, one more thing what would you consider a reasonable price for a 30cm blue eye thanks in advance
 
Your joking right, either this was 20 years ago or there is not a pleco fan within 1000 miles of were you live, I dont believe that no one would take a pleco worth £1000 pounds for free
 
What did Pier want for the 22cm one?

I don't think anyone is selling one, but it's worth joining and putting up a wanted ad. I'm pretty sure dangling £1000 will worm some out.

I don't know whats a reasonable price, if you buy one they'll you'll find out. I know I won't be buying one unless they become reasonably comparable to other similar sized Panaque. I'd much rather pay those hefty sums of money for Panaque cf armbrusteri (L027 Xingu, Tocantins, Tapajos).
 
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