Very rare to find any of these in montana unless you are in my garage! lol. I've gotten most of mine from out of state. Either driving to get them myself or ordering them in to my house. Costs matters not so much for me. I just love having the fish, and anyone buying a RTC should not really be bothered by how much they have to pay locally as they will end up spending thousands on food, housing, electricity, ect, further down the road. The costs gets exponential as they grow. My year and four month old RTC I've probably spent over $1000 so far, and that price tag is going up as I build my fish' new home! Probably spent more than $5000 on all my fish last year. That's a conservative extimate, and I need to make sure my wife doesn't read this lol.