Discus Cost?

[kevbc03]

Just out of curiosity, what is the average price of a juvy discus?

 

[jclyde13]

At my lfs they're $30.

 

[Lupin]

Local breeders are much more preferred than your stores. You do not know where they source their fish and most of their stocks often are stunted or very poor in quality. There is no assurance you get the potentially excellent quality stocks other than your local breeders.

 

[hillbilly]

Local breeders are much more preferred than your stores. You do not know where they source their fish and most of their stocks often are stunted or very poor in quality. There is no assurance you get the potentially excellent quality stocks other than your local breeders.

Also, breeders sometimes sell their less desirable fish to the local LFS for cheap rather than culling them. From a breeder, person can expect to pay anywhere from $10, $25 up to around $100 for juvi fish depending on quality, size, and strain.

 

[ikevi]

Buying the Juvi is the cheap part. You will quickly spend that much feeding them. (Han's young 2.5 range from ~25 to 50 bucks if I remember right.)

As for not buying them at an LFS. It all depends on the LFS. (Though personally I would go with a local breeder or from Hans or other Vendors, skipping the LFS all together.)

 

[T.K.O.P. 8=X]

In my opinion i think they are way over priced, but would recommend a private discus breeder maybe save you some money in the long run. Since LFS overcharge to make up on profit earnings.

Bought in bulk & sellout in double sometimes tripled it's market price listing/value. Plus the condition of the fish makes the set price. Don't get nickled & dimed from anybody if not sure wait till you find one your really interseted in and have seen for the asking price.

If the growth on them is fast go with a juvenile instead of an over priced adult. Just more money in your pocket than out depending on the seller though.

 

[DiscusOnly]

You get wat you paid for. A LFS will have discus from $25-$200 depending on it's size strains. The price will be higher than online vendor but you get to hand pick what you want. A reputable online vendor can give you higher quality discus for about the same price after shipping charges. Shipping charge may be $75+ for a few fish (I would only deal with air port to air port shippin).

If you are lucky enough, look for a local Discus seller or breeder in your area. You get the benefits of see the fish like you do at a LFS but beside getting higher quality discus, they care more about what they are selling to you.

Discus are not cheap with some strains costing much more than others. Their high pricing is not difference than these expensive FH,Arowana,Koi,etc..

There are pros/cons in buying young discus to grow into your large tank. I assume you have zero experience in discus?

 

[Lupin]

In my opinion i think they are way over priced, but would recommend a private discus breeder maybe save you some money in the long run. Since LFS overcharge to make up on profit earnings.

Bought in bulk & sellout in double sometimes tripled it's market price listing/value. Plus the condition of the fish makes the set price. Don't get nickled & dimed from anybody if not sure wait till you find one your really interseted in and have seen for the asking price.

If the growth on them is fast go with a juvenile instead of an over priced adult. Just more money in your pocket than out depending on the seller though.

Discus deserve what they should cost for. A lot of efforts have gone down to keeping them in tiptop shape. They are not your typical fish that just needs to be plop in a community tank and be done with it. Young discus are less forgiving to poor water conditions and easily stunted which is why most of the time, we recommend to starters they either start with barebottom setup for young discus (below 4") to make maintenance easier to compensate multiple feedings a day or get adults instead to skip the tedious work.

 

[kevbc03]

Buying the Juvi is the cheap part. You will quickly spend that much feeding them. (Han's young 2.5 range from ~25 to 50 bucks if I remember right.)

As for not buying them at an LFS. It all depends on the LFS. (Though personally I would go with a local breeder or from Hans or other Vendors, skipping the LFS all together.)

Interesting point.

Its just they seem so expensive and I've heard they are very open to diseases. These are not for the beginner obviously, but still if something goes wrong, its an expensive death.

So I would have to agree with tkop saying they are kinda overpriced. Granted, I've never owned these fish so I don't want to be too quick on the accusations.

They are incredible looking no doubt, every one of them.

 

[kevbc03]

Discus deserve what they should cost for. A lot of efforts have gone down to keeping them in tiptop shape. They are not your typical fish that just needs to be plop in a community tank and be done with it. Young discus are less forgiving to poor water conditions and easily stunted which is why most of the time, we recommend to starters they either start with barebottom setup for young discus (below 4") to make maintenance easier to compensate multiple feedings a day or get adults instead to skip the tedious work.

I understand. When I get discus I will deff. do the bare bottom tank until the hit around 4 inches. I just looking for ones that are a little less expensive then the top notch strains. So far I've seen them for $45 at the lfs.