Dropping BD prices
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I’m new to BD, I paid $800 each for these females . is it good BD or not?
They look nice! The important thing is if you feel they were worth the money. There are a lot of things that factor into the price of a ray...availability is a big one.
Exactly Jason, wild caught and true blood BD from Sao Felix. I will take some of those true wild pure bloods or like Jays recent wild pick up. At least I know the blood is fresh, no inbreeding and NO tainted bloodlines.
If your refering to monster..... they are prob doing 500-600 a pair now.... but we all know the average going rate for fish are a little higher then johns prices.... you really can beat his prices.... good quick and quality service at monster aquarium
There is a few reasons for the price(s) dropping. Not only for BDs by the way, but also for Albinos, Boesemani and other nice rays. Just about 2 years ago Albino pearls went for 10k+ a pair. Now you can get a pair for a third of that, or even less.
This is coming from an European standpoint.
1) Supply and demand. There is simply so many professional breeders and people that have a few pairs at home breeding as a hobby - supply is VERY high.
2) Asian imports. They are cheaper and since most of them aren't pure, they have good looks aswell. Why would you pay 1500 for a pair of nice looking BDs when you can get a pair of even better looking (BD hybrids) for 800?
3) Quality. I know a few breeders in Europe that still breed very high quality, 100% pure BDs. They still demand a pretty high price per pair, but overall the prices have come down for the non-highend BD.
In Germany, you can easily get yourself a good looking (good quality) BD pair for about 600-800 US dollars. Not like AAA grade, but A or A+ grade for sure.
I have seen a few breeders that can't sell their pups at all, because they ask for lets say 300-400 bucks for a non-highend BD and nobody wants to pay that. No joke.
I even know one who stopped breeding his Pearls, completely. He doesn't let his Pearl males come near his females - simply because supply and demand is so bad, he would have to sell the pups for 100-200 bucks a piece and he doesn't want to do that.
This is coming from an European standpoint.
1) Supply and demand. There is simply so many professional breeders and people that have a few pairs at home breeding as a hobby - supply is VERY high.
2) Asian imports. They are cheaper and since most of them aren't pure, they have good looks aswell. Why would you pay 1500 for a pair of nice looking BDs when you can get a pair of even better looking (BD hybrids) for 800?
3) Quality. I know a few breeders in Europe that still breed very high quality, 100% pure BDs. They still demand a pretty high price per pair, but overall the prices have come down for the non-highend BD.
In Germany, you can easily get yourself a good looking (good quality) BD pair for about 600-800 US dollars. Not like AAA grade, but A or A+ grade for sure.
I have seen a few breeders that can't sell their pups at all, because they ask for lets say 300-400 bucks for a non-highend BD and nobody wants to pay that. No joke.
I even know one who stopped breeding his Pearls, completely. He doesn't let his Pearl males come near his females - simply because supply and demand is so bad, he would have to sell the pups for 100-200 bucks a piece and he doesn't want to do that.
Yes $800 each based on a retail price is fine. If you are a vendor then you wouldn’t want to be paying that in my opinion. Rays look good though
Bump. Where are we at now with ray pricing? Adult black diamonds barely fetching $1000. Saturated market with less of a demand. BD (and all mutts) barely fetching $500 with the exception of big spots. I guess the new end goal for a selective breeder is to produce a solid white ray or a white with black spot ray.
I hope you don’t mind me going off topic but what are the ray prices for the various species that are available currently? I’m interested in knowing what the various rays go for at the moment.
