Fish that gain $$$$$ with age/growth

[FSM]

Stuff that is very slow growing and in high demand. Large clown loaches are insanely expensive, but they take a few decades to grow to that size. Dats are the same way, although they grow faster than the loaches I think.

 

[marauders30]

Ive seen tsn's and rtc's that spike up in price at medium size but then depreciate to FREE when it gets large haha

 

[XB aro]

-stingrays
-discus
-black/asian arowanas + jardini, lei
-dats
-clown loaches
-piranha
-fancy plecos
-etc.

my uncle grows out fish to sell (he has a real job, does this on the side), once he sold his whole collection of discus for $300, and made a profit on an asian arowana by $200

 

[Joshmac8]

Ive seen tsn's and rtc's that spike up in price at medium size but then depreciate to FREE when it gets large haha

lol yea i think mostly because no could house one or just has a huge tank laying around

 

[Joshmac8]

-stingrays
-discus
-black/asian arowanas + jardini, lei
-dats
-clown loaches
-piranha
-fancy plecos
-etc.

my uncle grows out fish to sell (he has a real job, does this on the side), once he sold his whole collection of discus for $300, and made a profit on an asian arowana by $200

Someone told me that full grown piranhas are a super tough to get rid of. Plus my LFS has a clown loach thats about 6" for $60...this a good deal?

 

[andyjs]

I saw a clown loach about 12" at Aquarium Adventure in Columbus several weeks ago. He was really expensive. I don't remember how much, but he was already sold when I saw him, just waiting to be picked up.

 

[Joshmac8]

I saw a clown loach about 12" at Aquarium Adventure in Columbus several weeks ago. He was really expensive. I don't remember how much, but he was already sold when I saw him, just waiting to be picked up.

wow i couldn't imagine a 12" clown loach

 

[andyjs]

wow i couldn't imagine a 12" clown loach

I'd never seen one bigger than about 6" in person. I'm pretty sure my jaw literally dropped when I saw it. It was amazing!

 

[Joshmac8]

I'd never seen one bigger than about 6" in person. I'm pretty sure my jaw literally dropped when I saw it. It was amazing!

do you recall how much the 6" loach was going for? My lfs has one that size for 60 bucks. not sure if thats too much or not

 

[gt1009]

A lot of ca/sa cichlids get cheap to free when full grown because people don't have the space to take them. Same with plecos.