how much should i pay for cherry shrimp?

[Conor1148]

hey all, i am just about to free up my 20g and ive been wanting to try cherry shrimp this time around.

now, the problem is, i dunno what i should be paying for them!

ive seen online about $1.50-$4.00, and i called a lfs and the guy told me $4.50 a piece i told him i would pay no more than $1.00, and then he lowered to $1.50. i told him id call him back.

now, what should i pay? i see ghost shrimp going pretty consistently around the different shops for 25 cents..

 

[FishingOut]

Online is warehouse/ bulk price. Lfs is market price. Seems like you got a pretty generous LFS owner. Quit being so damn cheap, 1.50 a shrimp aint ish, unless your using them as feeders. Most use ghosts as feeders. What are you trying to save a couple quarters? You "SHOULD" be paying how much that critter is worth to you.....

 

[Bderick67]

I get a buck a piece for mine. Though anyone who buys 20 dollars worth probably gets 30-40 shrimp. They are a PITA to count.

 

[Conor1148]

Just trying to figure out if I was being ripped off by going more than $2.

And sure, they would be worth alot to me, but if I'm buying 30 or more to start a colony, I'd want to save as much as I can so I could buy more. Every lfs store worker I've ever dealed with (aside from petsmart) had a "used car dealer" attitude about selling, so if I can negotiate, I will.

 

[bob965]

$4.50 is too much. $1.50 is about right. It's pointless to buy 30 of them though. just buy 6-8 or so and wait awhile and you'll have all the shrimp you can handle.

 

[Bderick67]

$4.50 is too much. $1.50 is about right. It's pointless to buy 30 of them though. just buy 6-8 or so and wait awhile and you'll have all the shrimp you can handle.

You got that right, picked up a dozen a couple years ago. Now have a 29 and 10g crammed full with probably over 1000 shrimp. They make a good food source for some fish plus I've sold near $300 worth of them over that time on craigslist.

 

[Johnnybravo60025]

Lucky! My LFS charges $6 per Cherry Shrimp!

 

[Freezekougra]

have you guys considered buying online? there are ALWAYS people selling red cherry shrimp on aquabid.com they go for something like... $14 shipped for 12, or 25 or for $27 shipped(slightly over 1 shrimp for $1 shipping included). I've seen one guy sell on mfk marketplace before and there are a few on aquariacentral marketplace


and if you find someone generous they often include extras to cover any doas. plus they toss in plants for them to cling to during shipping, so u end up with a surprise

 

[capabel]

Wow you guys are crazy. I would sell RCS for a dime a piece and even then I couldn't find enough people to buy them as fast as they would bread. I would only get say $5.00 a piece for my SS CRS and only around $20 for the really nice ones. In fact I gave away over 100 RCS when I converted my tanks to CRS.