Jardini question....

[Justin94565]

I went to one of my many LFS and I asked him about a jardnini, he said he can get me a 2" jardini for 40 bucks, I was wondering if this is a good deal, and he also said he can get me a 6"blue aro for 350 bucks wondering if that is a good deal also.

 

[dmopar74]

40 for the jar seems about right to me, but maybe a little high. 350 for a black(blue) is insane! average price is around 200.

 

[Wolf3101]

You need to be VERY careful with any arow in the 2" rage as they are quite delicate and have a high mortality rate at that age. They should be kept in a tank alone until they hit the 6" mark or above. Personally I prefur a foot long although jars are a bit tougher.

The 'blue' is a slight color morph of the black in the same way the 'pink' is in the silvers. Hardly worth that much extra money. $150.00 to $200.00 is a more sane price.

 

[cenecker]

forty is pretty fair I paid 80 for mine

 

[fish meat]

where are you from in nor cal? i got my 5" jar for $40, darker (black) than any small jar i have seen. i has a greenish shine when it swims around. beautiful little guy, trying to get him on pellet right now.

 

[Bderick67]

Well considering you paid 45 bucks for a silver aro, the jardini would be a bargain.

 

[playa7]

$40 for a Jar is a pretty good price ..i got mine for $44 at 3"

$350 for a 6" black? insane price.....$299 for a 12"+ here in Hawaii

 

[pwmin]

I've never heard of a 6" black. I know they exist, lol, but I've never seen one for sale.

general consensus (i agree):
jar: ok
blue: way too much

 

[Justin94565]

Hmm thanks, I waz thining about getting the blue, I live in redding, CA.

 

[henward]

whree i am from, i paid 500 for a jardinii. in new zealand, we dont get many of them. in the last 5 years i think only about 15 came into the country, you can probably literally count with two hands how many jardinii is in the country here! what the fu** is a blue aro? blue base asian aro? just curious

well, yeah, the minimum wage here is 11.25 per hour, so you see the comparison. an asian aro here is 2000 starting upwards of 9000 dollars!
to compare, 1 nz dollar is about 70 cents us
so if jars here were 40$ each..... I would have ten, literally