Orino Price Check

[Angler]

Yeah, I guess you guys are right about them hardly ever being at the LFS. My favorite one around here has had them in a couple times.

 

[oscarfishguy]

Where are you located? Prob no where near me LOL

Virginia. I think your box would have to go on two planes or something. Still pretty cheap considering all that.

 

[Morledzep]

there are some very nice larger orionos for sale here in CA.. but i don't think Ruckfules is shipping. he's asking $300 for all 6 of his, which is an EXCELLENT price, IMO they are worth far more (but don't tell him i said that).

 

[oscarfishguy]

Yeah, I guess you guys are right about them hardly ever being at the LFS. My favorite one around here has had them in a couple times.

What were the prices of the few you have seen?

 

[oscarfishguy]

there are some very nice larger orionos for sale here in CA.. but i don't think Ruckfules is shipping. he's asking $300 for all 6 of his, which is an EXCELLENT price, IMO they are worth far more (but don't tell him i said that).

I won't say a word to Ruckfules about it.

 

[Chizzle]

How big were they when you got them? How are the rio metas different from the venezuelan? Thanks Chizzle.

The rio metas were 4" and 5.5" respectively when i bought them. The venezuelan orino was 5", but really skinny looking and looks like this:

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/23/l_26482b31f7634cd1a8a646ecd80c4fe7.jpg

 

[gangster]

Almost two years ago.....When Rich @ Infinite Aquatics had orino's they were $15 each. But I doubt we'll see em that cheap again. You never know. I think when jcardona1 got some rio negro's fro Wes they were $350 each at a small size. But these were the REAL deal negro's.....super hard to come by.

 

[oscarfishguy]

The rio metas were 4" and 5.5" respectively when i bought them. The venezuelan orino was 5", but really skinny looking and looks like this:

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/23/l_26482b31f7634cd1a8a646ecd80c4fe7.jpg

That venezuelan orino is awesome.

 

[oscarfishguy]

Almost two years ago.....When Rich @ Infinite Aquatics had orino's they were $15 each. But I doubt we'll see em that cheap again. You never know. I think when jcardona1 got some rio negro's fro Wes they were $350 each at a small size. But these were the REAL deal negro's.....super hard to come by.

OK, so somewhere between $15 and $350. Wow, I'm going to have to do some research for this project. LOL

Thanks Ganster!

 

[Morledzep]

orinos are orinos.. some are darker, some are lighter, some have a little more spangling than the next one. i think where they are caught has little to do with that, i think their color is determined genetically depending on who the parents are. and you can quite often find many different colors and different spangling in the same spawn.

there are different species.. like ocellaris, orino, temensis, monoculous.. etc. but all this bahia kelberi vs. kelberi (and i'm not certain that kelberi are anything more than a very goldy colored ocellaris) and rio meta orino vs. rio negra orino vs. generic orino is just hype to get folks to pay more for the same fish.

i love my peacock bass, and i'll ALWAYS have some. but some of this "which river was it collected from" nonsense is just that.