Rare and expensive

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A lot of the Vics are also endangered, so they are rare and you'd be helping them out.
 
if your looking for rare, how about extinct in the wild! many of the victorian species are highly rare and you can expect to pay easily 90.00 for like the recent wild caught pundamillia.
 
Xilomaniac;2580255; said:

i saw keiser today twice at 3" for $24. two different lfs. cant be that rare or expensive. i think this it depends alot on ur area on whats expensive and rare. ive heard many times members from australia that cant find the most simple cichlids or they are $60 for a fish that near me are found by the 100s and like $8. just my opinion...
 
I can get Ikola (Kaiser) for $8 per fish, not rare at all, not many Tropheus are rare. Maswa Duboisi may become rare because it is now illegal to collect them in the wild. Congo fronts are more expensive because of the danger involved in collecting them, they are not rare. Vics can be considered rare because they do not have a big following therefore there is not a high demand for them. Benthochromis tricoti IS rare because it is VERY hard to breed them in captivity and importing them is highly expensive because of high mortality rates. There are not many rare cichlids, there are just cichlids that are harder to get your hands on, you just have to know the right people.
 
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