whats with IT pricing lately?

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i've been noticing an increase of IT pricing lately. 5-6" ITs going for $85 if not more. are they not being imported as of now or just a lul in small ones being imported? seems like all i see is small NTTs and ATs
 
I've noticed that too, I sold my 5"er for $40 last month, which was $20 more than I bought him at, and now all of a sudden I'm seeing prices ranging from 80-150! :(
 
yea i havent really seen any real small IT this year but seen hundreds of NTT.....thats probably why the price increase, cause ppl still want them and will pay a little more to get them since they cant find them
 
The market is flooded with NNT & AT's, there are no Indos around(and the exporters know it). Same with NGT, but the demand isnt as high as the I.T's. I feel its only a matter of time befor NGT & I.Ts will be banned, Again, IMO
 
its all the thousands that are being taken from the wild

its us as fish keepers that are killing the wild population

NGT used to be the hardest to find then ST were finished in the wild so the importers needed more supple so they moved on to NGT

give it 5-10 years and say bye to most tigers

the problem is they take years to mature so Evey year we are taking more and more this has a big impact on the future wild breeding stock
 
dont you think that AT,NTTs, and NGTs are already commercially bred? because right now every time i see a new batch of NTT and AT in the market they are all in the same size... about 1.5-2" for the NTT and around 2.5-3" for the AT... for the NGT its 4-5" so if it is wild caught most likely you can see some 5" or 6" NTT/AT/NGT FS also in the LFS.

its just a thought guys..... thats just based on my observations....
 
As far as I know all dats are wild caught (post a link to a dat breeding facility to prove me wrong)....also ....Water pollution is what drove STs extinct not hobbyists. ....
 
$85.00 isn't bad for a nice stable IT. Some IT prices lately seem over inflated but if no one buys then they will come down.

I do think dat prices will only go up though. They're becoming more popular than ever from what I've seen. Think about how many people on this site had no clue about dats before they came here. So if you want alot of dats then I would get them when the deals are good.
 
I know what you guys mean, I am waitin for new shipment of indo 4 bar dat myself. My first shipment was a bummer, only 1 survived. I trying to get all the 4 bar indo as i can. So far i am i have 6 indo and 1 x 4 bar. I just placed order of 10x 4 bar indo, hope they come
 
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