why pay more

[dpenguinfish]

why buy a bigger same speice pet when it dies quicker andthen get a smaller younger 1 that lives longer?

[jm1212]

are you referring to the more expensive, larger versions of fish at the LFS's?

[Mokomon]

:look:

[jpappy789]

some people want a display fish with adult coloration, or don't have room or desire to 'growout' the fish, or they want to breed...lots of reasons actually.

[krytan]

To put into a tank with other large fish where smaller ones would get eaten.

[excuzzzeme]

You really need to qualify the question.

If you are referring to buying an older specimen, there are many reasons for doing so. Sometimes you need a larger, older specimen due to the size and personality of exiting residents where a smaller and younger one could be killed by any number of reasons. In cases such as that, it would make no sense to buy a younger one. There are also times where a younger one would be fragile and you don't have the required skill set to raise it without compromising it's health.

I for one have close to a dozen fish that came to me as a young adult or adult of unknown age. I take these fish in as 1) it gives them a place to live out the rest of their days in comfort, 2) it gives me fish that I don't have to grow out. 3) it help previous owners to re-home a fish without worrying about it's future. In this case it's a "everybody wins" situation.

Most of the fish in the above example have come to me from an LFS that couldn't properly house or care for and previous owners needed to re-home them. In most of these cases the fish were far too big for the owners set-ups, had little knowledge of how big they actually get, can't keep due to personality problems, or owners are moving and can't take them along.

[J double R]

You really need to qualify the question.

If you are referring to buying an older specimen, there are many reasons for doing so. Sometimes you need a larger, older specimen due to the size and personality of exiting residents where a smaller and younger one could be killed by any number of reasons. In cases such as that, it would make no sense to buy a younger one. There are also times where a younger one would be fragile and you don't have the required skill set to raise it without compromising it's health.

I for one have close to a dozen fish that came to me as a young adult or adult of unknown age. I take these fish in as 1) it gives them a place to live out the rest of their days in comfort, 2) it gives me fish that I don't have to grow out. 3) it help previous owners to re-home a fish without worrying about it's future. In this case it's a "everybody wins" situation.

Most of the fish in the above example have come to me from an LFS that couldn't properly house or care for and previous owners needed to re-home them. In most of these cases the fish were far too big for the owners set-ups, had little knowledge of how big they actually get, can't keep due to personality problems, or owners are moving and can't take them along.


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