My LFS got in a rare shipment of Dwarf Chain Loaches. These little sids have been there for a couple of weeks now due to their $20 per loach price tag. I'm worried for this 10+ loach shoal because nobody is going buy the adequate 5-6 sids for their tank at 20 dollars a pop. They'll be sold off one at a time, or not sell at all.
Enter me.
Knowing that these loaches are rare nowadays (I've never seen them in upstate New York my entire fishkeeping career) and wanting the shoal to stay together for social health, I am going to try to purchase the whole lot of them at some kind of discount.
What do you think would a good offer? What have you guys seen them go for, or what have you paid for them? I know they are critically endangered, but I still think $20 seems high for a 1-2" loach. I'd be getting about 11-12 of them.
Enter me.
Knowing that these loaches are rare nowadays (I've never seen them in upstate New York my entire fishkeeping career) and wanting the shoal to stay together for social health, I am going to try to purchase the whole lot of them at some kind of discount.
What do you think would a good offer? What have you guys seen them go for, or what have you paid for them? I know they are critically endangered, but I still think $20 seems high for a 1-2" loach. I'd be getting about 11-12 of them.