Does anyone know wht Frontosa's are so expensive?

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What is it about them that makes em so much more than your average cichlid?
 
ibr3ak said:
Depends on the store, last time I saw them at my lfs they were around 7 bucks, for 2.5"-3" fronts.
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Geeze, the little bitty ones go for $25 here at petsmart usually much more than that at the local hobbiest stores.
 
Frontosa gets to be a very big cichild in the end. My Petsmart has it discontinued from $25 to $17.
 
Yeah they do get big, but you can buy red devils, oscars, and even freakin pacu's for under $10 at petsmart?
 
Supply and demand, mainly. Front's take time to grow to maturity, require a rather large tank, and only produce a small number of eggs each spawn.
 
toddnbecka has got it. All about supply and demand. You charge just as much as another will pay.

There is a batch of baby fronts at the "Pet World" near me at around 1" for 10.99.
 
toddnbecka said:
Supply and demand, mainly. Front's take time to grow to maturity, require a rather large tank, and only produce a small number of eggs each spawn.
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I was about to say the same thing.:)
 
Wild caught frontosas (typically adult specimens) are even more expensive as they're deep water fish and require decompression of a sort while being brought up to the surface in addition to all the costs involved in acquiring wild caughts african cichlids.
 
The frontosa looks like a little cichlid that will get bullied with out the big hump on its head young and it is over 20 bucks where I am as a juvenille but after a looong time of proper maintenance and good tank size, that fish looks amazing. 80 dollars for grown around where I am.
 
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