Pleco Price...good? Not-so-good?

[Fishnut]

I bought a Blue Phantom Pleco in TO yesterday.  It's 2" and I paid $25.00 for it.

I haven't noticed them in the LFS's here so I had no idea if it was a good price or not.

[fischkopp]

Seems like a fair price from a fish store.

[jetstream]

For a so call fancy pleco, the price is very reasonable from a fish store!

[Fishnut]

It's funny you guys are both saying "from a fish store".  Breeders charge a fraction of the price I guess?

Good to know I didn't over-pay.  I got it from Lucky.  I never seem to over-pay when I go there .  I also bought a new copper coloured plakat betta and a copper coloured half moon betta for a great deal!

[Brine]

Such a beautiful fish. I don't know what they "usually" sell for but $25 seems like a great price to me. Like all things it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

[Fishnut]

Yeah!  I've always thought the green ones were pretty but on this trip, I saw the blue one.  They had  4" blue phantom for close to $60 and a dozen or so of these babies for $28.  When I go there, I always haggle...they're used to it...so when I paused to "think", he said I can have it for $25 .  I was buying bettas too .

[Zigot]

Is that in GTA?

I think it's a very nice price for a rare pleco. I saw some golden nugget in Montreal that runs like $40+

[Nerine]

Lucky's is awesome

Do you have any photos to show us of your new pl*co???

[Fishnut]

No...and not for the lack of trying .  It's situated very comfortably under the corner of the drift wood in the tank.

[robt18]

Whaaat, $25 for an L128? Great deal!! The L128s can come in the really dark blue (almost black) and a lighter navy blue form, and the spotting on them also differs between specimens. The lighter ones with more spots and bigger spots typically sell for more, so it depends on how yours looks. But either way, $25 is a great price, usually it'd go for closer to $50.

Rob