I drove to the city yesterday and checked out one of the few Mom & Pop shops left. Although a wide selection of fish were offered, numerous tanks were shut down due to illness, and the prices were unbelievably high.
A standard
Tiger Barb was going for $5.25, and tiny Angelicus Botias were nearly $20 a piece. Those prices are double what they were last year. No sale there.
Next, I drove to the suburbs and went to my favorite Petsmart. I got a great deal on a group of uncommon Platinum Tiger
Barbs there last month.
As luck would have it, 11 more Platinum Tigers were available, and naturally I bought them all. Lol.
The price had gone up fifty cents a piece since last month, but $3.00 is still a bargain for the Platinums.
Just a word for the wise, the Petsmart, I frequent runs all their 30 tanks on one system. If a
disease exists in one tank, other tanks might be infected as well. This style of water management is likely universal for most big box fish stores.
Before buying fish at such places, it would be a good idea to scope out each and every tank to evaluate the general health of the livestock.
As usual, I was the big dork carefully examining each tank. Lol.
No signs of
Ick, Oodinium or Flukes were seen and only one Platy in all the 30 tank looked subpar.
I apologize for the novel. I'm just killing time while
acclimating the new Barbs.
Yay warmer weather
