New UK Fish Fanatic

[Inchworm]

Hi Tank Commander

This thread is too good to leave in the Newbie forum. I'm moving it to Tropical Chit Chat so that it will be seen by a lot more members.

Let's see what they have to say.

 

[kevin007]

well...i have 8 , and um..i got em for $2 ea =( can

 

[Gill]

Around here Neons are 99p-1.99 in Pet Chain Stores and the LFS I use they sell them in Bundles @ 12 for £3-5. Most I go to keep the Blue/Green Neons, Black Neons, Cardinals.

 

[Tank Commander]

Well its 6 weeks on and i still have 7 Neons - I think the 4 that are MIA/KIA were down to "New Tank Syndrome". Sid the Golden Apple Snail has relinquished his carnivorous tendancies and has resigned himself to a life of cucumber eating. 2 of the remaining Neons have grown, 5 have remained the same size but seem to have lost a lot of their colouring - perhaps they are in mourning for their lost commrades. May they rest in peace.

My LFS told me that the samller and less colourfull Neons were "from abroad" - I can only guess they are French and are unwilling to conform to International standards and civilised behaviour.

As far as the "International Neon stock exchange" goes, I think we should buy low in my local pet shop in Shropshire, UK and sell high in Alaska. It was interesting to see how much variety there is in the world wide Neon tropical fish sales market, thanks.

Chris

 

[fishyjessie]

i dont know where you are jams, but herein anchorage alaska we get different sizes of fish for different prices. sm-.99 med.~2 lrg~more im not so sure. i like getting the small ones, they seem to live longer for me.

 

[jams.alaskan]

Hi Jessie - I'm in North Pole. Good news though... there is going to be a sale this next week. Buy one for full price and get the next 4 for .99 cents. Downside is that it is the lfs with 80 percent problem tanks.

ALASKA

Glad to see you are a neighbor (360 miles anyway) Woody and Opcn are your neighbors...