Zebra Catfish

[The young one]

I saw five zebra catfish in my lfs today, first time i've ever seen them. I really like them but i don't know about the price, is £35 reasonable?
They're being acclimatised at the moment and will be ready on saturday, i guess they'll be bought straight away so i wanna know if they're a good fish.
thanks

 

[stiffler69]

If you are talking about zebra plecs then £35 each is a absolute steal, where is this store located?

 

[JenCliBee]

I saw five zebra catfish in my lfs today, first time i've ever seen them. I really like them but i don't know about the price, is £35 reasonable?
They're being acclimatised at the moment and will be ready on saturday, i guess they'll be bought straight away so i wanna know if they're a good fish.
thanks

Zebra catfish can refer to a few fish, do you have any idea on what they actually are?

 

[The young one]

He said they weren't plecs but they were the catfish that grew to about 7cm. I have a book called tropical fish mini encyclopedia by Gina Sandford which has the exact fish in it. He said if they had plecos it would cost at least £100.

And the store is in Swindon, Manor garden centre. They had about five.

 

[Davo86]

what is the scientific name given in the book?

Not Zebra Otocinclus by any chance?

 

[The young one]

hypancistrus zebra

 

[JenCliBee]

hypancistrus zebra

That is a plec?

 

[The young one]

he said it wasn't, i aint no expert.
Just looked on a website, it is a plec but only grows to 8.5cm
is £35 a good price?

 

[JenCliBee]

he said it wasn't, i aint no expert.

Well the name isnt that then, and tbh most shops wouldnt even be able to buy them in at that price nevermind sell them at that. get a picture becasue sounds a little suss lol, and £35 for a normal run of the mill catfish seems alot

 

[Davo86]

I doubt they were hypancistrus zebra, £135 + is a more likely price from an LFS.
Are you sure they weren't hypancistrus king tiger or queen arabesque or similar as £35 would be an average price for one of these?

Although saying that if they truly are zebras, snap them up as that would be an absolute steal

 

[The young one]

i'll get some pics tomorrow then.

 

[JenCliBee]

are you sure it didnt look like this ..... often called a columbian zebra?

or.....

or bottom pic a chocolate zebra.....

 

[The young one]

it looked a bit like the bottom pic, but the white was brighter.