Sparhawkleo Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I was wondering what people do when the have fry that maybe for some unknown reason cant sell and (i personally dont have the room for a grow out tank atm, well possibly if i move some fish around) has anyone sold them to a pet shop ? is it easy? do they rip you off ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yes, no & yes, most shops won't give you much but some will, all depends on the fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparhawkleo Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Mainagno fry really nice bright blue ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'd give your LFSs a call & do some legwork with a couple of them & have a chat to see what price you can agree on, you have to remember that the shop has to make some money on them too & they generally double to triple the price they pay to cover the expenses of running a shop, hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparhawkleo Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 yeah even if i get $3 for them i would be happy might try to get a good photo of them and put another add on here maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Sounds like a good plan dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski84 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 What size are they and how many do u have ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparhawkleo Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 i have about 20 -30 ish and they are about 4-5 cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparhawkleo Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 or a bit bigger i have put a few into my display tanks they they still in there lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unheatedtank Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 If you have any unwanted ones, pls remember those having bass or barra, would love to have.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 They sell incredibly well...... to n00bs that dont realise how violent they are lol. Most lfs will move them fast and ask for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_a Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'm awfully tempted to throw you an offer for the lot. Like all Pseudotropheus they can be a bit narky, but they definitely aren't the most aggressive species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I'd vote they are the most aggressive genus tho............ had plenty returned to me in my time. That said they tend to work incredibly well mixed with electric yellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Melanochromis not pseudotropheus but yes agree there are a lot more aggressive fish out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve6610 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 That said they tend to work incredibly well mixed with electric yellows. seen a couple tanks with these and yellows, they got on great and bred pure, no cross breeding between them and yellows, (not in the couple tanks i have saw anyway) if i had more room id love a display tank with them both, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Okay I am confused I can find both melanochromis and pseudotropheus for mainganoes on the net. They have a melanochromis body shape so I am a little confused. Can anyone enlighten me. Cheers Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63off Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I find that the big chains won't deal with you at all. The smaller LFSs will offer varying degrees of assistance but the best I have found is store credit, which I personally thought was as good as cash at the time. Probably best to strike up a rapport with your LFS so that they feel comfortable with you when you need to offload some of those pesky fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azedenkae Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Well a LFS has to display the fish, take care of them until they're sold, pay wages, etc. etc. on top of having to make a profit so yes they do 'underpay' (compared to selling your fish otherwise) but it's something that's perfectly reasonable imo. It's quite easy really, most LFS would have heaps of experience dealing with people selling fish, so just ring them up, tell them who you are and you want to sell them some fish, and they'll bring on the questions. How many of what, location, etc. etc. Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho74 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 This is when being a good/regular customer comes in handy. I sold a heap of fry that were actually too small to onsell, but he still took em and gave me more than I had expected. But to return the favour I used the money to buy more fishys! 😃 Regards, Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Anything that has the indestructable body shape, angry monobrow AND attacks from below at the belly meat...... IS a melanochromis. They are a good bread and butter fish to breed, IF there are people with mbuna tanks in the area. They have a bad habit of killing large haps, peacocks and even frontosa. If they are becoming a problem I usually add more, they seem to be jerks more often when theres only 1 in a tank. you can also source some good sized CAE, as the whole cant attack them from below thing...... it confuses them nicely lol.Very pretty fish tho, just got to keep in mind their incredible turning circle makes it impossible for most haps to fight back against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster94 Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 When I offloaded about 20 Demasoni fry, one pet sshop offered $1.50-2 and they other offered $4-5 so ask around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshington Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 will you post to gladstone if you will ll give you $4.50 each and pay postage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_a Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Okay I am confused I can find both melanochromis and pseudotropheus for mainganoes on the net. They have a melanochromis body shape so I am a little confused. Can anyone enlighten me. Cheers Mark. The correct name for maingano is Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos just to clear up any confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 The correct name for maingano is Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos just to clear up any confusion. has about as much of a chance of being adopted in the hobby short term as does the actual name of ellioti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_a Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 has about as much of a chance of being adopted in the hobby short term as does the actual name of ellioti. Thorichthys maculipinnis? It won't take all that long. The majority of plebs call them maingano, and will always call them maingano. Those who wish to be more accurate will be accurate. Just look at Metriaclima pulpican. Coincidentally, "Kingsizei" is probably a good indicator of how "Ellioti" will be referred to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
