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dunl
07-24-2011, 08:36 PM
Anyone see any for sale lately down in Calgary?

Thanks.
tinman
07-24-2011, 10:22 PM
Anyone see any for sale lately down in Calgary?

Thanks.

picses pet had one yesterday
searay
07-24-2011, 10:23 PM
Pisces has one but I think there pretty pricey
BMahura
07-24-2011, 10:32 PM
Red coral has two at the moment I believe
dunl
07-25-2011, 04:59 AM
Thanks guys.
Darcy
dunl
07-26-2011, 08:16 AM
Well, apparently Red Coral is closed on Mondays. As for Pisces, the one they had was $119.00....yet the octopus is only $99. Go figure.
AHHope
07-26-2011, 04:13 PM
you dont see mostly green peacocks very often and the one at pisces is green. I recently losy my peacock and have been eyeing that one up. They also have 3 smaller mantises, a g.smithii, a p.cita (spearer) and an almost all white one
fishytime
07-26-2011, 04:19 PM
Say what!?...... Over a hundred bucks for a mantis shrimp!.... We could (and don't quote me on this) ship you ours and still be way cheaper than that..... Sorry the shop was closed..... We changed our hours a few weeks ago.... It was posted, but I guess you missed it....
AHHope
07-26-2011, 04:26 PM
if you think 100 is bad for one i wont even tell you what i paid for my show size l maculata. Just like anything in this trade theres a higher demand for harder to find specimens. Being a mantis lover id easily pay 119 for a green one and if i ever found an aussie red one id be all over it
Polscot
07-26-2011, 05:39 PM
i paid $100 for my peacock and it was well worth it, he follows me around his tank and is easily one of the most interactive "fish" ive seen, $100 isnt bad considering people pay over that for a coral,
dunl
07-26-2011, 05:53 PM
Sorry the shop was closed..... We changed our hours a few weeks ago.... It was posted, but I guess you missed it....

Oh, please don't apologize....my fault for not checking. :) I was in town anyway.

As for the high prices, yes, green is a nice colour....but it's not that big, and the shell rot on it's back certainly steered me away.

As for supply and demand, funny how everyone on here was riding Polscot about his $100 peacock for sale a few months ago because it was twice the price of any for sale in Calgary except Pisces, but now all the comments are about how reasonable a price this one is.

I just found it weird that an octopus would be cheaper.