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Sadly I didn't manage to get any of the young zebras from Alan in Buxton ( the chap you advertised 20+ zebras for sale last week). He emailed me tonight to say someone had come and put a deposit down on the lot, so I'm guessing its a shop who is going to sell them on at the high prices seen at the moment. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
I can guess the answer, but has anyone on here got any youngsters going at a fair price that I can grow on? They would be going to a good home, when I get them breeding I'd let you have some offspring back for free!!
I contacted the same guy on the 3rd of jan asking him for 4 zebras, this guy is a joke i gave him my phone number after he mailed me back saying he had them still, 3 days later i mailed him again, he said had sold the 4 large i had asked for, so i said i would take 5 smaller ones, this was ok but still no phone call only e-mail, so i mailed him again on the 10th to ask why he never called so i could pay, reply "some guy has just put a deposit on all 20" not pleased!.
I sympathise entirely guys, I fancied a couple of Alan's females too but I was just too slow off the mark. Just a guess, he may have preferred to sell them as a job lot instead of selling a few here and there. Who ever has the 20 juvenilles may have a bit of a problem as these fish are likely to be related to each other, it wouldn't be advisable to mate siblings together.
This same guy had Zebras advertised some time back and I contacted him to buy some. Had the same run around as you guys..in the end he decided not to sell any..big disappointment
To be honest, I had my doubts from the start but he initially agreed to sell me four of the small fish at a very good price. Then I didn't hear anything back for a few days.
I guess the fish did exist, whether they were bred by him I not so sure. Its a shame he let them go to one person as like I said, it is likely to be someone from a shop who will sell them on at a profit. We need more Zebras to filter out to people like ourselves who stand the best chance of breeding these fish. Oh well, I'll keep looking, but I think the chances are seeing zebras for sale in this country (AT A FAIR PRICE) is all but over for the time being. I have recently spoken to two good plec importers who both said all plec imports from the Xingu have been stopped. It must be annoying for the zebra breeders over there, I assume they will still have a lot of tank bred fish to get rid or but cannot due to the ban??
Oh well, back to the drawing board. 
