crazie.eddie wrote:
It will no longer be a hobby but a choice whether to feed your children or increase the population of the zebra.
Oh please, lets keep this within the right perspective.
crazie.eddie wrote:
Keeping fish, we know it's an expensive hobby, even more for saltwater/marine tanks.
Like you do here. Zebras are expensive. Blue eyed panaques are even more expensive. Koi are sometimes the most expensive. But like you say, what does it cost to keep a freshwater tank compared to a salt water tank.
It's all about supply and demand, no matter what kind of commodity we're talking about. Yes, this community is for spreading the Zebra to all that wants to keep them - breed them. But quite frankly, I don't think you'll find a breeder that will give them to you, simply because it costs a lot of money to breed a fish that is adult when it's 3 years old, and only give a max of 20 fry at the time.
What if we turn the whole discussion around, and say, what's it worth to you to get a breeding colonyof Zebs? Do you love this fish enough to pay what the actual cost for the breeder was? Do you expect the breeder to give this fish to you for you $20, so that you can sell it for $200 next week?
What excactly do you expext from the serious breeders of this fish? The ones that wont send you a snubnose, the ones that take pride in what kind of fish they let go?