Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hari on February 20, 2017, 04:14:59 PM
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Does anyone know any local discus breeders or online stores with good Discus at reasonable rates?
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Uncle Sam's Discus. When i get the cash to do my system for discus i will be using him.
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Second on Uncle Sam's. I bought about 20 from them a few weeks ago. No problems, all of them healthy and eating the next day.
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Thanks Guys!
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I might be interested in ordering from them too. If anyone puts an order together let me know, maybe we can save on shipping.
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I've read good things about Kenny's Discus too.
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He does have nice discus but cost a bit more.
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I wonder why the prices are so inflated for Discus. It might need some more care..but it does not justify the extremely high prices they sell these for.
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It's very simple as to why they are consider expensive.
A few reasons:
1. They require wamer temperature compared to other tropical fish (82-85 is ideal). For those in the colder climate, this is a big cost. This is why imported discus from Asia is much cheaper when they leave the breeding facilities. It cost less to grow them out there.
2. Food, Regardless whether you go with home made food or off the shelf stuff. It's expensive. Making your own beefheart or seafood mix isn't cheap either.
3. Water quality....costs of water changes, filtration, ect..
4. There is a lot of time involved in growing discus from frys to adult. The higher quality adult are also a lot more because it has probably been through a culling process. Which leads to reason 5.
5. Not all Discus are equal in looks...the fancier( Colorful) they are, the more they are sought after....thus this makes them worth more.....the eye of the beholder sets the price.
6. Most Discus are hard to tell which is male or female until the act of breeding...which leads back to cost of growing out...see reason 4.
7. There is the cost of shipping that is added at both ends.
8. When buying Discus as with Angels....size matters....so that adds to cost.
9. Retail for discus is expensive because the seller has to make enough to account for loses and stay in business. It's a business.
Hope this helps with reasoning for buying or keeping Discus..
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Thanks for the detailed explanation.
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Thanks
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If anyone in the Metro Detroit area decides to place an order, let me know. I may be interested as well. We can save on shipping cost by splitting it up.