cleaner shrimp price

[krissytool]

for livestock, yes its about 4 times the price. the quarantine restrictions and shipping costs are astronomical! Although, it does make you a much more attentive aquarist because its so hard to get "good quality" livestock.
In W.A liverock has now gone up too $23 per kg because it is now not allowed to be aquacultered (hope this wont last for ever because im going broke)

 

[swabearf16]

They're fun to watch. They look nice. And if they weren't aquacultured, they had a long plane ride over here. (Airfare isn't all that cheap anymore!) They're worth it, IMO.

 

[ninjamini]

Originally Posted by krissytool
they are about $90-$100 for a common cleaner shrimp (adult size) here in Australia so thank your lucky stars that they are only $35!
everything is soooooooo expensive here (well seems cheap to us but compared to the U.S.A

$100 for a cleaner. Id sooner get a dog! Wait thats not in us dollars. Whats the conversion rate.

 

[nycbob]

i thought australia has one of the biggest reef in the world?

 

[krissytool]

yeah the great barrier reef but thats on the opposite side of australia to where i live so therefore they get the first dibs on anything that comes out of that reef. We have a place called Coral Bay about 14 hours north of me and that place is beautiful but doesnt quite have the selection of corals and fish that the great barrier has.