[StirCrazy]

let me pose another question, why do "captive raised" fish have to be more expensive that "wild caught" in most cases they are local so there is next to no shipping charge (which is about 50% or more of the cost of most imported fish) also they are supposed to be more hardy.. Meaning that there should be less die off (another reason the lfs doesn’t have to charge as much)

There is no reason that a store can't sell stuff like this for the same price or even cheaper than wild caught except for greed itself. They see an angle that they can push it as superior than a wild caught and mark the price higher, saying that you are more responsible if you buy this local raised fish.

I have a friend that breads angelfish herein town and he gets 1.00/fish. The stores he sells to mark them up to usably 6.00 to 8.00 each where wild ones are 12.00 to 14.00.
Now I know that the average angel spawn is larger than a cardinal spawn but not that much... maby 4 times the numbers. So even if you sell a fish for 10.00 there is no reason the LFS should only mark it up to 20.00 and promote locally raised fish. Instead they crank it higher than wild caught and hinder its acceptance.

I consider myself more ethical and anal than most when it comes to providing for my fish and even I would not pay an inflated price for local raised fish... Hmm I think 10% more would be my limit and that would be pushing it.

I don't know maby my thinking is backwards bbut if we were honest and charged acordingly woulden't that encourage more people to buy localy raised fish?

just a though

Steve