WTB WTB - What L14s are available?

[Lloydy]

Hi everyone,

I will be after a few L14's in a couple of months. The reason for not buying now is that I am moving house at the end of April and the less fish I have to transport between houses the better.

I doubt anyone is successfully breeding these in the UK so if anyone sees these for sale in their LFS, can they please let me know

WTB


:L14 (Scobi's)-


Size: Prefer smaller fish so I can grow them up alongside my current 2 3.5" Scobis-


Sex(if known):-


Up to 4 so I can create a nice group?:-


Cheaper the better but I want good quality fish and will pay more for good specimens:-

 

[scatz]

my local maidenhead had some small ones in recently, could be worth asking your nearest one, they were £65, but i doubt you'll find them much cheaper to be honest, they aren't that common in shops at the mo

 

[Lloydy]

The 2 I bought from my local MA last year. I think I paid £40 for 2 that were about 1.5-2". Ideally I want a few a bit bigger than this because my current 2 are about 3.5" and I hoped that buying privately might also help keep the price down a bit.

I think Trimar have 2 L14s that are 10-12" long but I think they are £175 each and Wildwoods had some big ones which were also £150+ but I would still rather grow up a small group of them while I wait to buy a bigger tank in 6-12 months. I don't think its right to squash some lovely big fish into my current 260l tank when they deserve a big 750+l tank.

 

[FF MkII]

If your intention is to breed them then you will be waiting a long time if you get them small. Get the 750L tank then whack 2 stonking L14's in there asap.

 

[Lloydy]

Long term plan (3+yrs) is to breed them but I am still young and fairly patient

I would hate to buy some mature L14s and do something stupid that kills them. I think it makes more sense to leave these mature plecs to other more experienced keepers and let them try to breed them if they want.

I will take my time, improve my knowledge/experience and hopefully not make too many mistake. If nothing else I think this is the more sensible and less selfish approach

 

[FF MkII]

Sounds very good.

Just noticed at the begining of your first post you have put WTF instead of WTB, it made me chuckle :lol:

 

[Paul]

Depending on where in Surrey you are, Maidenhead Aquatics @ Bracknell always has them in. 2" for £36/£38.


Paul

 

[SmithRC]

for a 2" scoby to get to breeding size you'll be looking a lot longer that a few years...

Our local MH has a Lovely 12" at the moment - £250 price tag though.