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SCOPE
Saw the pair of $50 Ram being brought by someone from Eco-culture....
still left a lot of fries inside the empty tank.
What actually is the difference of this expensive one against the normal $2 bunk kind?
From what I heard, there are a lot of ram breeders in the world, including USA, Germany, Holland (even eastern europe) and Asia as this is a staple aquarium fish.
The Asian (mostly South East Asia) bred ones are much lower in cost due to geographical proximity as well as lower cost due to lower standard of living. Quaility of mass produced rams are often questionable. Sometimes, you get good stuff, more often than not, they are either lack coloration or are slightly deformed (deformed here does not mean selectively bred balloon or long fin variants). Also take note that most of the local rams are sold as juveniles. The larger ones are either left in the tank for too long or disposed breeding stock.
The European ones are more costly due to higher cost per unit as well as freight charges. Rams from some of these countries are usually of breeding size already. This would also mean that the number of fish per box in a shipment is less, resulting in a higher cost . Color and body form are also quite good (although some, myself included, can't really see the difference unless critically scrutinized).
As such, for the casual aquarist, a S$5 ram is as good as a S$50 one. But for cichlid purists, they would go for color and body form and hence may consider forking out more for them.
Joe, if the Rams at Eco Culture are of good color and body form, you might want to consider taking home the fries.
Cheers,
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