I think several posters here seem to have the assumption that I don’t understand market dynamics, this is not the case. All I am trying to say is that it’s unfortunate that cost has become a prohibitive bar to entry for a lot of people. In my personal opinion, that isn’t good for any particular species that we raise. The $60,000 Koi or $10,000 show winning Discus aren’t great examples because they don’t represent average fish or the cost of an average fish within their species market. Like anything else that takes a lot of time and dedication people like to feel that they accomplished something and it appears that certain people seem to get more of a rise from it when they can say well my fish cost “$$$” insert high figure. Not to mention if greed had nothing to do with it then the fish on aquabid’s prices would be much closer to what a hobbyist breeder would charge for an F1 or F2 juvenile.