I experienced the same at my local supplier and I asked.. They advised me that (and this was last year, early 2016),the clean prices had shot up ,mainly because a lot of the suppliers that used to be in the aquarium trade, basically sold a lot of their holdings to the food trade industry conglomerates(just like a lot of other industries).. This, from what was explained to me, caused a shortage in our industry, as from what they advised me, dropped the suppliers from double digit to lower single digit figures.. And the supplier's them began selling clams that they "could" get or culture at basically the same price regardless of size (another thing I noticed as my supplier used to also sell babies for around 50 to 60, but now, the lowest are in the 100.00 to 125.00 range)..
But, i went to my dealer about a month and a half ago, and I saw they had some smaller ones for 65.00, so I'm not sure exactly what changed, but that was a very welcome drop (I got a smile and confirmation of relief from the owner also as he loves clams). I lost my blue not too long ago, so I'm hoping to pick up a brown or black and white one over the next couple months..
Another thing that shot up were baby sharks.. Around the same time.. But im hoping for other aquarists that this goes down also..
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. I will contact u if i could put a group buy together. Thanks!
