Backyard Aquaponics
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A lot of fish farms dont respond to email - I mostly call them around 6 or 7 pm (on their suggestion).

That's it, I'm setting up a fish farm with an online ordering system

There is a fish farm .... with an online ordering system... and I'm sure they'll return your calls...

www.thefishfarm.com.au

I just clicked on that site and my wallet ran off and hid. Just like it did when I was looking at wedding cakes, the addition of the word 'aquaponic' seems to have the same impact on price as adding the word 'wedding' in front of an item

How much are you expecting to pay for fingerlings???

Well... to be honest, less than half those prices

http://users.netwit.net.au/~wnfc/page3.html

Not sure they're still in business.... that price list hasn't been updated for over two years....

This might give you an indication... see the "Hatchery Management Course" ...

http://users.netwit.net.au/~wnfc/page5.html

And the price doesn't include "packaging" ie... double bags, foam boxs etc...

Don't know of anyone that has actually ever obtained any stock from them....

LOL! Ok then, a friend of mine sent me that link, I can't say I ventured very far from the price list as the site is so bad I'm sure it would have induced uncontrolled vomiting if I did My mate rang them and left a message, so someone's still paying to keep the phone connected and the domain registration... so now I play the waiting game!

100 fingerlings for $150 is not bad - the lowest I have found so far for tiny tiny tiny fish is $0.90 - but you need to be buying 500 to 1000 to get that sort of price. And you'll loose a couple as well.

Ok, seems like the best deal I've found for Silvers is:

Uarah Fish Hatchery (Avail. January)
$80 Per 100 + $30 Delivery

Got given their contact by Landmark who used to bring them in themselves, but too much trouble now.

I'd take it Kenour.... best price you'll get IMO ....

Fair enough Still a bit more expensive than I hoped for, but it's pretty close to the $66 I was expecting

I expect to get my fish for nothing...... but it aint gunna happen....

You'd have to order in quantities of thousands to get anywhere near 66 cents per fish.... and I'd want to know your supplier....

[sarcasm]Of course not, how ridiculous of you to expect something for nothing [/sarcasm]
I just expected to get them for the price my mate sent me, but hey, stuff happens