Talk:Sterba's corydoras

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[edit] Price

I removed the following text from the main article:

Due to their attractive markings Corydoras sterbai are more expensive than the more common Corydoras species available for sale (eg Bronze Corydoras), usually retailing at around £3.50 - £5.

This is a result of a conversation I had here where it was pointed out that retail prices are subject to great regional and season differences. This fish is a good example of what they were talking about. I was about to add a note converting the british currency to US dollars, then realized that $6.50-$9.20 would be horribly overpriced...this fish is usually available for around $2.00 and is in line with what other corys sell for. I also don't know the accuracy of the price given; is it outdated? Would it end up in a revert battle if I changed it to $2? In its current form, I have no idea of how to compare the £3.50 - £5 price cited with the price of other corys sold in the UK...is it twice as expensive? Five times as expensive? In addition, as time goes by, this price may fluctuate dramatically due to supply and demand issues. Constantly monitoring the pages and updating them is not realistic, not to mention impossible in the cases of archived articles.

Until I saw this article, I was tending to think that the advice I received in the above link wasn't that good, but this article illustrated exactly what they were saying quite effectively.

If you think I'm wrong to do this, let's talk about it here. Neil916 17:33, 10 June 2006 (UTC)