Butterflies price range? Options

[Hamad]

I'm planning to get a few from Thai farms, I'll be keeping them in tanks therefore I won't need perfected top view. But before I go ahead and place an order I wanted to know how much should a person pay for a butterfly like the one in the picture I attached?



Reference to GnG website:
http://www.geocities.com/greenngoldsg/studio/butt1.html

The size won't be more than 6" by the way. Hope to find an answer soon!

[Hamad]

Thank you so much The Matrix! Very useful info! I would love to see more pictures of your butterflies, side view pics if possible?

My priority for now is to find butterflies with ryukin body types and good finnage. Basically very similar to the picture I attached. Won't be very picky with colors as long as the red is deep and there's more white on the body/head.

Also yes G-string, I also heard that the best butteflies are from China but no breeder/farm in China would sell and ship to my country unless in very large quantities.

Are butterflies in Thai farms not so good? In other words, is it harder to find a good butterfly outside China?

Also in Singapore, a fish like the one I attached would be sold for how much? I just don't want to be taken advantage of.