The mighty dollar reigns supreme - not only in the land of the free.It is
likely that you are already paying 4 or more times as much as he did so if
you feel you can breed them then make him an offer he can't refuse.I have
yet to see a dealer that will keep on refusing dollars.
The practice of releasing males only to maintain the market has been around
for quite a while - I seem to remember the issue involved werneri, boesmani
and even praecox for a time at least but it is doomed to failure in the
long term just like some of the petty excuses used to exclude peaceful
attractive desirable aquarium species from being imported to Australia. In
the words of the 'bard" - "where there's a will there's a way!"
Bruce Hansen.