candy Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Hey i was just wondering if anyone knew why we never get any of the big catfish species in NZ, like the shovelnoses etc.?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Because they are banned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 26, 2006 Report Share Posted August 26, 2006 Guess that answers that one NZdiscusman had some pretty big (wild?) catfish there when I was last up, not sure if he still has them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 probably the biggest species we can get is the plain old commons which get bout 60cm. royals (L190) and papas (L090) both get around 40cm but ive seen bigger. they take alot longer to grow. NZDM had a full grown L090c (a variant of the papa, looks like a royal with long tail filaments) for a very nice price. im half happy we cant get TSN (or all shovelnose in general), red tailed cats etc here. they get very big and if allowed out to general public that dont know much about them its more disasterous than pacu etc. if they commanded a very high price then perhaps itd be ok cause generally people only spend alot of money on higher priced fish if they know alot about them. theyre definatly beautiful fish but only a few people would have tanks big enough to house em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted September 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 i know they are banned.. but any idears why???? could they adapt to our waters?? or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Almost anything can adapt to MAF's waters lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 alot of species arent allowed even though they could never survive in our waters, there has to be other reasons id imagine. i have always wondered why we can get jags but none of the other parachromis species (one of my fav species), they are all basically the same bar size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 i would love it if MAF could explain why we cant get some fish and we can get others.... it does my head in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Almost anything can adapt to MAF's waters lol Luke* pretty much covered it :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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