Dixon1990 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hi people just wondering if the Molly , Swordtail and guppy in north island waters are the same as the ones in The petstores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 basically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Is there anywhere in the south island i can get wild ones? As i think they look coll sepecially the mollies.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Sorry can't help you but watch out for the so called 'guppies'. They are quite likely to be gambusia and highly illegal to keep etc, and you can get HUGE fines if caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 There are no native/wild ones, just introduced. So if you can get them in the wild, you'll be able to get them commercially. A wild (but introduced) population of Green Sailfin mollies exists near Taupo in a thermal heated stream. Thats the only one I'm aware of that would differ from store bought examples. A nearby population of swordtails has been said to have died off. South Island is probably far too cold. As IOU said, normally when people say 'I went to the river and caught some guppies' they actually mean Gambusia which is illegal to trade now and is another introduced species. From memory they're just grey and completely freak out when captured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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