August 13, 200719 yr comment_177809 I've been looking at the list lately and more and more I'm noticing cool fish that you just never see here, despite being on the list. Crenicichla lacustris (Pike Cichlid) or Cichlasoma festae (now Amphilophus festae, or Red Terror) are just two of them. Both available overseas, but never here. Short of setting myself up as an importer with my own quarantine facility (yes I'd love to, GF's not really so keen), how would one go about importing such fish? I'm guessing the average LFS would put it in the too-hard basket, and I'm not sure how interested an importer would be with a one-off small-time order. Ideas?? Report
August 13, 200719 yr comment_177819 The problem is getting the fish from the supplier overseas. If they dont have the fish on shipment day then you dont get it. Many fish on our list are hard to get and if they are on the overseas list Hobbyist dont want to pay the money for them anyway. Report
August 13, 200719 yr comment_177901 I would love to import puffers! :lol: (is it getting old yet?) Maybe someone from the forums needs to get really friendly with an importer and take all our orders :lol: Report
August 13, 200719 yr Author comment_177930 Heh, red devils? There are quite a few of them around. :roll: Stupid common names, I said A. festae (red terror), not labiatus/citrinellus (red devil/midas). :lol: Reef: That was another problem I had thought of; the importers here probably have their contacts overseas and don't like dealing with anyone else, so if their suppliers don't have the fish you're after then too bad. I doubt any of them would deal with people in the US like Jeff Rapps or any of these guys. Report
August 14, 200719 yr comment_177959 Oh! Ok, that makes more sense, I couldn't figure out why anyone would want a red devil anyway. Report
August 14, 200719 yr comment_178002 I would love to import puffers! :lol: (is it getting old yet?) i think someone likes puffers Report
August 14, 200719 yr comment_178006 Pike Cichlid there 1 of these on tm at the mo but u must buy it with the tank and other fish Report
August 14, 200719 yr Author comment_178009 Seen it, need to figgure out how to transport fish etc up here, I want the dats too!! Report
August 14, 200719 yr comment_178012 Oh! Ok, that makes more sense, I couldn't figure out why anyone would want a red devil anyway. lol, don't let my work mate Ben hear you say that! He loves his Red Devil. :lol: Report
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