May 21, 200818 yr Author comment_236423 What Cuties. Dont you just love Tropheus Nice one Lynn :bounce: Report
May 21, 200818 yr Author comment_236475 Just the Brown Hap's getting one today from CH CH Hoping it is a male I have 2 females :roll: Well........ He turns out to be a She, we are happy and sad Still looking for a male please if anyone has one! We happy to work out some sort of deal ! Report
May 22, 200818 yr Author comment_236526 Just a short Video Tropheus & Fronts are doing well :bounce: One can see them better this way. We can not wait to get some more varieties. :roll: Seem you have woken a sleeping Brute with in us Mike ! LOL They are so precious, hope we can purchase in larger quantities next time, without Drama. Report
June 13, 200818 yr comment_242674 The only reason I am posting this is to offer additional information to previous posts on this issue. I feel I have the right to reply since my e-mail, which I thought was confidential, has been plastered all over this thread. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out which business it was coming from. We are now working under the NZFSA, I can't speak for operators of quarantine facilities in the NI, only from what we experience in the South Island. Our shipment fees have increased from $300-$400 18 months ago to just under $1000 for our last shipment PLUS over $1600 worth of testing fees. Work that out! From $400 to $2600 in 18mths. Makes even petrol look OK :lol: How does this affect what we import? losses of over 20% in 5 days require specimens to be sent to Wtn for testing. This is $800 PER SPECIES. If you send your fish off in week 4 (of the 6 week quarantine period) the balance of your fish need to wait until the results are released, worse case senario - fish are in quarantine for 10+ weeks! Solution - to import the major percentage of your fish from your best source, this may not be from the importer that has all the exotic plecos, cichlids etc but makes sound economic sense from the operators point of view. The $$$ at the end of the rainbow for importing Tropheus - just doesn't happen. i.e. we requested 10 of each type of Tropheus available on the stock list for our shipment this week. 3 Variaties not sent as exporter felt they were not in the best condition, the one variety we received had 1/2 dead on arrival. The allure of 1/2 deposit up front would surely only be for live fish at the end of the quarantine period, not paying for fish and freight to get them here. Who pays if they die in quarantine (pretty easy to answer). The last large cichlid shipment we had in - half way through the quarantine period they decided to turn on each other and rip each other up. I only offer this from an importers point of view. Many things need to be considered when bringing a shipment in. Surely - The larger importers in the North Island should be able to cope with the NI demands for fish incl exotic's and cichlids. If not - why not? :roll: Maybe it's to do with some of my comments above. Report
June 13, 200818 yr comment_242799 Those are goods points Debbie and so true. My Brother who imports Marine fish has the same problems so I know where you are coming from. Its just that We (cichlid lovers ) just adore these little creatures so much that we expect Importers to bring in everything or anything we desire. Report
June 20, 200818 yr comment_244776 Hi guys, Im just wondering where are these Trophs coming from. surely Australia is an approved place to import fish, why dont these importers import from here. You can pick up a Duboisi Maswa here for $10 each from a local breeder and other Troph species (Red Moliro, Ikola, Kachese, Golden Kazumba, Pemba etc ) for a bit more. Frontosa Burundi for $10 too, at one stage Im selling them for $8 each. Lots of Juli species and variants too. I bet in Victoria alone, local breeders can satisfy the needs for more exotic fish in NZ. Report
June 20, 200818 yr comment_244866 Yeah I often wonder why we cant import from Aussie? I wonder if there are actually enough fish bred in Ausse for them to be exported or are they mainly an importer like NZ? Report
June 20, 200818 yr comment_244869 Hi Ryan, Sure there will be enough if there will be a market for it, Last week I got some Duboisi Maswa from a breeder and he has about a hundred of them that he is trying to sell, me alone got about 50 of Juli Regani Kachese fry that I will be selling for $5 each when they reach selling size. I know a few of the breeders here that can produce the fry if the demand is there. Tanganyika Shelldwellers, sand sifters, feather fins, Frontosa Moba, Burundi and Kigoma are readily available here from local breeders. Report
June 20, 200818 yr comment_244872 We can import from anywhere we like, finding a supplier with a quarantine facility who's willing to do it is the problem!! Report
June 21, 200818 yr comment_245079 Hi Fishman Your selection over there is making me drool, if we got supplies from Oz my MTS would go overboard... but that's ok :lol: :lol: Report
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