Dixon1990 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Anyone know if these people still have Zebras? http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~zebra/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 from all reports and investigations io have made dixon the answer is no i think they were the only "reported breeding " of L046 as per breeding scheme look it up its still litsed on here in 1999 But as far as i know they sold them on and they either left the country(the fish i mean ) or they died thru mishap ..shame eh coz they were here and they are a beaut fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Zebra plecs are in NZ and are being bred last time i heard Dunno who it is though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Do you know if they are being exported,or staying here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Do you know if they are being exported,you staying here? me staying here ? to the best of my knowledge i am dixon you have some news on me that i dont ? i would doubt /be disappointed if they are being exported still . there is a market here for them ,even if it may be small at the price they may fetch, but i would definetly sell local before exporting and use it only as a last resort if the local market wasnt available(if it was me that is ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 :lol: have another look at my last post 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 phew thought you were trying to export me dixon :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Anyone know if these people still have Zebras? http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~zebra/index.htm found that years ago. na they don't have anymore, i heard they ended up selling them off for around $70 ea. rumour has it they could have even been exported to australia. or..... they went to locals (surely some must have??!) and could be in rogan's friend's hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 woudnt of gone to AUZ only fish allowed in AUZ is L52 dont think they would of gone for $70ea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 woudnt of gone to AUZ only fish allowed in AUZ is L52 dont think they would of gone for $70ea. it was somewhere around this price that i heard from a reliable source unless you've heard otherwise from anybody else?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 no it just doesnt sound right. A breeding group of L46 worth an excess of 5k going for $70bux each? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 But luke is talking about years and years ago. these days they are worth in excess of a grand each, but back then they werent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 what i herd from more than one person is that they were sold to ozzy at $70 each and that there was a very good sized group. they tryed to sell them localy but no one wanted them at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 ive also herd this but have also talked to someone who knows whos breeding them , there keeping on the low , but defintly around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 no it just doesnt sound right. A breeding group of L46 worth an excess of 5k going for $70bux each? 9-10 years ago they were around $180 each, so $70 in private hands could be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32GOTMLK Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 i really want one! are they not able to be impoted? excuse my ignorance but i do not know customs rules etc. i am a big fan of plecs we have 13 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32GOTMLK Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 i really want one! are they not able to be impoted? excuse my ignorance but i do not know customs rules etc. i am a big fan of plecs we have 13 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkie Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 mate youve got it bad your repeating yourself lol im with you though i would love some i remember the good old days when they were 180 each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 mate youve got it bad your repeating yourself lol im with you though i would love some i remember the good old days when they were 180 each mmm if only you could know what was going to happen 10 yrs ago!!! would've been good cuz heaps more ppl would have them and be breeding them so you might actually be able to buy some in NZ. tho by the sounds of whispers there's some hope of it happening one day! my understanding is they are not allowed to be exported from their wild habitat as they are endangered. they can be imported into NZ but from a captive source eg a foreign breeder. many have come in claiming to be able to do this but nothing has eventuated for one reason or another eg overseas trader stealing money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 http://www.fororeptiles.org/foros/attac ... 1204611846 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 yea i hae also heard they are around too. havent there been a couple on trademe the past couple of years? or were they not ligit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 yes, there was a legit one about 1 yr ago down in the south island somewhere....the person ended up sayin that the heater was accidentally pulled out and it died, however my belief is that they said this to withdraw the auction at zero fees and that person was made an irresistable offer (must've been over $1k) and sold it behind the scenes.. that's what i hope anyway! pity no one had the foresight to knowing these would be so rare here and many other places. kinda like the current fancy plecs i guess, not many ppl know the ideal conditions and how to spawn them. zebra plecs for example are found in deep fast flowing water and divers would risk their lives just to catch them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 i think the same will happen to plecs we have coming in now days in ten years some are probly gona become very rare in nz and expensive , i think mr pleco is gona be prepared for this lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 yes, there was a legit one about 1 yr ago down in the south island somewhere....the person ended up sayin that the heater was accidentally pulled out and it died, however my belief is that they said this to withdraw the auction at zero fees and that person was made an irresistable offer (must've been over $1k) and sold it behind the scenes.. that's what i hope anyway! pity no one had the foresight to knowing these would be so rare here and many other places. kinda like the current fancy plecs i guess, not many ppl know the ideal conditions and how to spawn them. zebra plecs for example are found in deep fast flowing water and divers would risk their lives just to catch them I know this guy, it was Errol from Critter Kingdom. I can confirm that it died. He originally had a pair, the male died. We where going to import some more and I was going to give him a male for the use of the tanks then he stopped replying to emails. I gave him the suppliers contacts so maybe he imported some maybe he didnt. They are not a legall import as of yet, at the next visit to the import list the L46 and some other plecos will be added and some fish removed e.g livebearers. We cant export them from their native country because they are banned from export, they are being smuggled out but because of you unique laws e.g quarantine we cant get them. We can get them from private breeders but then you have to prove that they are CM and you still need CITES permit to export/import. Very expensive and lengthy process. Then you have to get them through quarantine... I was told by the little white bird that there is a importer who is breeding them in mass groups and they will slowly leak them into the country at around the $1000 mark... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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