aspiringAmano Posted June 20, 2002 Report Share Posted June 20, 2002 I dont know what different species you will get compared to USA but some of my favourites that i have bred in the past include Aphosimian australe,gardineri,"zebra wonder",and I presently have 2 pairs of walkeri in one of my tanks (along with lots of zebra wonders and golden wonders in other tanks.) David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted June 20, 2002 Report Share Posted June 20, 2002 aspiringAmano said... > I dont know what different species you will get compared to USA We only have a very small range of killies available to us in NZ. Not because they're illegal to have or anything but because of the problems of importation and quarentine. You can get some idea of what we have, or have had, by looking at the 'species' section of http://nzka.killi.net Sadly many of these have disappeared from the hobby. I've spent a bit of time in the US and have been to 3 AKA conventions and a BAKA WCW. There are really some nice fish available to those lucky enough to be in the hobby there. Later, Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspiringAmano Posted June 20, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2002 Have you thought about ordering some eggs online and starting breeding colonies in NZ? The subspecies of Walkeri that I have is no longer available in the wild-a Parking lot now stands in its natural habitat! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 21, 2002 Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 My understanding of the ordering eggs idea is that it can't be done legally in NZ. Ministry of Ag and Fish requires a quarantine period (not a problem in itself) but items in quarantine need to be identifiable as a particular species. It's a little difficult identifying one Killi from another when they're eggs. Yes, you could tell MAF what they're supposed to be, we're dealing with an arm of the government here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted June 21, 2002 Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 aspringAmano wrote... > Have you thought about ordering some eggs online and starting > breeding colonies in NZ? As Rob says, eggs are banned because they cannot be ID'd at the border :-( > The subspecies of Walkeri that I have is no longer available > in the wild-a Parking lot now stands in its natural habitat! That'd be the infamous GH2 strain. We used to have them here in back in the early '90s. They suffered from being too easy to breed and too prolific such that at one stage *everyone* had them and then everyone stopped breeding them *because* everyone had them. Then no one had them... You got yours via the AKA species preservation plan (Wright Huntley perhaps)...? Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted June 21, 2002 Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 Rob said... > It's a little difficult identifying one Killi from another when > they're eggs. Yes, you could tell MAF what they're supposed > to be, we're dealing with an arm of the government here... Sad though that all manner of plants can be imported as seeds, and we know how invasive some plants are and that there are many more plant weeds than fish ones... ;-) Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspiringAmano Posted June 21, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2002 Just a thought-if as a group you wanted to get some eggs you could have them certified and then sealed-that should appease the pesky beaurocrats. I didnt actually get them from Wright-but he is a member of the Aquatic plant growers society with me. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted June 22, 2002 Report Share Posted June 22, 2002 David said... > Just a thought-if as a group you wanted to get some eggs you > could have them certified and then sealed-that should appease > the pesky beaurocrats. You'd think, wouldn't you? Sadly, not an option as far as the law here goes > I didnt actually get them from Wright-but he is a member of > the Aquatic plant growers society with me. I visited him in 1996. Tell him 'Hi' from me next time you see him Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspiringAmano Posted June 22, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2002 Will do andrew David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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