nycnlo Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 yeah sucks if a certain percentage of deaths happen that arent explainable they make you send fish away for testing at around $1200 per fish or something... from what ive heard locally from redwood aquatics theyve had whole tanks fall over but mainly explainble stuff like pump failure / heater failure etc worst thing is with the fighters they dont seem to want to bring any fancy ones in anymore.. because of the hassles of shipping / quarantine (most of the halfmoons were average that came in so not worth the risk) fish importing not for me lol... pity there not a TRANSSHIPPER here in nz.. like they do in Aussie and states.. where you only pay a few dolars for the quarantine , because they do so much of it the cost is down then everyone could buy whatever they wanted from exporters and get some cool fish in their tanks :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 There used to be quarantine in Australia, less than here, about two weeks I think. It may vary from state to state. I think the states is open slather, and look at their rivers because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 only way i could think it might be worth while for smaller breeders is if a few breeders went in together and got a box of them between them and split the costs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 20, 2009 Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 The only realistic way to do it would be to get an importer to bring in the fish you want from a supplier that they use along with one of their normal shipments, pay all expenses up front, and be prepared to lose the lot if there are any problems. Testing for diseases can cost thousands of dollars and an importer is not likely to take the risk. Their normal markup would be at least 100% over all expenses. To try to get one box from an unknown supplier would not normally be on. It used to be that the importers treated diseases when suspected but now maf have to approve the treatment. Fish are tested for disease and if found a treatment is prescribed, you are billed for the tests and the fish are probably dead by the time a treatment has been decided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Whip Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 There were some wild caught bettas that came into the country about 3 years ago. No one obviously had success breeding them? Redwood had them way back in the day but not the same as those little guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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