Roy Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I am supprised that the goldfish are sooooo expensive in NZ. The pictures of NZ Goldfish shown on the webs are of very very common fishes. In China, these fish are called wild Goldfsih given in the big open ponds sized 0.1-0.2ha. But almost all the good quality Goldfish are from the cement shallow tanks or wooden basins or ceramic basins. I checked the list of approved species of ornamental fish import into New Zealand, and find that the Goldfish is not in it. Sorry for my ignorance but I am curious that there has been no introduction of Goldfish into NZ since 1993? In this case, the Goldfish available now in NZ are only the offspring of the imported ones at least 12 years before? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Goldfish are on the banned list and I think it has been longer than 1993 that we have not been able to import them. This explains the poor quality of goldfish here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 From what Maurice (AFA) told me you can import them but they must stay in Quarintine, you are allowed to spawn them and sell the fry but never the imported fish, so basically once it has spawned either keep it in Quarantine or cull it. Seems rather wierd to me being able to sell the fry but not the fish ..... but then ...when has anything our govt has done made sense LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Thank Caryl and Snowman for your answers. Snowman, is there any official publish or they have only this kind of sayings? If it is true, somebody can easilly import some good quality parent Goldfish and make breeding and spawning in the quarantine then to sell the good qualtiy fries in the next year! And what is AFA? Maurice is a name of a gentleman?:roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new zealand discus man Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 from new zealand discus Phill Collis.. i built and sold Burbank GoldFish Farm last year..ran it for 20 years.. yes we did have quarantined breeders and 4 years was time. then stoped. there has and as i understand will never be imports again.. MAF stated ..they could carry virus unknown and harmfull to man.. try getting past that..!! :evil: we tried for like 10 years even with the origial PIJAC.. just a waste of time..but if any wants MAF to confirm.. mail to ..good guy who looks after our discus imports.. [email protected] goldfish carry the worst bugs and maf knows it.. discus are a peice of cake when it comes to keeping them alive.. :lol: cant say that about goldfish..!!! cheers phill collis new zealand discus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Heh, maybe they're talking about Fish TB? Which most other fish also can ge...Errr, Maybe I shouldn't say that in case MAF is lurking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new zealand discus man Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 from new zealand discus man,, no virus.. not treatable.. TB in fish is a problem but only affects a few..virus can kill and us..look at bird flu.. bactrica is a problem and in discus we can stop it dead..but most other fish will die with what we do..but not discus.. dont forget..DISCUS are the king of fish.. cheers phill collis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 the saying here in China can be that the king is Arowana and the queen is the Discus! Thank you Phill for your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 I've always thought of discus more as the drag queens of fish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new zealand discus man Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 from new zealand discus man.. maybe if you saw 112 tanks and over 1000 discus , just discus you may not have that opion.. cheers phill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeveus Posted May 26, 2005 Report Share Posted May 26, 2005 LOL Drag queens fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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