catfish in Oz????

jedink · Post by **jedink** » 13 May 2005, 01:42

hew ppl..... just a quick question that the aussie members may be able to answer.

I live in Perth, and im wondering what catfish i can get my hands on... is there a "list" of available to import species out there, also what prices to expec5t for the more exotic....

Can u get banjo cats, Panaques etc. Also i know of one place i can get gold nuggets in for about $500 , but im not paying that ridiculous price.... any info would be greatly appreciated

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 13 May 2005, 08:50

$500 is cheap for Gold nuggets here
Expect to pay well over $500 for Panaques are over $1000 for Zebra's or anything exotic

kev · Post by **kev** » 13 May 2005, 19:35

that's crazy money!!!!!! my girlfriend has a family member coming over to the U.K in the summer, i send some back with nugget's back with her as they are only Â£12-Â£18 over here

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Kev

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 14 May 2005, 00:49

And if caught she'd get 2 years jail and a $50,000 fine

kev · Post by **kev** » 14 May 2005, 09:15

as long as the fish arrived safely

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Kev.

MDOU · Post by **MDOU** » 14 May 2005, 09:45

What?! you can get those 'rare' plecs in Aus. The only things that i can get are one type of ancistrus, farlowella acus, otocinclus affinis, royal wiptails, common plecostomus and sailfin plecostomus. My Boss (i work at the LFS)once 'legaly' got a albino ancistrus ($350) and some type of whiptail ($50).

Maybee I should not have writen that last bit.

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 14 May 2005, 10:02

You can get anything if you have the $ and the contacts.

MDOU wrote:What?! you can get those 'rare' plecs in Aus. .

MDOU · Post by **MDOU** » 14 May 2005, 10:41

where? how much? remember i am from FNQ

You can get anything if you have the $ and the contacts.

But, we can get heaps of other cats, yet not many sucker-mouthed cats.

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 14 May 2005, 10:58

Depends on what you want ... prices start around $500 for the more interesting L numbers and go up to well over $1000 for the rarer ones. Adult fish like large Panaques can sell for $2000 or more.
The where isn't too hard to find if you ask around some forums. Remember most likely they will not be in FNQ and you will have to ship them in.

jedink · Post by **jedink** » 14 May 2005, 12:22

ive got a friend who works in said expensive aquarium saying the aussie government is allowing a few more species into the country in september, i'll post more when i know more

back on price....in sydney about 12 years ago i bought a 2inch Panaque nigrolineatus at an aquarium in bondi for $170,they had about 30 or so in the tank, they cant have gone up too much...or have i been out of the loop or too long?

taksan · Post by **taksan** » 14 May 2005, 12:38

They are not allowing any new catfish in unfortunatly.

Put it this way .... if I was in that shop I'd buy all 30 of them immediatly and have them resold within a hour at triple the price.

jedink wrote:ive got a friend who works in said expensive aquarium saying the aussie government is allowing a few more species into the country in september, i'll post more when i know more

back on price....in sydney about 12 years ago i bought a 2inch Panaque nigrolineatus at an aquarium in bondi for $170,they had about 30 or so in the tank, they cant have gone up too much...or have i been out of the loop or too long?

Adam · Post by **Adam** » 16 May 2005, 03:12

According to the Attorney Generals Dept http://www.frli.gov.au/comlaw/legislati ... 25&START=1

They will be allowing new species to be added to the Schedule 6 of allowable fish imports which says that:

Allows amendment to the List of specimens suitable for live import. This instrument will allow live specimens of: Botia lohachata (Reticulate loach, yo-yo loach) of length 1.5 cm and over; Cyphotilapia frontosa (Frontosa, Humphead cichlid) of length 12 cm and over; Dekeyseria pulcher (Clown peckoltia) of length 1.5 cm and over; Glossolepis incisus (Red rainbowfish) of length 1.5 cm and over; Sawbwa resplendens (Burmese rummynose) of length 1 cm and over; Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki (Dwarf botia, Skunk loach) of length 1.5 cm and over, to be imported into Australia.

So there may be a slight drop in price for some species... we will all just have to wait and see.

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