Okay, BANGKOK EXPRESS taking on passengers! :)
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Cirrus
Arowana blogger
Hmm, some good and and not so good news. The good news is that healthy thin bar dats are available in good quantity and quality and are reasonably priced. And it is legal to export them. Some of them look really really nice and seem to be quite stable.
The bad news is that air carriers WILL NOT allow me to bring a box of fish home as checked luggage. They all insist that it has to go as cargo. This is annoying as hell, not to mention that it adds several hundred dollars to any shipment I make.
Finally, the news about the wide bars is that there are none available to export. The Thais are just too scared to export them since their king himself told them not to and penalties are severe.
I am drawing up a list of fish I am going to import that includes the following
P. endlicheri
Datnoides sp.
Cichla temensis
A few nice flower horn
P.niger
I can not tell you just yet what the prices will be that I can offer these fish at until I get the final breakdown on shipping costs.
The bad news is that air carriers WILL NOT allow me to bring a box of fish home as checked luggage. They all insist that it has to go as cargo. This is annoying as hell, not to mention that it adds several hundred dollars to any shipment I make.
Finally, the news about the wide bars is that there are none available to export. The Thais are just too scared to export them since their king himself told them not to and penalties are severe.
I am drawing up a list of fish I am going to import that includes the following
P. endlicheri
Datnoides sp.
Cichla temensis
A few nice flower horn
P.niger
I can not tell you just yet what the prices will be that I can offer these fish at until I get the final breakdown on shipping costs.
jackson
Member
What are these Datnoides sp? Are the Indos or NTT?
Cirrus
Arowana blogger
Datniodes undecimradiatus are what I can easily get, various sizes.
I am sure I saw a juvenile pulcher yesterday at an out of the way stall...but today it was gone.
$500 is the going rate for the big guys ST pulchers here (12-13 inches). Plus shipping. Given how poorly the big ones ship (or so I have been told) I am afraid to purchase one.
The endis are pretty small here at about 6 inches.
No, by our standards it would be a Cambodian Tiger. But I am still pretty happy to get any Pulchers that I can get.
jackson
Member
If it came from SoCal it is most likely not a CT and is an ST. Plus CT is bull$hit and is a made up name. if it is a D.Pulcher thatis all that counts
Post some pic's
What I refer to as CT is Cambodian Tiger. Personally, I like to ID them with their tail pattern, even though it is not that effective. CT, by my standards, are the ones that the last bodystripe bleeds into the tail stripes. So I guess all my Pulchers are CT.
But ST or CT, I don't really mind. As long as they are Pulchers...
But ST or CT, I don't really mind. As long as they are Pulchers...
CT can also be called as Controversial Tiger. Not to be confused with Cambodian Tigers are known as D. Pulcher. To get more good info abou St. http://forums.waterwolves.com/index.php?showtopic=123927
