New member from Indonesia

[vivaria]

Hi all,
My name is Frank Yuwono from Jakarta, Indonesia.
I have a Tropical Fish Export Company here.

I'm just trying to learn more about the hobby around the world.

Frank

 

[The-Wolf]

Hello and to TFF
I'm sure you'll find out all you need to know from here.
there are also two members that I can think of that are in
Indonesia too.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

oooooo.... be sure to post pictures of any new and exciting fish you have available!!

 

[vivaria]

Thanks James!

Hello and to TFF
I'm sure you'll find out all you need to know from here.
there are also two members that I can think of that are in
Indonesia too.

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[Phantom Thief]

vivaria!

Living across the Straits of Malacca from you

P.T.

 

[vivaria]

Pica: sorry, new items are getting scarce with all the habitat destruction going on.
Anyway, the trade does not seem to like obscure and ugly fish that's what most of the new ones are. Most of the fish we export nowadays are bred in captivity.
We used to introduce lots of new species back in the 80s when interest was high.

oooooo.... be sure to post pictures of any new and exciting fish you have available!!

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[vivaria]

Hi PT! You must be getting some of our haze again this year...
Sorry about that!

vivaria!

Living across the Straits of Malacca from you

P.T.

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[clunkster]

hi & to the forums have you ever thought the customers LIKE obscure & so called ugly fish

 

[vivaria]

Hi Clunkster...unfortunately we deal with importers only and they seem to
be out of touch with the hobbyists. All they want are just cheaper prices of the fish that sells in quantity or what the competitors are selling.


That's why I'm here trying to grasp what is going on in the hobyyist' world.
I'd love to meet importers that are actually hobbyists themselves.

hi & to the forums have you ever thought the customers LIKE obscure & so called ugly fish

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[WookiellMonster]

Welcome Frank! Thats too bad that the importers dont like the 'obscure and ugly fish' I'd rather call them oddballs hehe they're so cool.

 

[vivaria]

Wookie: Thanks again. Can't really blame the importers. They sell mostly to big buyers such as WalMart and I can't really see the big guns buying the new oddballs.
The business sure had changed a lot the last decade...

Welcome Frank! Thats too bad that the importers dont like the 'obscure and ugly fish' I'd rather call them oddballs hehe they're so cool.

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[pica_nuttalli]

bah! i'd love to even see pics of the guppy-mills; its a rare opportunity for me to see where my captive-breds might have come from.

 

[vivaria]

Let me see what I can dig up....I think I have some guppy farm pics from Singapore a few years back. We quit breeding guppies about 6 years ago.

bah! i'd love to even see pics of the guppy-mills; its a rare opportunity for me to see where my captive-breds might have come from.

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