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[Ludwig Venter]

My wife was out on some family bussiness and returned today.....I sent her a message on the mobile to get me some fish along the road (as my little town has none) & the list included...... 6 x Angels, 6 x Bristle nose, 6 x Kribensis, 6 x Corries of any description but preferably Albinos, 6 x Severum, and 10 x Congos or any Boesemani........She just arrived back home with 2 Kribs, having stopped at 5 different pet stores in cities she passed through along the way...... That's all she could get out of my list.......

Anybody want to enquire about the availability of fish in South Africa..... There's ye're proof..... How can I remain motivated to get ahold of breeding stocks??......

 

[shelaghfishface]

thats a shame, cant you use Ebay or such like??

 

[minxfishy]

Well thats a bit of a bummer Lud, is there no such things as fish delivery companies over there? You would imagine you could get some pretty good fish from that area of the world.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Well thats a bit of a bummer Lud, is there no such things as fish delivery companies over there? You would imagine you could get some pretty good fish from that area of the world.

Ye know... I can probably write to some company in the USA & ask to send me what I need, but I think these will be subject to quarintine periods etc. etc. that at the end of the day it's not worth it.... I'm not sure what to do....

 

[minxfishy]

Heck of a long way for them to come and your right quarantine would apply - you need to find an underground fish black market

 

[england]

wow unlucky you, can you not ask them in the fish shops to order in fish that you would like?]

is there others on here from south africa?
where do you live in s/africa>i have a friend at work from s/africa will ask him tomm where abouts,
his cousin has a fish farm which he stocked to the hilt with piranha, that was 1.5years ago, let me ask if he knows of anywhere anyone

 

[Ludwig Venter]

wow unlucky you, can you not ask them in the fish shops to order in fish that you would like?]

is there others on here from south africa?
where do you live in s/africa>i have a friend at work from s/africa will ask him tomm where abouts,
his cousin has a fish farm which he stocked to the hilt with piranha, that was 1.5years ago, let me ask if he knows of anywhere anyone

Strange.... As I know it, Piranahs are only allowed with licence, and as I have it, the Pretoria zoo is the only current valid licence in S.A.

I live in the northen regions in Thabazimbi (300km from Pretoria and Johannesburg) - where the only reasonable markets are.... Will appreciate if you could ask this friend, cause I'm desperate.. (I have at least 25 tanks disconnected currently looking to be stocked due to this dilemma!!

 

[england]

hehe yep forgot to add he was stuck with them because of the licence laws,,,,he asked if i could find away to sell them here but i dont know about the shipping laws and was to busy to get to involved, yep he should be at work tommorow

 

[england]

i asked on another fish forum, and someone who lives in s/africa siad
"Man thats far from anything, our lfs's are few and far between. His best bet is to go to joburg or pretoria and either have the fish store fill the bags with oxygen or get a battery powered air pump...

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Heck of a long way for them to come and your right quarantine would apply - you need to find an underground fish black market

Any suggestions minx. I'm prepared to try that avenue.......

 

[shelaghfishface]

wish you live here ,as i have large fish that need new homes

 

[england]

what you rehoming

 

[Ludwig Venter]

i asked on another fish forum, and someone who lives in s/africa siad
"Man thats far from anything, our lfs's are few and far between. His best bet is to go to joburg or pretoria and either have the fish store fill the bags with oxygen or get a battery powered air pump...

Nelly,.... Thanks for all the trouble you're going through, but packing is not as much a problem as getting there.... Ye know!!... it's a 600km round trip for me to just get the fish... Now at the local petrol price down here and driving a 4litre Ford Fairmont....... They'll have ta breed 17 times before I can call it quits, and then also the market to get rid of the babies.... (I think I'm gonna cry)

 

[shelaghfishface]

what you rehoming

not my baby ,dont panic

 

[minxfishy]

Heck of a long way for them to come and your right quarantine would apply - you need to find an underground fish black market

Any suggestions minx. I'm prepared to try that avenue.......

Hmmm now if I knew any honchos in the black market trade I would be happy to pass on the info, unfortunatley Im clueless but should I run into any on my travels in the UK black country I'll get back to you