Asian arowana interest poll

[b-man]

thats almost the prices people pay here for asian aros... of course being that it is illegal.

going rate at certain places you can get them already.. i dont know all the prices... but a really good idea.
green - 300
rtg - 800
chili red - 2500 +/- (being the highest, but ive heard cheaper)
xback - 3500 +/- (could be higher depending on which one)

wow, thats alot cheaper than the east coast.

nonetheless. even if it was the same price, wouldn't it be worth it for

1) its legal
2) you know what your getting (certificate)
3) more choices
4) better quality
5) help the wild population

 

[one7h4n9]

I don't think US can pull all the Asian Aro's to the state. Just the first year we might have trouble with supply and demand for the fish. If it legalize in US than people can create farm here to supply the demand and in about 5 years the market for asian will be the same as today. Even if we don't have a farm here. More farmers are going to try to get their fish to the us to be sold. So this mean there be more breeder and farmers to keep up with the supply and demand. I see no problem with legalizing asian aro's in the US.

I would get make an Asian Aro's tank.

 

[ethnics]

people need to keep in mind, how the united states of america enjoys overdoing EVERYTHING compared to other countries. we overwelcome our amounts to anything possible. if we dont have it, we want it, if it aint available, we try anyway. if it is available, we buy more then we need or can even handle.

united states of america has more people then we need, with more people coming in daily. i know of probably hundres of people in california alone that want them if they don't already have them. we have 50 states across the country, with prolly just as many people as cali that want them if they dont already have them. even if only 100 people per state wanted ONLY 1, thats 5,000 fish minimum getting spread across the states. were much larger then canada, and we enjoy spending our money. i don't see a good couple thousand being sold quickly anything short of the truth. a future illegal breeding ponds, and more blackmarket sales being done.

im all for the idea tho, just a tad of my opinion of the possibilities.

 

[cichlaguapote]

I still think even at 5k fish it's a small dent in the 500,000 being bred. And there are alot of people who really want them, and alot of people who say they want them and then when the time comes.. "oh I didn't know it would be 1500.00.. forget that"

 

[Bderick67]

If made legal to own, I would spend up to $1000 to own.

 

[Red Devil]

no doubt about it...another tank ... i would love a beautiful asian arow..

 

[Eupterus]

I voted no.

I'm fond of them....but......I'll admire them from afar.
If they become legal I cannot afford one ( I'm not rich and make $100 per month) nor do I have any place to put one as I don't have large enough tank or my own house ( live in two rooms) to aquire said tank...so it would not make much difference to me personally.

When the time comes that I become rich and get my own house...who knows?.
Then again....I have my portfolio work to keep up( My portfolio takes a lot of money) as I want to stay self employed and avoid the nasty rat race as long as possible. Oh well...such is life and we all make some kind of choices along the way.

 

[ewurm]

They will only become legal if the wild population starts a comeback, and breeding program can support the demand in the hobby IMO.

 

[wizzin]

They will only become legal if the wild population starts a comeback, and breeding program can support the demand in the hobby IMO.

sort of. FWS hasn't said anything about seeing an increase in wild numbers. In fact, they realize they continue to fall, and that this may be a way for the US to contribute.

 

[ewurm]

sort of. FWS hasn't said anything about seeing an increase in wild numbers. In fact, they realize they continue to fall, and that this may be a way for the US to contribute.

I appreciate your sentiment, but I don't think that the US will contribute to restocking the Asian Aro population in the wild. If these fish become legal, the demand will soon outgrow any supply created by breeding. This will make it much easier for smugglers to bring illegaly caught wild fish to the US.

A good example would be stingrays. Stingrays have been banned for export from many countries, even though breeding programs exist in the US. The demand far outweighs the supply, and we have little hope for export to resume, even though breeding these fish is already happening.