Australia
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Although not Australia, I made a similar extensive move from the US to an island off the coast Panama about 5 years ago.
I don't miss cold weather, shoveling snow, though life here in paradise has its own challenges.
Took me about 3 years to get a proper size tank going.
In LFSs the selection here is very mundane, and anything out of the ordinary can be quite expensive, I saw an arowana on the equivalent of Craigs list for $11K. Having fish shipped here, is probably impossible for many reasons
I have been most satisfied acquiring native Panamanian species from local fisherman, or collecting myself.
After 3 years fishes, a new (used) 180.
I don't miss cold weather, shoveling snow, though life here in paradise has its own challenges.
Took me about 3 years to get a proper size tank going.
In LFSs the selection here is very mundane, and anything out of the ordinary can be quite expensive, I saw an arowana on the equivalent of Craigs list for $11K. Having fish shipped here, is probably impossible for many reasons
I have been most satisfied acquiring native Panamanian species from local fisherman, or collecting myself.
After 3 years fishes, a new (used) 180.
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We have all the basic fish here, you would have to switch the arowana for a saratoga but you can still get rays and a selection of plecos and CA cichlids. Probably not the range you are used to but you can still get a nice variety. An example is you can always get firemouths but not any other variety of the thorichthys family. If you like predators then jags and festae and dovii are common too. Things like rays and polys are extremely expensive though, looking at approx $250AU for a poly as big as your little finger and $1500AU for a ray. I've seen certain L numbers well into the $1000s too.Depending on what state you are looking at settling in koi may or may not be legal.
what part of Australia are you thinking of moving to? I would recommend coming here for a holiday first and checking things out. It's a long way to pack everything up and come over only to find out it isn't what you expected. It's a cool place to live but it's really just another western country, besides some nice wildlife and scenery and weather (this also depends where you settle) you will have the same hassles you have anywhere else.i lived in the U.K for a few years and really enjoyed it but still had to work and pay rent etc. and it's the same scene here.
Feel free to ask any questions, I'm happy to answer them and I'm sure any other Aussies on here will too.
We have all the basic fish here, you would have to switch the arowana for a saratoga but you can still get rays and a selection of plecos and CA cichlids. Probably not the range you are used to but you can still get a nice variety. An example is you can always get firemouths but not any other variety of the thorichthys family. If you like predators then jags and festae and dovii are common too. Things like rays and polys are extremely expensive though, looking at approx $250AU for a poly as big as your little finger and $1500AU for a ray. I've seen certain L numbers well into the $1000s too.Depending on what state you are looking at settling in koi may or may not be legal.
what part of Australia are you thinking of moving to? I would recommend coming here for a holiday first and checking things out. It's a long way to pack everything up and come over only to find out it isn't what you expected. It's a cool place to live but it's really just another western country, besides some nice wildlife and scenery and weather (this also depends where you settle) you will have the same hassles you have anywhere else.i lived in the U.K for a few years and really enjoyed it but still had to work and pay rent etc. and it's the same scene here.
Feel free to ask any questions, I'm happy to answer them and I'm sure any other Aussies on here will too.
Im actually moving to Oz next year as well, just picked up the keys to my new house today...
Like you, will be giving up the freedom to own certain fish i want as easily but compared to the crap going on back home and the limited living space i’m happy to go for a change...
However, i do agree with ogretron3000 above, best to give it a visit and see how you feel as different states will have different weather conditions so need to see what you’re after...
Like you, will be giving up the freedom to own certain fish i want as easily but compared to the crap going on back home and the limited living space i’m happy to go for a change...
However, i do agree with ogretron3000 above, best to give it a visit and see how you feel as different states will have different weather conditions so need to see what you’re after...
I was in Sydney Australia for a week on RnR in 1970, I never saw a koala, or a kangaroo, much less a spider, one of my buddies did find the clap though.
Here in Panama irritating bugs are everywhere. I need shake out my pants and shoes every morning before putting them on, I forgot once and the scorpion below, put a hole in my ass cheek.
I would think some of those Australian native fish species would be quite enjoyable to keep.
Here in Panama irritating bugs are everywhere. I need shake out my pants and shoes every morning before putting them on, I forgot once and the scorpion below, put a hole in my ass cheek.
I would think some of those Australian native fish species would be quite enjoyable to keep.
Hi,
Thank you for the detailed reply.
We have family in Brisbane so we are looking at going to spend some time with them (4-5 weeks) to see if we like it.... plus I’ll visit a few LFS whilst we are there lol
A few years ago I would have jumped at the chance but we are now on the property ladder and I have my own business. Things are a little more complicated now as we’d have to start over again.
Jay
In Australia (especially during summer) its recommended to shake out our shoes / boots and stuff before putting them on as well...
If you go to Brisbane you are guaranteed nice weather and beaches. Not sure what the fishkeeping scene is like there though. I'm down in chilly Melbourne, winters here are like the U.K almost.
What sort of business do you have, there's a bit of a shortage of certain trades here at the moment so if you are in the right line of work it could be a good opportunity too.
Between the legal limitations and the extensive quarantine for livestock importings, the fish that I'm interested in are either unavailable or so rare that the prices are obnoxious in Australia.
That'd put me off moving to there if fishkeeping was something I still wanted to do.
UKs quite a nice place to live in that regard, very little prohibited fish to keep compared to others.
That'd put me off moving to there if fishkeeping was something I still wanted to do.
UKs quite a nice place to live in that regard, very little prohibited fish to keep compared to others.
