Bowfin
- Thread starter westtncat
- Start date
Same here. Prefer big 12-15 inches or larger. Small ones will work out too.Madding;4986263; said:
westtncat;4987247; said:Im thinking the shipping of a large fish would be too expensive. Much easier to ship a juvenile. Not saying impossible. I think bowfin grow pretty fast tho.
The only thing with small bowfins as they don't ship well unless they are a 6-8"+.
i might be interested in one 6 to 10 inches for the right price if its legal i can only find big ones behind my house
keep in mind a few things with bowfin (some of which have already been alluded to, but are worth clarifying/repeating) :
- juvenile bowfin are very sensitive, i would make sure you have experience maintaining them and rearing them to stable size before committing to too much. for every 5-10 very small YOY fish, only 1-2 seem to make it to 6-8"
- legal issues are a big deal, i would talk to the DNR and find out what your state regulations are. in most cases, if they are small fish taken from the wild you can't sell them, but you never know until you look it up/talk with them.
- on shipping from the US to Canada or vice versa...this is a major pain and i would not get into it unless you have a lot of extra time to do the paperwork, deal with US Fish & wildlife, pay the fees for export permits, etc. trust me, i have researched this thoroughly and done it for the reverse (Canada to US). small YOY (young of the year) bowfin also ship extremely poorly, so it would be an especially risky/costly endeavor on several levels.
best of luck - at the very least you should keep some for yourself and raise them - they are great fish and bulletproof once they hit that 8" mark!--
--solomon
- juvenile bowfin are very sensitive, i would make sure you have experience maintaining them and rearing them to stable size before committing to too much. for every 5-10 very small YOY fish, only 1-2 seem to make it to 6-8"
- legal issues are a big deal, i would talk to the DNR and find out what your state regulations are. in most cases, if they are small fish taken from the wild you can't sell them, but you never know until you look it up/talk with them.
- on shipping from the US to Canada or vice versa...this is a major pain and i would not get into it unless you have a lot of extra time to do the paperwork, deal with US Fish & wildlife, pay the fees for export permits, etc. trust me, i have researched this thoroughly and done it for the reverse (Canada to US). small YOY (young of the year) bowfin also ship extremely poorly, so it would be an especially risky/costly endeavor on several levels.
best of luck - at the very least you should keep some for yourself and raise them - they are great fish and bulletproof once they hit that 8" mark!--
--solomon
As E_americanus pointed out, there is some paperwork to fill out. Usually a phytosanitary certificate. These are pretty simple if you're order tropicals in a temperate area. Ordering fish that can survive in local waters, and worse ordering North American natives, makes it more complicated.
The shipping part is actually very easy and affordable. When I brough in a 24" black tip reef shark for a client, the price of shipping was only about $100. They go cargo on the airlines, the same way all the fish in your LFS get there from the farms of the southern US and Asia.
The shipping part is actually very easy and affordable. When I brough in a 24" black tip reef shark for a client, the price of shipping was only about $100. They go cargo on the airlines, the same way all the fish in your LFS get there from the farms of the southern US and Asia.
how do i breed silver arowanas? can i just get a male and a female and make them live together and eventually babies will appear?
