China Fish Bananza

[mad ness]

great shots. I can't believe they have a blue eyed panaque there. must cost a fortune given how rare they are....

there's like 15 blue eyes in one shop here in HK. 900USD for a 12incher is the cheapest i've been able to find from a private seller. this is an example where it's more expensive in china than HongKong because it's imported to HK first, then to China.

 

[Somethingfishyinc.net]

How do they get them in? Much of these fishes, other exotics are not available or not suppose to be collected? Does HK/China have what we call customs agents here or gov. inspectors to check what comes & goes or it is loose regulations or is there no regulations on exotics? I think you stated that China breeds/raises a lot or most of the animals? Like to see pics of the farms that raise a lot of these fishes & exotic animals. I imagine that may not happen because they do not want someone to know how they do it?
I know when talking to a couple exporters when I was in Peru last year it was big business for them from Asia & Europe. Stated they pay more money to just get the fish. USA more strict & cost more to bring them in?

 

[limz_777]

whats the name of this fish market ? love this one-stop pet place

 

[Clyde]

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Its a fire sale!

 

[Fat Homer]

homer, according to regulations, you can carry any fish back so long as it's not on an endangered species protection list. Look up cites hongkong for the list. Applies to both train and auto boarder crossings.

Thanks for the info, i may just have to hit up that fish market when i goto China to visit my tattoo artist...

I don't think it's fair to judge or condemn them based on the living conditions you see there.. it's a different culture so has different expectations and cultural "norms."

Plus, how many fish in your LFS are NOT kept in technically overcrowded conditions? I'm sure we've all visited plenty of LFS with overcrowded 10/20/30G tanks which we accept because we understand that they have the filtration to cope with the waste and the fish will not be in those conditions for long.

For the fish in that market to appear as healthy as they do, I'm sure they must have a massive turnover and stay in those tanks for only a very small amount of time. They probably spend less time in those tanks then the fish you buy from interstate vendors spend in bags during shipping, and thats without any filtration or water turnover at all..

Not having a go at anyone here, just asking that people keep it in perspective

-Dave

Very true, although i can't speak for the market in the picture, there is a very similar market in Hong Kong, and there fish turnover in the "bags" hanging on the wall is amazingly fast... like i normally go early afternoon and do a couple of rounds, at which point, some of the nicer fish are already gone...

 

[Redearsunfish]

now i have seen everyting.

 

[shrimpy1]

As someone said, there is a heavy reliance on water changes in China to keep fish healthy. Dunno what exactly it is, but their tap water is very good for the fish according to many people I know who live there. I've heard so many people who've lived in both china and US, and complain how they can keep fish so easily in china but not here. Could be that their water is unprocessed natural water with all the biological activity intact, rather than the sterile water from huge manmade resevoirs here in the US with large chemical additions. That's also why tap water in China is not safe to drink though.

Imagine how nice it would be to just turn on the tap and have perfect water for your fish! Dunno if it would offset the inconvenience of un-potable water for drinking thought.