As a Yank aquarist specializing in N. American fishes, I'm very curious to find out what the native fish keeping scene is like in Australia, what restrictions you have to deal with, etc. You've got such an interesting native fish assemblage there that seems to be relatively little known at least outside of the country that it'd be a shame if these were being ignored in favor of the same old tired SE Asian and S. American imports. And, it might just be the final impetus for me to emirate!
Native fish keepers in Australia
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Don't move if your life is fish, sooner or later you'll have what we have and so so much more.
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I dont think we have as big of selection on african cichlids here, and pirhanas are a no no but there is a pretty big aquarit culture here tho 
google noxious fish list Auatralia n u shud find something there
google noxious fish list Auatralia n u shud find something thereThe culture is good, and having said what I did earlier, you can have what you want if your willing to fork out some VERY VERY serious coin.
A clown knife is $400
A silver aro $500
L190 is $800
L27 is $2000
Leopoldi rays, well at the moment no one is breeding so it'd be $20,000 plus
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A clown knife is $400
A silver aro $500
L190 is $800
L27 is $2000
Leopoldi rays, well at the moment no one is breeding so it'd be $20,000 plus
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Instead of silver aro u could get saratoga leichardti for $40 forr 10cm fingerlings, n there are native fresh water rays from darwin called whiptail rays, not $20000!
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Yeah but i don't know a great deal of people with an aquarium capable of holding a fresh/brackish water stingray with potential to reach 2m in diameter. The cost to transport such a fish would be insane too, considering the remoteness of the Kimberly region. Also, being a relative of the giant Mekong river stingray, they would be a very sensitive fish.
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i have a tank with 4X gold travally, dog tooth moses perch, long tom (baracuda), monos, scats (red & silver), leaf fish
Have to agree and disagree, I have seen rays go all the time for not too much never 20 000, LFS had a lep also and did not want 20 000 for it, when asked how much for all the fish in his show tank he said 12-15 which included 2 other rays pacu and large arows. Few weeks back they where also selling a pair of rays for 1200 each not sure which ray. before this months back they where selling juvie rays for 400$ each so maybe its just leps that cost a bit but theirs many other rays that are very affordable.
plecos well thats a different ball game, with most L numbers though they always hike in price no matter the area, I dont know any L collector who gets rare L numbers cheap but down here is most likely the worse place for L numbers, slowly getting there but very slowly the l333s have dropped a lot and zebras are going down slowly also.
But most other fish are great, almost all the cichlids we can get few africans that are hard but most amercicans are around we dont have the super red texas and freddies but the rest are here maybe theirs a few but majority are.
I dont which fish we dont have they are all here mainly just have to pay a bit more as per everything here.
plecos well thats a different ball game, with most L numbers though they always hike in price no matter the area, I dont know any L collector who gets rare L numbers cheap but down here is most likely the worse place for L numbers, slowly getting there but very slowly the l333s have dropped a lot and zebras are going down slowly also.
But most other fish are great, almost all the cichlids we can get few africans that are hard but most amercicans are around we dont have the super red texas and freddies but the rest are here maybe theirs a few but majority are.
I dont which fish we dont have they are all here mainly just have to pay a bit more as per everything here.