New Monster Fish Shop on the island! -- all the stars are lining up
- Thread starter islandguy11
- Start date
All types of catfish / rays / chiclids... almost anything you can think of comes through here... just some fish are more seasonal than others...
No Alaskan
but nearly half my life has been spent in Asia now after graduating from uni.
Lol, yeah I have
Perhaps I'll reveal in the near future -- first I want to make sure I wasn't scammed on the fish I put a deposit on -- I'm starting to get a little worried after a rather strange PayPal snafu has arisen -- Seller is asking me to request PayPal for a refund because of some problem with his PayPal account; then afterwards re-send the payment to another account.But PP is closed over the weekend and I can't get much help until tomorrow to resolve the matter. Of course I'm not re-sending and money to another account until my first payment has been fully refunded from PP (nor is Seller pressuring me to do so). Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I've never had to do like this on PP, will let you know how it works out (and if it is a scam will certainly spread the word).
I suppose the same could be said of Bangkok (given Chatuchak aquarium market is there), but in any case what monster fish they may have there rarely trickle out to the provinces, where local people again just don't have the mindset (or maybe money) to keep monster fish (hate to generalize but Thais are also quite a bit lazier than Chinese
There's also the fact that most locally bred stock goes overseas, where breeders can get quite a bit more money for their fish compared to domestic market.
Ooh I can't wait to hear what you got. It's killing me to wait 
You can go Bangkok chatuchak market to find all your monster fish
I suppose the same could be said of Bangkok (given Chatuchak aquarium market is there), but in any case what monster fish they may have there rarely trickle out to the provinces, where local people again just don't have the mindset (or maybe money) to keep monster fish (hate to generalize but Thais are also quite a bit lazier than Chinese
There's also the fact that most locally bred stock goes overseas, where breeders can get quite a bit more money for their fish compared to domestic market.
That makes sense, i thought maybe you were in one of the larger cities of Thailand... if you are in the provinces then it would be similar to China then...
Where you may find a few monsters in provinces, but you’d need to hit up big cities and those fish markets for the constant availability of monsters...
Lol sorry bro I know it's a tad cruelOoh I can't wait to hear what you got. It's killing me to wait
but first I want to have more confidence that I'm not actually getting (quite elaborately) scammed on my fish order -- will have a better idea when trying to resolve with PayPal tomorrow -- lol I've had enough egg on my face with this "$200" tank already 
