public aquarium illegal fish

[Bottomfeeder]

public aquariums and research facilities can house illegal fish right?
cuz an aquarium up here has 3ft (?) Super Red Arowana.
unfortunately, hes in like a 6 foot tank. its crystal clear and fish are healthy, but there isnt enough room.
(Off topic, but they also have a Lungfish in a tank with about 6'' of free room when outstretches, a few Bamboo Sharks in a 55g, mammoth Electric Eel in an 8ft tank. all are clean and healthy but...come on...)

 

[Lupin]

For educational and scientific purposes, the government can grant permits for those very reasons, just not for private aquaria for the most part.

 

[snaggle]

As far as I know there is a group that you bring conserns up to about the care of animals in zoos and aquariums, I am not sure of he name of hand, But if you PM "zoodiver" he can help you out.

 

[groovitudedude]

Yeah, there are a couple of aquariums in California that have gars, rays, and piranhas on display.

 

[Gene0514]

yeah I saw it
Its in the NY Aquarium
The aro was just floating in the corner
Here's my thread with pics
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137984

 

[spring007]

Private owners can get permits...at least in cali (that's what I heard)

 

[pupumole]

Private owners can get permits...at least in cali (that's what I heard)

tell me when u do xD and good luck

 

[kagami]

tell me when u do xD and good luck

True it's hard and impossible.

 

[random fish guy]

man, so I guess if you have a permit it's ok to keep them in tanks much too small for there size. what a crock!

 

[SOKO]

The thing about the Brooklyn Aquarium is that from what I've seen it is more oriented toward marine fish. Not realy much freshwater, and maybe they just don't know that much about freshwater fish