perfect_prefect;2342514; said:that law would make it illegal to keep the fish, whether or not you had it before the ban or not. i doubt they have a grandfather clause in it. otherwise people could still be breeding them. damn that sucks for all you aussies, its already hard enough for you to get cool fish way way way down under, now itll be illegal. have to just start keeping native fish. or are they illegal too?
You are probably right about the grandfather clause. The point I was trying to make is that I would be very surprised if they strictly enforced these laws in terms of seeking out current dovii or other banned fish owners. Where you will see the real impact of the law is in the effect on importation and sale of these fish.