stupid country restrictions

[ClownLoachSharky]

Well, today i found out that you can only get 5 loaches into Australia because of quarantine restrictions. Now they are Clown Loach, Yo Yo Loach, Khuli Loach, Dwarf Chain Loach and Borneo Sucker.
That really saddens me because i love the Zebra Loach, Rosy loach and Bengal Loach but i guess i cant get any of them.
Anyway, Happy Loach Keeping

[glenna]

WOW, what a bummer
I guess they have their reasons.
Still, you have FIVE good types to experiment with and enjoy. I especially love my clowns and know they will give me years and years of pleasure as long as I keep up my part of the bargain!
What exactly do you have at this point?

[glenna]

WOW, what a bummer
I guess they have their reasons.
Still, you have FIVE good types to experiment with and enjoy. I especially love my clowns and know they will give me years and years of pleasure as long as I keep up my part of the bargain!
What exactly do you have at this point?

[glenna]

WOW, what a bummer
I guess they have their reasons.
Still, you have FIVE good types to experiment with and enjoy. I especially love my clowns and know they will give me years and years of pleasure as long as I keep up my part of the bargain!
What exactly do you have at this point?

[glenna]

yikes, I do not know why this posted THREE times (I know I am fascinating, but wow!)
sorry 'bout that

[ClownLoachSharky]

Haha lol, how did that happen, the most ive posted accidentally is 2

[mattyd]

I'm in Brisbane, and only last weekend I managed to find Botia Kubotai at a large petstore. I bought 15 of them, but at $20 each it wasn't a cheap exercise. There were still about 15 left. They were reffered to as 'Golden Chain loaches' or something. Some of the guys in the store knew exactly what they were, but they weren't advertising the fact because they are not on our allowable import list in Australia. To the untrained eye, they could actually look like small yoyo loaches.

I have already got about 15 Kubotai that I have collected from stores and other fish keepers over the last few years. So once these new guys pass quaranteen (in a 4ft tank full of cherry shrimp and snails), they will then go into their new 6ft tank home.
I also have about the same number of Zebra loaches (Striata). I am hoping to breed all of them at some stage (once they are big and old enough and have those huge bellies).

With regards to the Borneo suckers, I have found another local pet store that can get them in and frequently gets in 4-6 different species in the one lot of 10 fish at a time - ie, yellow fins, blue fins, pink fins, stripes/spots over the body, black or brown colouring. I had a huge collection of over 20 in a tank but unfortunately I had a dragon fly get into the house without me noticing and it laid eggs in about 3 different tanks (I didn't have glass lids on them).... turns out that that one dragon fly laid enough eggs that hatched into enough lavae that killed/bit 17 of my borneo suckers/sewellia, as well as a couple of kuhli loaches and kitty tetras. I haven't had the courage to go and buy replacement ones, but I will at some stage. I used to love seeing the flashes of bright yellow and pinks and blues as they chased each other off the algae covered rocks.

Fish Chicks here in Brisbane will ship fish all over Australia, and she can get in the Sewellia and other different gastromyzon and beufortia species.

I am still looking for the Dario, Rostrata, and Histrionica loaches though.

Matt

[ClownLoachSharky]

wow, thanks for that. will be sure to check that site. by the way where did you get the zebras and do you know the name of the place that sold the kubotia?

[zenins]

I am still looking for the Dario, Rostrata, and Histrionica loaches though.

I am lucky that have those three species, and more

Apparently, rules are changing here in Canada tomorrow, December 1st, but I have not been able to find the restricted fish list.
From what I have heard, many restricted species are from South-East Asia, so I hope that does not include loaches
They are trying to protect native game fish here from parasites and diseases.

[ClownLoachSharky]

That's a load of crap. You should stock up high on loaches just in case

[ClownLoachSharky]

I just figured something out At this pace, in a few years they should have zebras as regulars around. if not, I'll have to move to Canada