WTB Steatocranus irvinei

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Have been looking for S. irvinei for a while. Any pointers are being appreciated. Thanks.

 

[tjudy]

They are around... not being bred as far as I know, but there are some around. There were two nice ones in the ACA show last July. I know that Rick Perez in Chicago had one in the show, but I do not know if he has others. The problem with importing that species is that it si really mean to others of its kind, and the country of origin doe snot have a well established fish export system. Shipment do make it out of Ghana, but not on aregular basis... or so I have been told.

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Ted, could you please send Rick's contact information by PM? Thanks. (Please ignore this message if you already responded to the email I sent you a few days ago. I'm currently traveling in the DC area and don't have access to my home email account.)

Janos

 

[Xanathos]

I have like 20 youngs growing up right now. I've been keeping a trio ( 1 male and 2 females ) for about 3 years now and they are breeding like rabbits ever since. The problem is : nobody knows about them around here so I'm always struggling to sell my youngs.

Still, I keep breeding them for fun, they are one of my favorite fish ever !

Let me know if you would like to try shipping.

Phil

 

[tjudy]

Yes!!! Let's try shipping. If you need insulated boxes, heat packs and breather bags let me know. Janos wants some, and I need them as well for and article in the works on the genus.

Ted

 

[Xanathos]

Send me an MP with the informations.
I never tried to ship live fish from Canada to USA so we might have a bit of work to do to get it done but i'd be glad to share this species with you guys if we can manage it

Phil

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Hi Ted and Phil: Do we want to do this in one single shipment? Might make it cheaper, given that we have to import the fish from Canada.

I'd take a small group.

Phil, I'll send you a PM.

Janos

 

[apisto-nut]

where in canada are you ?

I may want some too :biggrin:

 

[tjudy]

Getting fish shipped across from Canada is not easy to do without the right permits in place. Where in Canada are you?

Ted

 

[Gordon C. Snelling]

I to might well be interested in some if things can be worked out and the price is doable.

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

We are in the process of sorting out shipping and import options. Will keep you posted.

 

[freshwaterfishfan]

Count me in, too.
Steve

 

[Xanathos]

I'm in Quebec city, Quebec. I think that shipping one batch will be complicated enought so I rather send it in a single shot and let you guys sort it out

As for the price, just don't worry about it

Phil

 

[aquaticclarity]

Let's just make this easy...ship the spawning pair to me and I'll distribute the off-spring to everyone :biggrin: As it sounds like there are way more takers on the fish then you have fry to ship.

I'd like t get some as well. I had the fish a few years ago but lost them (12 fish) due to unknown reasons. But unless you have another spawn growing up I think the count puts me on the waiting list.

And you can't move these things by you???

Jeff

 

[Xanathos]

Let's just make this easy...ship the spawning pair to me and I'll distribute the off-spring to everyone :biggrin:

he he he.. Nice try

And you can't move these things by you???

It used to be much easier to bring fish throught the border in our lugages but thanks to some new US laws, you need to have a permit, schedule a meeting with some veterinary , which is only available at one frontier station, etc etc. Lots of troubles.

I can bring fish back from the USA with ease but I cannot enter with them, sadly

Phil

 

[aquaticclarity]

I meant "There isn't a "market" for S. irvinei in Canada?"

The border hassles are not something I like to deal with if I can avoid it. I've lost a fair number of fish due to customs being unable to process incoming fish for various reasons.

Jeff

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Still trying to make this work. Unfortunately, most of the "pros" do not consider 20 irvinei worthwhile their time. I'm not ready to give up quite yet and will continue to do some shopping around.

 

[jmtrops]

I don't know if it is the same as shipping to canada but I used to ship fish with FedEx to canada. I didn't tell them they were fish, told them it something non living and didn't have a problem. This doesn't work with big fish but small fish in breather bags might work.

Jim

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Theoretically, this might work. Phil doesn't want to take a chance with the fish, which I understand. I have been (and still am) trying to work something out with various US-based dealers, but it looks like 20 fish are just not worthwhile their time and efforts.