Week 4 - 22th to 28th March 2004

[Dispar_Anthias]

Sl philippine shipment arrive liao.. once again got the fish i like

1)sunburst anthias (pseudanthias latus)- very nice and good condition... got big one and small one but nice and giant ones all my fren take liao .... left smaller ones ard 3-4cm

2)pseudanthias smithvanizi( princess anthias)- Very good size and nice fishes but once again big and nice one my fren and I took liao but still gto many

3)pseudanthias pascalus(purple anthias)- very nice and good conditon

4)pseuanthias imeldae( tiger anthias)- both juv and adult available

5)powder brown tang

6)regal angel

7)herald angel

8)saddle clown

9)scopas tang

[clammy]

Well, considering how "on the ball" AVA is with CITES stocks, dont think anybody will be foolish enuff to come in so much of controlled items. if one or two pcs... maybe can "hide hide" lah. but in such huge quantities??!!

Application of CITES is expensive and bulky.

Bulky:Since the cost PER PERMIT is high, it will not make sense for any LFS to import small amounts of lifestock as it will render the selling price per pcs too high.

And, the CITES come in fix quantities of A species too. and if what they told me was true, minimum quantity for clams is 500pcs per CITES. Of course you can import less, but wont make much economical sense since you have already paid for the quota.

My two cents.

[FuEl]

Bulky:Since the cost PER PERMIT is high, it will not make sense for any LFS to import small amounts of lifestock as it will render the selling price per pcs too high.

And, the CITES come in fix quantities of A species too. and if what they told me was true, minimum quantity for clams is 500pcs per CITES. Of course you can import less, but wont make much economical sense since you have already paid for the quota.

My two cents.

CITES applications are not that expensive to apply for. It's only a few dollars. It's the cost of freight, etc that marks up the cost. And your application can be nulled if the authorities find it inappropriate even though its by rights, legal.

I don't think there is a minimum amount per permit. More likely it's the maximum amount instead. If the minimum amount was 500pcs our oceans would be devoid of clams by now. Furthermore, WC specimens would have a lower maximum quota than CB specimens. 500 pcs still seem rather unbelievable to me. 100-200pcs sounds more believable.

[clammy]

Ahh... dats why not many LFS have the ability to come in big shipments, and frequently. if the minimum quantity is too little, any LFS would be able to apply CITES, and the exporters on their side will have lots of paperwork to do all the time and the CITES regulating party on the export side will have a hell of a time inspecting every export shipment?? And our dearest AVA *puke* will also have a hard time tracking each and every origin of each individual pce/shipment?

Anyway, badly offtopic.. ;P

Everyone is entitled to thier own views until someone with more concrete knowledge can share their wisdom.

Anyway, heard Pac#### Ma#### also coming in Clams!! Hope theirs will be better and cheaper too!!

Wonder how many clams they will import??

[19percula]

Ahh... dats why not many LFS have the ability to come in big shipments, and frequently. if the minimum quantity is too little, any LFS would be able to apply CITES, and the exporters on their side will have lots of paperwork to do all the time and the CITES regulating party on the export side will have a hell of a time inspecting every export shipment?? And our dearest AVA *puke* will also have a hard time tracking each and every origin of each individual pce/shipment?

Anyway, badly offtopic.. ;P

Everyone is entitled to thier own views until someone with more concrete knowledge can share their wisdom.

Anyway, heard Pac#### Ma#### also coming in Clams!! Hope theirs will be better and cheaper too!!

Wonder how many clams they will import??

bro u know when their shipment coming in?

[that was niceeeee]

anyone know where got sel big lions volitan

[Volitan]

anyone know where got sel big lions volitan

Saw some russelli lions at Ocean Planet, about 4-5 inches, and 2 radiatas at Sealife, 4-5 inches too.

[Maxima]

Anyone see any Blastomussa around? Have not seen these corals for several months ...........there seem to be abundance in US & Europe.....................CITES

Blastomussa ID and Care for Reef Keepers

Max

[FuEl]

Lots of 'pom pom' crabs at eAquarist..also lots of ###### shrimps (thor amboinensis). Some unique shrimps (the 'helicopter' shrimps in my tank section)

[that was niceeeee]

volitan or anyboy here which know where is ocean planet is?n wats their telephone umber?

[that was niceeeee]

btw does pasir ris fish farm have lons?

[bubble_gum]

went t95 seletar today. lots of hard corals. bubbles, frogspawn, octopus,goni, fox, matellic brain, green prata, clams

[absolut_vodka]

how's the prata condition in t95?

i'm looking for other color pratas too... anyone else sighted them?

[19percula]

the pratas there are very nice and healty bought one from there today

[strat]

the pratas there are very nice and healty bought one from there today

Anymore left and can PM me the price?

[19percula]

a lot left about 15+

as for price better ask the ah pek there

lol

[strat]

a lot left about 15+

as for price better ask the ah pek there

lol

Thanks!!!

[absolut_vodka]

15+! wow!

Great! Will be popping by later to grab some!

[strat]

What time t95 close?

[absolut_vodka]

dunno leh... called the number provided in our lfs list but no one picked out. just have to try my luck, i guess.

[jc85]

Normally they close at 6.30pm if I'm not wrong.

[strat]

Normally they close at 6.30pm if I'm not wrong.

Thanks!! Now super heavy rain.....i think I better go tomorrow...

[lightningstrike]

i juz got back from T95. 15+ is referring to the no. of pratas left. price is ard $30 to $35. all bicolour. green. as of juz now ard 1630hrs, abt 10 pcs left. Red monti abt 5 left, $30 each. quite a substantial no. of bubbles, white, blue and brown. no green.

[thioeh]

Any clam, looking for squamosa or derasa 5 - 6 inch ?

[lightningstrike]

saw some maxima...... think abt 5 left. all from last wk shipment. not very nice IMO. abt 10 croceas left.