Fish from HK

[Travy]

Just came back from HK, Visited the gold fish street there.

Alot of marine fish shops, tons of impressive corals and alot of fishes seldom seen in sg.

Cant halp it, bought a few thinkin i could get by the airport. But.. Haiz...

They told me that because fishes r in water... so unless the bag contains less then 100ml then they'll let me bring it on board.

But the info i got from the AVA website said its ok leh... waste my Effort of carry two bags of fish ard hk...

[ReDDeviLs]

omg wat a waste.. what u did to the fishes than?

[Travy]

The lady at the check in counter just took it from me.

Wa lau... was so damn angry at that time.

Had bought a couple of chalk bass and an yellow tail angelfish...

WAT A WASTE!!!!!

http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfact.../cmeredithi.htm

[Terryz_]

`You could have just check in with the luggage... Just place it in your luggage...

That is why i thought there is contradiction in the regulation about the 100ml rule when AVA can allow hobbyist to bring in fishes in 5kg of water...

[Travy]

I did ask to put the fishes in my luggage and check it into cargo.

But the lady at the check out counter said no, its too cold or something like that, but then where by my brain is just switched off.

Man!

Anyways, i emailed AVA about the contradiction thing. If they make amendments. I'll put it here when they get back to me.

MY POOR FISHES DIED IN VAIN!

The funny thing is... why 100ml of water? I think i missed the part where the world's geniuses decided that if someone carried 200ml container of water will put the whole plane in danger compared to some who has like ten 100ml bottles of liquid.

[Travy]

Ok guys. Just got a call from AVA.

They said that the 5L 30 pieces of live fishes thing is no longer applicable.

Since the 100ml rule. If u can keep yur pets in 100ml of water then well... good for u.

The AVA rule now only conforms to land and sea travels.

[Terryz_]

Ok guys. Just got a call from AVA.

They said that the 5L 30 pieces of live fishes thing is no longer applicable.

Since the 100ml rule. If u can keep yur pets in 100ml of water then well... good for u.

The AVA rule now only conforms to land and sea travels.

I think it is applicable to hand carry only right.. Haha...

[VanDeam]

Quote From :

Volune 1

The Reef Aquarium

by Charles Delbeek and Julian Sprung

Pic insert .

I got friends bringing in this way a few mths ago after the implication of new rules .

but only work if flight time is less than 8hrs .

and only try on SPS and zoos before .

they transported using less than 50mls of water for 2-3 pieces of SPS and small frags of zoo .

but i do know after transport pieces are prone to protozan infection

[sadist]

I think it is applicable to hand carry only right.. Haha...

ya lah,

if you check in your fishes into the luggages,

who knows and cares what goes into the cargo compartment.

As long as you dont hand carry them,

you are well within the guidelines.

So you still can buy lots of fishes and check them in.

There is no restriction on the items in your check-in luggage,

and thats an international regulation.

[Travy]

Hi Terryz, Yah can handcarry... but in less then 100ml of water la. And it applys to all flights long and short.

well... The cargo area in the plane dont have temp control.

And it gets abt -20 way up there... and if you r caught, via scans, random checks etc, u r again subjected to animal rights laws...

[BFG]

Cargo area does have temperature control, only that a couple of section has these, not all.

[sky]

so, what's the conclution?\hand carry or luggage?

[Travy]

Hand carry definately cannot. unless you wanna get chase down the plane by the people there...

Try your luggages la. The best bet.

AS mentioned, no restrictions on check in luggages... Good luck bro. If can help me buy some nice fishes back too haha!