Sea Dragon

[Ricordia]

Lovely dragons....

[ah^siao]

heard they are pretty hard to keep and they are pretty costly..

anyone out there keeping this delicate sea dragon?

[Terryz_]

Cannot keep...

[Gorgonia850]

Cannot keep...

So are how other reefers keep their precious sea dragon, cos come across a few websites from oversea showing their personal tank with this creature ?? Can advise & give more information, very interesed to know more on them?? Thanks in advance.

[chinmo]

don tink can get them oredi, years back, Reb**n had a exibition at IMM, they had these dragons for sale! they were awesome! but price is 1k then. another place is at underwater world, not for sale of cos. was seen a few years back 2, did nt remember seeing them during my last visit to underwater world. don noe where they go liao.

[Terryz_]

I mean in sg... can not keep lar...

[ah^siao]

i think they are under endangered species.. that's y cannot keep.. but defintely got ppl trying to keep them one...only in secret.. not showingin the public.. or else AVA will knock on your door...

[seamonkee]

I think if the reefers here do have them. They will keep their mouth shut about it.

Telling others is like a drug trafficker announcing to the whole world he is selling drugs openly...

Sea dragons are listed as endangered species... Very hard to keep also cause you need really chilly waters and a huge tank dedicated to it...

[FuEl]

They are listed under CITES I......same appendix with tigers and pandas if I am not wrong.

Anyway..they need waters around 20 degrees celcius to do well in the long run..not really sensible to buy such a powerful chiller just to keep these fish.

[metals99]

hehe.. if have tell lah share it..

i am sure AT would help cover.. and anyway this is online people couldn't just tale that everyone her is singaporean..

[FuEl]

One of my frens told me he knew of a rich 14-15 yr old here keeping ...even said that the guy managed to breed them...did'nt believe him though. So hard to maintain 1...much less to breed them.

[blacknails]

Underwater World does have them.. And the 3 or 4 dragons there look really really majestic and beautiful (healthy and well-fed too). They have one normal sea dragon and the rest all leafy ones. You're not supposed to use flash photography with them but lots of freakin irresponsible tourists I see use flash and dun care about the sign..

It's too bad they're endangered now but if they weren't and I was working, I would gladly spend thousands on them.. (Dun come and rob me now.. I ain't working and currently have only $20 in my bank account.. Hopefully soon to grow)..

And yeah... They're absoloutely beautiful... Just so so amazing...

[FuEl]

I have less than $1 in my bank account.

[chinmo]

Yep! they have the leafy and weedy..... 3 leafy and 2 weedy dragons. jus went todae to check on them , wanted to c the other types of SH, and found out they change the use to be pot belly Sh tank to a pirana tank! so stupid! only saw one miserable female pot belly in the shark's egg display! don noe where the rest( tink they use to have ard a hundred or so!) gone liao.

[FuEl]

The pirahnas have been there for years already......

When was the last time u went underwater world?

[chinmo]

haha! went there last yr, still gt alot of pots but tis yr they change the set up to pirana! last time pirana was at the use to be a theatre area, they even have a water dragon display! wat is reptile gt to do wif UNDERWATERWORLD! somemore the reps gt rubber snouts! poor fellow.

[FuEl]

They even had poison dartfrogs once though. Most are probably confiscated by authorities and passed to them. However, I have witnessed reptile and amphibian husbandry by the local tourist attractions and all I can say that their level of experience is sub-standard. OVERFED dartfrogs...mixed species housing..cramped enclosures..etc...