Import of LS from abroad

[chris21]

I had a friend in this region that is doing this business. They uses traditional methods of catching, away from drugs or exposive.

As for price, i think is very reasonable as they are doing mainly export to europe and asia.

(all medium size)

Eg: Emperor angel @SD$40/ Two Colored Angelfish or Eibl’s @SD$4.50. Latticed Butterfly@SD$6.00 / Brown Sailfin Tang@$8 and so on...

Cheap rite? Still can be cheaper if i managed to get more boxes in. I put this notice , not to earn profit but to gather more pple to order coz i need to order at least 100 LS to fill up one box minimum. PM me your LS choice and Qty..

I will then let u know the prices.. lastly, a 50% deposit is required before i make the order to avoid no collection when LS arrived. THks

Angelfishes

Three Spot Angelfish Apolemichthys trimaculatus

Two Colored Angelfish Centropyge bicolor

Coral Beauty Centropyge bispinosus

Eibl’s Angelfish Centropyge eibli

Blue Girdled Angelfish Euxiphipops navarchus

Six Barred Angel Pomacanthus imperator

Emperor Angel Pomacanthus imperator

Anemonefishes

Black Anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus

Anemone Demoiselle Amphiprion ocellaris

Yellow Panther Labrachinus sp.

Saddle Back Clown Amphiprion polymnus

Parrotfishes

Bicolor Parrotfish Cetosarcus bicolor

Lionfishes

Spotfin Lionfish Pterois antennata

Tailbar Lionfish Pterois radiate

Anthias

Square Anthias Pseudoanthias pleurotaenia

Foxfaces

Fox Face Lo vulpinus

Gobies

Golden Head Sleeper Goby Valencienna strigata

Bar Goby Ptereleotris zebra

Pale Gudgeon Special Ptereleotris heteropterus

Butterflyfishes

Threadfin Butterfly Chaetodon auriga

Bennet’s Butterfly Chaetodon bennetti

Saddleback Butterfly Chaetodon ephippium

Racoon Butterfly Chaetodon lunula

Pearl-Scaled Butterfly Chaetodon xanthurus

Red Sea Butterfly Chaetodon mesolencus

Eight Banded Butterfly Chaetodon octofasciatus

Latticed Butterfly Chaetodon raflesi

Double Saddlebutt Butterfly Chaetodon ulietensis

Vagabond Butterfly Chaetodon vagabundus

Copper Band Butterfly Chelmon rostratus

Long-nosed Butterfly Forcipiger flavissimus

Pyramid Butterfly Hemitauricthys polylepis

Humheat Bannerfish Heniochus varius

Boxfishes

Longhorned Cowfish Lactoria cornuta

Polkadot boxfish Ostracion cubicus

Wrasses

Red Breasted Wrasserin Cheilinus fasciatus

Bird Wrasse (brown) Gomphosus varius

Checker Board Wrasse Helichoeres hortulanus

Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus

Dragon Wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus

Sweetlips

Harlequin Sweetlips Plectorhincus chaetodonoides

Yellow Banded Sweetlips Plectorhincus lineatus

Damsels

Reticulated Damsel Dascyllus reticulates

White Tail Damsel Dascyllus aruanus

Three Spotted Damsel Dascyllus trimaculatus

Black Tailed Humbug Dascyllus melanurus

Zanclidae

Moorish Idol Zanclus canescens

Tangs

Brown Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma scopes

Pacific Sailfin Tang Zebrasoma veliferum

Cardinalfishes

Gold Stripped Cardinalfish Apogon cyanosoma

Pajama Cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematoptera

Filefishes

Prickly Leather Jacket Chaetodermis penicilligerus

Harlequin Filefish Oxymonachantus longirostris

Triggerfishes

Clown Triggerfish Blistoides conspicillum

Undulate Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus

Redtooth Triggerfish Odonos niger

Painted Triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus

Black Patch Trigger Rhinecanthus verrucosus

[andysho]

anyway are u able to get true percula clown kekekeke

it will be great~~~~

[FuEl]

I would be interested in Helfrich's dart goby....IF the price is reasonable.

[Wei]

Hi chris21,

the price is sure attractive. However, I have some queries.

For every shipment of LS, there will sure be DOA. Unless u can guranttee that the LS come arrive in gd condition, not dead or dying.

If unlucky, the LS didn't make it, will i be able to collect back my deposit???

For yr side, if the LS arrived dead & buyers are able to refund the deposit, who is going to cover yr shipping cost.

Most of the time, the shipping actually cost 1 to 2 times the LS cost. So, the total will not be cheap.

I assume the box is standard size we normally see in farms or shops. To squeeze 100 LS into 1 box is possible. Unless they are small fishes. but if u gonna include angels, butterfly...its not possible. They are bigger & need bigger packing.

Just my opinion.

Cheers.

Wei

[reefer guy]

bro, i think u have to get a license first, cost u $350 (if im not wrong)and u have to show that u r company distributor or exporter. try calling AVA first before u make any drastic moves.... i did had a contact before from the Philippines and i was able to negotiate w them 5 boxes of ls, fishes and invertibrates for merely US$120.... luckily i checked it with AVA and they knew the situation... they asked me if im a hobbiest and so i told them i am... they started telling me incidents previously that happened which are same cases as mine, and in the end, the hobbiests got it more expensive or left it in the customs.... try checking it with AVA, just to make sure...

[yus75]

chris mayb u shld also list down the price of the LS too ya to make tings easier for every1 here......

just my suggestion only ya....

[siglap]

price of Helfrich's dart goby . i would love to have one too pm you

[Achilles Tang]

Be realistic guys... many of us have been in this hobby long enough to have 'friends' and 'contacts' for cheap livestock. Many of us have tried importing... but gave up due to sheer frustration and lack of confidence (not in ourselves).

I won't want to start telling you about the problems you will face with DOA livestock and shady characters who send you rubbish after collecting your money. How much do you know about the collector?

What are you going to do with sick, damaged or dying fish? Do you the acclimatization skills and treatment know-how on how to cope?

Do you even know the kind of paperwork that you have to clear with AVA and the Singapore customs, not to mention worry about the transportation planning and the handling? Are you clear about the actual costs including transportation?

But if you want to try out this bulk order, I wish you lots of luck coz you will need it!

But I will be tracking this thread also because it borders on commercialism coz I do not know if you are working for a LFS or not. Perhaps if you can be more transparent?

[Wei]

Hi chris21,

Since someone had brought up the issue of paperwork. Just to add that one will need to have import/export licence.

Getting hold of the licence is more than just paying money. There are many requirements.

Of course, if u are able to get the LS & the price is gd, no harm trying.

As for Helfrich's dart goby, I think its found in the western pacific region if i remember correctly. Not sure can find in Indo or the phil.

cheers!

Wei

[ah^siao]

withour proper paperwork u wun clear the customs... now the customs alot more strict..