Arofanatics Fish Talk Forums  

Go Back   Arofanatics Fish Talk Forums > General Aquatic Forums > General Freshwater Forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-11-2011, 05:23 PM   #1
mrnyunus
Dragon
 
mrnyunus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,361
Thumbs up Amazon basin

Hi all,
Stumbled on dis website with pix of some of prized expensive fishes here but not there in the amazon rivers....The reality of exotic fish keeping

http://www.junglephotos.com/amazon/a...iversity.shtml
mrnyunus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2011, 07:43 PM   #2
lucas_1957
Dragon
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 996
Default

Yes, i agree, but i guess those fishes are even more important to them than us, because if we dont have these fishes we will not die, as for them if they dont have those fishes their whole family will starve
lucas_1957 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2011, 08:43 PM   #3
Daniel_Tan183
Arofanatic
 
Daniel_Tan183's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 381
Default

Even Payaras end up on the dinner plate... wonder how they sink in the knife into the L24 skin....
Daniel_Tan183 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2011, 08:52 PM   #4
sloke
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Such fishes so expensive in Asia yet the local of Amazon so easily obtained daily. If they know the price, they will not eat but sell then make more money instead.
  Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2011, 09:11 PM   #5
CBTG
Dragon
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 688
Default

Maybe they have try to sell before but cannot fetch good price. If they know the price in Asia, they might laugh at us. Just like common pleco in local can fetch good price in australia. Our guppy command higher price in western countries too.
CBTG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-11-2011, 09:48 PM   #6
Daniel_Tan183
Arofanatic
 
Daniel_Tan183's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 381
Default

I guess they cannot sell at high prices due to their abundance... One year ago when the show 'River Monsters' was still on, the host was trying to catch an Arapaima... He caught one, and together in the net was over a hundred plecos....looks like L24,L600 and the Megalancistrus Barrae all in the net. The locals were throwing them back into the river like workers distributing garbage.... shows how many of such rare specimens (to us) there are in their region...

Maybe we can strike a deal with them, trade our food with their Plecos
Daniel_Tan183 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2011, 02:08 PM   #7
mrnyunus
Dragon
 
mrnyunus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,361
Thumbs up

Agree bros...
Its food over there or long kang fishes here,wads interesting is how much $$$$ importers make till specimens reach our tanks...i wonder when i pay say 1k for a pdr pup the fisherman there got $5 for da catch??!
mrnyunus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-11-2011, 02:09 PM   #8
mrnyunus
Dragon
 
mrnyunus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,361
Smile

Wished the amazon basin was like da sg river...
mrnyunus is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
amazon


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +9. The time now is 10:59 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright © 2000-2008 Arofanatics.com (Since 30th August 2000)