Most exotic animals seen on the pet trade

DaLilFishie said:
I see lots of fish in pet stores frequently that would be considered somewhat rare in other countries. For example, baby barramundi are fairly common, tandanus catfish pop up occasionally, australian rainbowfish are common. And then a lot of animals common other places are nowhere to be found. Blood parrot cichlids, redtail catfish, convict cichlids, glofish of any kind and african dwarf frogs are nowhere to be seen
Click to expand...

Down in Melbourne convict cichlids are very common as are tandanus, rainbowfish, barramundi and parrot cichlids.

I have only seen an RTC once though.
 
Fignewton said:
Wow! It's so interesting how much is different in other countries. I haven't even heard of some of those that you mentioned, except for Australian Rainbowfish, which I see occasionally. Blood Parrots and Convict Cichlids are some of the most common cichlids in the United States, so I'm very surprised that they are so rare. African Dwarf Frogs, too; I even have a pair myself.
Click to expand...
I think the reason a lot of common animals elsewhere are rare here is because Australia has very strict laws on the importation of animals, the only animals allowed to be imported for pet stores are dogs, cats, a few birds and axolotls. Everything else has to be captive bred from animals that were here before those rules were put in place, so a lot of recent additions, especially from the aquarium hobby, are absent.
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Down in Melbourne convict cichlids are very common as are tandanus, rainbowfish, barramundi and parrot cichlids.

I have only seen an RTC once though.
Click to expand...
I have seen a redtail catfish, but it was at a public aquarium. That was also the only place I have seen pacu in Australia.
 
DaLilFishie said:
I have seen a redtail catfish, but it was at a public aquarium. That was also the only place I have seen pacu in Australia.
Click to expand...
I assume you mean Sea Life Sunshine Coast? They unfortunately got rid of all of their large exotic freshwater fish recently to make way for the new penguins.
 
DaLilFishie said:
I think the reason a lot of common animals elsewhere are rare here is because Australia has very strict laws on the importation of animals, the only animals allowed to be imported for pet stores are dogs, cats, a few birds and axolotls. Everything else has to be captive bred from animals that were here before those rules were put in place, so a lot of recent additions, especially from the aquarium hobby, are absent.
Click to expand...
Aquarium fish can be imported commercially to Australia so long as they are of permitted species.

The freshwater species which are allowed to be imported are here: BICON - Annex

Marine species are here: BICON - Annex
 
The cuscus are no longer listed for sale online, I wonder if someone bought them. I've noticed an increased number of Crab-Eating Raccoon ads, though.

I also saw someone requested a pair of Large-Eared Tenrec, but I think they'll have a hard time finding any :p

~Thylo
 
I saw Stubeanz and a collection of tenrec skins at the Natural History Museum a few years ago. I wonder if one of the skins came from a large-eared tenrec.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
The cuscus are no longer listed for sale online, I wonder if someone bought them. I've noticed an increased number of Crab-Eating Raccoon ads, though.

I also saw someone requested a pair of Large-Eared Tenrec, but I think they'll have a hard time finding any :p

~Thylo
Click to expand...

Crab-eating seem to be becoming popular with traveling zoos, but if it's anything like what I heard the other day from one place, it'll be short-lived; they had to send theirs back because they were bitey, handsy, and kids thought they were kind of creepy/not as cute as fluffy common raccoons.
 
TinoPup said:
Crab-eating seem to be becoming popular with traveling zoos, but if it's anything like what I heard the other day from one place, it'll be short-lived; they had to send theirs back because they were bitey, handsy, and kids thought they were kind of creepy/not as cute as fluffy common raccoons.
Click to expand...
Probably because crab-eaters aren't native and therefore could be easily kept compared to northern raccoons.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Crab-Eating Raccoon
Click to expand...

They're fairly common in the private trade. PossumRoach has a point. You don't need a DNR permit or anything to be able to own a Crab-Eating Raccoon. You also don't have to follow the DNR standards either - which you would have to follow if you kept Northern Raccoons.

Many private facilities tend to stray away from certain species that have strict USDA/DNR husbandry guidelines, which would allow them to keep species in smaller enclosures. (Which is sad, as the USDA doesn't have unbearably difficult husbandry standards anyway.)


long-eared tenrec
Click to expand...

I've heard rumors that Lowland Streaked Tenrecs are going to be imported into the United States to increase the captive population. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrecs are basically the only species you see in zoos and private facilities.
 
EsserWarrior said:
I've heard rumors that Lowland Streaked Tenrecs are going to be imported into the United States to increase the captive population. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrecs are basically the only species you see in zoos and private facilities.
Click to expand...

I think that's Underground Reptiles that's claimed they were going to import streaked tenrecs. I have my reservations, though. For one, I don't think there are any in the US currently. The entire European population has also died off. They are difficult to breed in captivity since they appear to be colonial breeders and die off fast so if you don't have a large number of them to begin with that can continuously breed and sustain themselves, you'll be out of tenrecs in a couple years. This was the problem with Europe's last couple attempts at keeping them unfortunately. Additionally, even without COVID restrictions it's currently very difficult to get any mammals out of Madagascar atm due to the on-going plague epidemic there.

Are there no longer any Greater Hedgehog Tenrecs in the US private trade? I know Lowlands are the common one.

~Thylo
 
@WhistlingKite24 you might be interested but.
Remember how earlier in the thread I was talking about my local Aquariums display tank.
Turns out they put a Pacu in it :eek:.
I really hope it’s there when I visit (after situation) Also their marine stock list is crazy, this is from their Facebook post

Sorry for the delay here is a full list of marines we had released last week, message for prices:
FOX FISH
COPPERBAND BUTTERFLY
BICOLOR CHROMIS
BLUE TANG (S) and (L)
KUPANG DAMSEL
RAFFLES BUTTERFLY
SINGAPORE ANGEL
AURIGA BUTTERFLY S
KLEIN'S BUTTERFLY
BLACKSPOT LYRETAIL
MORIS IDOL
BLUE GREEN CHROMIS
CORAL BEAUTY ANGEL
GREEN GAIMARD (MALE)
UNICORN FISH S
EIBLE ANGEL
REGAL ANGEL (YELLOW)
LYRE TAIL WRASSE
BICOLOR ANGEL S
BLACK POMA ANGEL
HALF BLACK ANGEL
MAYESTIC ANGEL
BICOLOR ANGEL
BLACK TURKEY LIONFISH
GREY POMA ANGEL
RED TURKEY LIONFISH
CLEANER WRASSE
BICOLOR BLENY
CORAL HOGFISH
DIANA HOGFISH
PURPLE WRASSE
SIX LINED WRASSE
ROYAL DOTTY
VALENTINI PUFFER
RED HEAD SALON FAIRY WRASSE
YELLOW CORIS
DRAGON WRASSE
LONG NOSE HAWK FISH
BURSA TRIGER
QUEEN TRIGER
HUMU-HUMU HUKU-HUKU
RED CORIS JUV
SCISSORTAIL
GREEN WRASSE
YELLOW-TAIL WRASSE
LEOPARD WRASSE
YELLOW FIN FAIRY WRASSE
ORANGE BACK FAIRY WRASSE
DECORA FIRE FISH
BLUE THROAT TRIGGER
VALENTINI PUFFER
GREEN PARROTFISH
FILAMENT-FIN WRASSE
GOLDEN HEAD GOBY
YELLOW CLOWN GOBY
DECORA FIRE FISH
SPLENDID DOTTYBACK
ZEBRA PIPEFISH
YELLOW BELLIED DAMSEL
KORAN ANGEL JUV. S
BANGGAI CARDINALFISH
KORAN ANGEL JUV. S
RED CORIS JUV
MACULICEP TANG M

Plus heaps more already in store :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top