Link2Hell Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Back from Brisbane and the QLDFAS convention great day of talks from some excellent speakers and truly nice people I highly recommend you consider attending one of these when they come up Speakers were Leo O'Reilly from Toowoomba on Rhadinocentrus rainbows Matt McGee from Monash University via California on feed techniques in fish and one on shrimps Spencer Jack from Canada on Fish Farms and one on being a Cichlidiot I've seen Spencer speak on 5 occasions and it's always a great presentation Jim Cumming from Canada first time in Australia and has a facebook page that makes you go oooooohhhh He spoke on Madagascan cichlids and one on South Americans this was the first time Jim has been to Australia but I don't think it will be his only time Many thanks to the people that put this together and so good to see my old mates up there that are still pushing the hobby NSW we represented great to see the NSWCS Sydney and Illawarra people making up a large portion of the audience Stay tuned for 2019 NSWCS meetings as we are looking to have Matt McGee speak on a topic and date to be confirmed Matt did his post-doctoral work with Dr Ole Seehausen on Victorian cichlids and I'm told his Lake Victoria Cichlids: Speciation, Extinction and Recovery is not to be missed Pencil in November 2019 because we will be working on Jim Cumming returning to Australia for a full night with 2 talks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradc Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Have you got a link to jim cummings FB at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008605184261 Jim Cumming facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I was just looking at his page and read something amusing. He says he has 30 fry from fish sourced in OZ...... Marbled Vieja fenestrata........Did he fly home with them in his luggage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rod54 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Not every country is anal with import laws...... I once brought back Rainbows from PNG in my luggage.....declared them and given all clear That was about 40 years ago.....long before current restrictions It would be illegal now....they would be confiscated and destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Rod54 said: Not every country is anal with import laws...... I once brought back Rainbows from PNG in my luggage.....declared them and given all clear That was about 40 years ago.....long before current restrictions It would be illegal now....they would be confiscated and destroyed Australia is also pretty anal when it comes to exporting animals, he wouldn't have been allowed to export them without a permit if it was a native species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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