discusdude Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Here are some shots from my recent trip to HK: Arowana: Birchir: Tiger shovelnose: Gars: Gymnogeophagus?: Red salvinni: Crenicichla: Argentea: S. deamon: Bags: PLanted tank: Ray: Birchir: Zebra plec: Ah so many fish, i put a few more up later. PLEASE DONT USE THESE IMAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION Cheers Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burek Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Hehe,Cool Looking Pics. Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novafishy Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 hey great pics! its funny how they stuff the fish in the bags and hang them up by the scores. whats that in the 2nd pic from the top? endlicheri or something? and whats the 3rd one? any ideas? nice L046...heeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusdude Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 Thanks, the 3rd is a TSN, and the second some kind of birchir. Cya Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepperfish Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Is that place like an auction for fish or something? Why are they all in bags like that? Cool photos, I love seeing stuff from different cultures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfishbreeder Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 WOW great pics Very interesting to see what they have over there in the way of fish Trent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 You can see the quality of the fighters color intensity etc compared to what we get here, even though they are kept in them bags for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusdude Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 Is that place like an auction for fish or something? Why are they all in bags like that? Its a huge street, has prolly 30 aquariums all up. In the way of equipment you can get anything. As for fish, they are flooded with hybrids, guppies, discus and fighters! However there are quite a few gems scattered through the place. They get bagged up at the start of the day, and unbagged at the end! Some more pics: Phew that took a while. PLEASE DONT USE THESE IMAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION Enjoy Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Hi Alistair, Thanks for sharing...it's always interesting to compare lfs's, especially internationally. merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wombat Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Amazing place. I went to a similar one in Thailand. drool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepperfish Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 TURTLES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsta Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Hey alistair How did the prices compare to here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusdude Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 Fish were about 1/10 of the prices you would expect here, equipment was prolley 20 - 30% cheaper. Cheers Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foai Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 They are fabulous photos Alistair - some of the best I have ever seen on this site. It is interesting to get a foreign perspective on fish keeping. The fact that the fish cost 1/10 of here is a little frustrating but if fish were that cheap I would probably have 5 or 6 more tanks. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novafishy Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 i would totally agree with you, David. Tanks would also be peanuts there! haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katanaone Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 some nice photos there mate thanks for taking the time to share it looks like the going price for monster dovii like those are 75c hey what is that fish(looks like a black and white angel) that is crammed into one of the bags closest to the top left hand corner in the 2nd last pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlid_KB Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I so want to go there. Dont suppose u got any more pictures? So cool KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Great pics and its great for people like me to be able to 'experience' something that I probably wont be able to in the real life, for a long time at least... It's a bit sad too in a way though. Those fish that are bagged all day didn't all look like betta's to me? I don't really like the idea of bagging a fish for a 14 hour auction stint once off, but imagine every day til the shop sold it I'm not saying that treatment of betta's is ok, but its more tolerable IMO than other species who don't live in hoofprints... Although all the animals look in fantastic health Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusdude Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 hey what is that fish(looks like a black and white angel) that is crammed into one of the bags closest to the top left hand corner in the 2nd last pic? That is a chinese sailfin, Myxocyprinus asiaticus and the dovii are $HK75 divide that by 6 for aussie currency! thats around $12 for a 35cm dovii. Pretty good prices i rekon Have a few more pics, i took around 90 in total. PLEASE DONT USE THESE IMAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION Cheers Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wombat Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Loving these shots mate - almost as good as being there. The writing on the bags looks funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Post them ALL I really want to see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 G'day Alistar Okay I am sitting down . How much was the Zebra Pleco? Now compare that to what they cost at Auburn! Hmmmmm Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusdude Posted December 12, 2004 Author Share Posted December 12, 2004 HK$550. Divide by 6. That equals $91, they were actually pretty scarce. Cheers Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novafishy Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 In the first picture on this page, its funny seeing a saratoga/arowana in a bag that small. Let alone TWO saratogas/arowanas!! Also, likewise with the discus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kf046 Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 this post make me homesick very much! as well as missed my H'Zebra there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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