Importing pseudotropheus galanos mbenji

[LexyBoi]

Just wondering if pseudotropheus galanos Mbenji would be a legal import I can't find them on any list! So if someone else can let me know!

[Skippy]

They're not on the allowable import list so you won't find them on any list of available stock from a legitimate importer.

From memory the only Malawi Cichlids on the allowable import list are Iodotropheus sprengerae (Rusty cichlid), Cyrtocara moorii (Blue dolphin), and Aulonocara sp. (Peacock cichilds).

Some species have been in Australia since before the allowable import list was imposed (mid 1980s) but other more recently discovered species have "arrived" here and are commonly available so clearly where there is a will there is a way.

[LexyBoi]

Do you think we could get more cichlids that should be legal (they have fish that look like them that will ruin the systems) and ask for a professional inspection?

[Skippy]

Do you think we could get more cichlids that should be legal (they have fish that look like them that will ruin the systems) and ask for a professional inspection?

It's possible to have fish added to the allowable import list but there is a very long process that needs to be gone through. Frontosa were added to the allowable import list in 2005 or thereabouts.

Here is a link to a report prepared as part of the submission to have Peacock Gudgeons added as an allowable import in 2003.

http://angfa.org.au/conservation2/31-conservation-policy.html

[Link2Hell]

When the new import regs are implemented it will be more difficult and expensive

to land fish on the list and unless there is a profit at the end, and changes in PIJAC

board, I don't think there will be any challenge mounted by the pet industry to change

the importable species

the hobbyist has no power to push for changes on the list

It really is time to review what we do have and try to keep those species going

rather than looking at new imports

If anything new does show up fine but we have a higher chance of loosing

species already here that is a way bigger concern

[intangcity]

tangs are a renewable cichlid ie you can import quite a few species and if you lose them you can always import more but with the malawi you cant so do your best to stock quality if you can.the malawi list should be changed but like everything else its political rubbish that stops it

[LexyBoi]

Well unfortunately tangs aren't the best with importing but compared to malawi it's great!

But I need some Enantiopus sp.Kilesa I'm in WA they are almost extinct here and I don't like shipping fish! Apparently there is some "red line" around WA cost more or something stupid!

I would love the government to allow us to take in species that aren't a problem but some other species that look similar are, and be able to import them sign some papers and get an extreme inspection then allow them, with this we could have plenty more species without worrying about damaging our natural waterways/systems! Even if there is a small fine to bring them in, seriously Australia are just too lazy!