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Oooo lemme know where i can get one...i got another tank that needs a pleco. i use em as centrepiece fish

I have seen LFS in Sydney selling L168's for $45 each if you bought enough of them. Also adding to this there is alot of cat fish that are very similar to the L168's. So more varient's will come into the country labelled as 168's, but may infact be something else. A friend got some 168's from a LFS in sydney five days ago and they are infact 104's. He's not complaining about it.
Different Frotosa varients have been around for a while now ( not legally ), But I doubt they will become any cheaper for a while. Fish Above 12cm are only allowed, meaning they will probably be wild caught. These fish will cost over $300 each, as we still cant export them straight from Africa.

You need to be a frontosa fan to understand

The frontosa we have here now are just mostly the common Burundi.
And because we couldn't import frontosa to australia we couldn't bring in new blood for breeding. There fore making it hard to raise top quality fry.

[link=http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/frontosa_australia.php]http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/frontosa_australia.php" style="COLOR: #FFFF00[/link] This link has good info.

But now we can bring in new blood aswell as new different variants. This is very good news.

Just found out the clown plecos that were meant to be came in are actually butterflys. i just got to buy my lfs when i picked a second one up, while looking for a new gravel vaccum haha( i cant resist)

Yeah its not like they werent here already, they were just expensive to buy...their price should atleast halve

You think we need MORE frontosa?

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Yoyo and dwarf chain loaches are too

woohoo frontosa is on the list.

are you sure they are availible yet?
i heard they are holding a few species in quarrintine for a few weeks. only one i have heard of released was the clown pleco

any lfs should have them in their catalog by now and will be able to order them in

OH TOLEEDY!

Yes, the L168 aka Butterfly Pleco is allowed for import after October the 1st! It was announced recently by AQIS that the L168 went through and should be allowed for import after the 1st Oct 2005. One of the importers/lfs in Sydney already have 100pcs ready for import! For under $100AUD per adult (6-8cm), Im definately getting a couple!

I just cant wait!
Mango [/font][/font]

Last edited by Callatya at 13-Oct-2005 04:16

mangor34 have you bought any l168 yet?


Last edited by dan76 at 11-Oct-2005 03:36

OH TOLEEDY!

Indeed some of them include:

Frontosa "Blue Kipili"
Frontosa "Blue Kapampa"
Frontosa "Blue Mpimbwe"
Frontosa "Blue Moba"

Botia(Y) sidthimunki "Dwarf chain loach"
Botia lohachata "Pakistani loaches"

Sawba resplendens "Asian rummy nose"

Dekeyseria pulcher

Very nice indeed! I'll wait until their price goes down though before I consider buying any.

There were some others fish added to our import list not long ago aswell... [link=New fish on list]http://www.frli.gov.au/comlaw/legislation/legislativeinstrument1.nsf/b68b36cfc8b63e0eca256f8500060bc7/8cace40f77b01f1fca256fe3002086ff?OpenDocument&VIEWCAT=attachment&COUNT=25&START=1" style="COLOR: #004040[/link]

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Guess im back

Went wondering around for a few months, might as well come back. I will certainly keep you posted.

nice might get one or a couple.

Oh goodie

How much do you think a baby would cost?

(Wait.. Weren't you banned ?)

Last edited by dude_dude at 14-Sep-2005 05:58

sounds excellent can you keep us up to date on developments

OH TOLEEDY!

I got a tank ready for them

gimme gimme gimme

i must get 1... or 6

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