50% off Arapaima Gigas

[ElijahTurtle]

It was a toss up on where to post this. Deals or Tankbusters:confuzeld:
Arapaima Gigas (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+1984+1985&pcatid=1985) $125!!!

"Price check on arapaima on ailse 9"
Just for Stan

[kewlkatdady]

minimum tank size...1000 :eek:

[Bubbles]

minimum tank size...1000 :eek:
x's 2

[ElijahTurtle]

minimum tank size...1000 :eek:
Yeah that's whay it says "Just for Stan" he's about the only one I know could pull this off. :cool:
Well & now maybe texasxcutie & her husband. They are doing a 1000G custom tank. :eek:

[budwick weiser]

Product Notes:
· We cannot ship this product to Texas</EM>.

[spxsk]

Did you guys see this fish on the Discovery Channel shows yesterday? This fish gets huge!

[ElijahTurtle]

Product Notes:
· We cannot ship this product to Texas</EM>.
:confuzeld: The Oklahoma border is probably about 2 hours or less for most of us.
Where the heck is mike. :hehe:

[bra8ndy8]

LOL 5 minutes for me!! Who wants one?!?! I'll ship it to my BF in Durant!! LOL

[ElijahTurtle]

LOL 5 minutes for me!! Who wants one?!?! I'll ship it to my BF in Durant!! LOL
Boo...I have an ex from Durant...Horrid little town roflmao

J/K

[flamenco-t]

I can't believe live aquaria would put this up for sale at such a low price. Most people wouldn't never guess that this species can grow 2-3" per month and easily gets to 2-3 feet in a year..

My dad have 2 of them and that was in a monster tank.

I want one, but I don't think i can realistically house them...not even for a year..

Ooh fyi, if you want one in here, you can get them here...:D and If I was getting one, I wouldn't get them from live aquaria :)

stan

[pam916]

I wonder why texas is the only state they cannot ship them to.

[flamenco-t]

People buy them out of impulse, got too big and realized that they can not housed a 3 feet long fish and they dump them into the local lake.

While it's in the local lake, it kills or eat native species, causing some native species to almost or become extinct.

Same thing with pacu's in arizona.

Texas have a lot of lakes, more potential exposure to have non native fish to be release in the local lakes.

Here's a thought to consider..

Saltwater rays are legal but freshwater are not. Why ? because the likelihood that you release a saltwater rays into the ocean have less if not minimal effect on local ecological system versus releasing freshwater rays to lake arlington for example.

Both species will get to the same size, both species carries stinger that can cause severe injuries if not death. For all it's worth, they're both related as the same species before the andes mountain formed on the west side of south america separating the pacific ocean and the amazon river. Over the thousands millions years later, the rays that got "stuck" on the amazon side evolve its internal organs to adapt to living in freshwater versus it's relative in the saltwater environment.

stan

[radioaktiv]

:p: i think cookieboy wanted one for his 100gal

[flamenco-t]

I think I talked him out of it :)

stan

[fishman76092]

I can't believe live aquaria would put this up for sale at such a low price. Most people wouldn't never guess that this species can grow 2-3" per month and easily gets to 2-3 feet in a year..

My dad have 2 of them and that was in a monster tank.

I want one, but I don't think i can realistically house them...not even for a year..

Ooh fyi, if you want one in here, you can get them here...:D and If I was getting one, I wouldn't get them from live aquaria :)

stan

You can get them for under $100 on aquabid at times. $250 is ridiculously expensive for that fish.

[mrsadler]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: dats a big !@#$ fish when i win the lotto im going to get a 1,000 gal so i can get on and upload the pics roflmaoroflmaoroflmaoroflmao then i woke up (end of dream)

[flamenco-t]

still too cheap...

If they put pima at the price of lates japonicus, GATF, armatus...then you can sort the keeper to a select individuals.

If you're spending some serious money on a fish, you'll be more likely to :

1. Have money and can provide for life.
2. More mature and understand the importance of the well being of the animal
3. have done some research and understand the need of the animals

You'll be less likely to buy the fish out of "cool" factor.

stan

[fishyjoe24]

Yeah that's whay it says "Just for Stan" he's about the only one I know could pull this off. :cool:
Well & now maybe texasxcutie & her husband. They are doing a 1000G custom tank. :eek:

wow a 1000g custom tank, or the going to post any pictures and step by steps? that fish looks like a mutant/monster arowanna.

[jimmyk]

Heh this fish is illegal to own in Texas because of issues with it being released in to the wild by frustrated keepers. Just as has happened with Pacu in several lakes.

The first is a list of banned fish the second is the law code regarding it.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/
http://law.onecle.com/texas/parks/66.007.00.html

[zoohouse]

The first is a list of banned fish the second is the law code regarding it.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/
http://law.onecle.com/texas/parks/66.007.00.html[/quote]

Anyone else notice that list said all species of crayfish? I think every lfs sells blues and feeder crays. There must be alot of mistakes on that list cause I saw alot of different fish there that I could procure in a matter of minutes very easily.

[khrister]

roflmaothis fish I guess has ourgrown it's 1000 gallon tank :

http://www.megafishingthailand.com/content/view/168/53/

[biggin]

Perhaps it is the people selling the fish that are making the mistake? Last I check those writing the laws do not make a lot of mistakes in writing them.

Not that I agree with the laws but typically I would go with the list as being correct vs. those selling the fish.

The first is a list of banned fish the second is the law code regarding it.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/
http://law.onecle.com/texas/parks/66.007.00.html

Anyone else notice that list said all species of crayfish? I think every lfs sells blues and feeder crays. There must be alot of mistakes on that list cause I saw alot of different fish there that I could procure in a matter of minutes very easily.[/quote]

[jimmyk]

Also remember the law code usually lists the family... In the case of crayfish it is family Parastacidae which are found in chile ,peru, madagascar and australia. Most of the ones in the LFS are another family that is locally bred from local stock, or imported from a species not on the restricted list.

[fishyjoe24]

Anguilla rostrata which freshwater eel is this, stan))))))))))?
I use to know the largest freshwater in the world,but forgot stan do you know, or i'll go ask snakebite22(richard) over on MFK.

[bra8ndy8]

Why don't you invite Snakebit here??

[bizzle]

I can't believe live aquaria would put this up for sale at such a low price. Most people wouldn't never guess that this species can grow 2-3" per month and easily gets to 2-3 feet in a year..

My dad have 2 of them and that was in a monster tank.

I want one, but I don't think i can realistically house them...not even for a year..

Ooh fyi, if you want one in here, you can get them here...:D and If I was getting one, I wouldn't get them from live aquaria :)

stan

mmm pan ready in 3 months or less :brandy: