[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Index by Month]

Re: [GSAS-Member] Arapaima





> Message: 11
> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:31:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat"
> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Largest home aquarium (Susan Welenofsky)
> Message-ID: <49635.98.203.222.203.1263277916.squirrel@clevergeek.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
> 
> 
> I missed the original post, but thought I'd chime in to say I've seen
> juvie Arapima for sale in the Seattle area several times in the last year
> in the sub $200 range. I'm not sure what the current legal status is, but
> they definitely show up and aren't hard to find.
> 
> Cliff
> 


They're CITES listed, in fact on the Red list (in 2000): 
http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/species.html as threatened

 

Just because something's available in a pet shop doesn't mean it's

1) legal to keep

2) ethical to keep or

3) reasonable to keep - Arapaima properly kept get *huge*.  These things get to 
be 6 feet long! 

 

 

Consider that Arapaima aren't bred in captivity, the best thing you can do is 
just keep on walking past when you see some in a shop, and consider patronizing 
other shops that are more ethical. 

 

Shops won't sell them if people don't buy them. Don't buy them. Buy some big 
cichlids, they're way more interesting and easier to keep. Participate in 
things like Victorian cichlid conservation, the fish (well, some of 'em) are 
very attractive. Likewise, Madagascar cichlids are being kept in captivity 
quite well and are very interesting and some, esp. the Dambas, quite attractive 
looking.

 

I've seen them for years available in pet shops around the country. Juvies as 
you point out are kind of small-ish and your average pet shop customer is not 
too well informed

 
                                          
_________________________________________________________________
Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft.
http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/
_______________________________________________
GSAS-Member mailing list
GSAS-Member@thekrib.com
http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member