hey guys
just found some dude selling apparently a 'freshwater' puffer in australia
$200 - wow bargain!
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/show ... hp?t=59827
i looked into it and it turned to be a Green Spotted Puffer
just shows how lucky you guys are (you guys as in out of Australia)
how much is a green spotted in walmart again? $2 on clearance rack
$200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
Are they really that rare over there? Is $200 worth the same there as here?
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
they are rare because it is illegal to import here hehe
the conversion rate is 1 US $ is 0.63 cents AUS
so if its $200AU its $127US
yeah?
would you guys in the US pay $127 for a Green Spotted Puff knowing you can get it for $2 at Walmart? hehe
the conversion rate is 1 US $ is 0.63 cents AUS
so if its $200AU its $127US
yeah?
would you guys in the US pay $127 for a Green Spotted Puff knowing you can get it for $2 at Walmart? hehe
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
I have boycotted Walmart for over 10 years.
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
haha yess.. ive read stories about those guys from here..
a lot of stories!!
das the only way to tackle em'!
a lot of stories!!
das the only way to tackle em'!
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
i feel sorry for the guy who paid AUD $200 for a GSP... but any way, i never knew puffers were illegal pets in Australia!?
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
Mmh... difficult to believe...
A superficially similar native Australian puffer species is sometimes confused with T. nigroviridis. It's spotted and brackish to marine and has appeared in Australian petshops. Do you have any pictures of the actual specimen?
Here are some of the one I'm talking about (Tetractenos).
http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/F ... 1126077148
http://image61.webshots.com/161/4/91/75 ... Iip_ph.jpg
A superficially similar native Australian puffer species is sometimes confused with T. nigroviridis. It's spotted and brackish to marine and has appeared in Australian petshops. Do you have any pictures of the actual specimen?
Here are some of the one I'm talking about (Tetractenos).
http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/F ... 1126077148
http://image61.webshots.com/161/4/91/75 ... Iip_ph.jpg
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
If the last link does not work try here:
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/154004 ... 6204jlIIip
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/154004 ... 6204jlIIip
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
oh wow
havent seen that one before
whats the scientific name of that puffer?
looks like a brackish puffer to me.. is that correct...
the picture that ive seen that this fellar had looked like a green spotted...
let me look for the link...
havent seen that one before
whats the scientific name of that puffer?
looks like a brackish puffer to me.. is that correct...
the picture that ive seen that this fellar had looked like a green spotted...
let me look for the link...
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
Yes, the pics show young GSPs, but are they the actual specimens or are the pics from elsewhere?
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
it looks like it was from his collection
Im not quite sure I jsut went through his pics .. he had other exotic fishes in his collections as well
who knows???
but yeah... we can only get native puffers in here
and its not that popular so mostly you have to catch it yourself????
Im not quite sure I jsut went through his pics .. he had other exotic fishes in his collections as well
who knows???
but yeah... we can only get native puffers in here
and its not that popular so mostly you have to catch it yourself????
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
This is crazy. My Indonesia friend told me that gsps are not very well loved over there as they always eat their baits. As punishment they will leave the fish under the sun to dry and surprisingly some can still survive when they throw them back into the sea after a prolong period that will kill most fishes.
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Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
yes.. i heard fishermans hate this brackish water puffers cause they steal their baits..
so they cut their lips so they wont have a lip to take baits from then again..
pretty barbaric.. i know!
so they cut their lips so they wont have a lip to take baits from then again..
pretty barbaric.. i know!
Re: $200 Green Spotted Puffer - cheap in Australia
hello, I'm newbie from Indonesia.. i just bought my GSPs with only Rp. 5000 (about 0.5 USD), lucky me!