Poison for CAs lovers *wink*

[kevkoi]

Got friend bring in fish from Thailand sometime next month. I'll see if he can get the red head tapajos.

[soyadude]

Originally Posted by LTO

But this price I'm willing to pay wor. And I don't think it's expensive.

Dude you're a full blown hobbyist. Reaction of hobbyist and semi-hobbyist different mate. When we see something special, we know immediately it's worth the price you're paying for.. we've probably been to every lfs and yawned at the selection they have here. Majority malaysians not really into keeping fish anyway and they usually settle for the bread and butter fish we have around. Very small demand for more exotic species. Surprisingly... a lot of people in malaysia into local fish like kelah and puyu. Why ah? Can fry and eat if hungry?

[kevkoi]

Originally Posted by soyadude

Surprisingly... a lot of people in malaysia into local fish like kelah and puyu. Why ah? Can fry and eat if hungry?

Because those fish mentioned are indestructible. Don't need to know how to keep fish propperly also can survive. Don't need to spend any money on equipment to keep these fish at all. Precisely why the Flowerhorn fad took off in Malaysia... because u don't need to know much and the fish still stays alive.

The average fish keeper in Malaysia will spend a couple hundred dollars buying a fish they think is 'nice' or auspicious, but then would be hard-pressed to buy propper equipment to keep the fish or decent food to feed it.

That's just the way it is.

[LTO]

Why has it become like that ah? Our country suppose to be one of the largest ornamental fish exporter in the world right? How come there's no market here one leh?

[yogigan]

Originally Posted by LTO

Why has it become like that ah? Our country suppose to be one of the largest ornamental fish exporter in the world right? How come there's no market here one leh?

Export yes but only the cheap charlie spp. import only done by some daring one

We are cheap charlie here la well not all of us majority are anyway

[ari]

Originally Posted by yogigan

Export yes but only the cheap charlie spp. import only done by some daring one

We are cheap charlie here la well not all of us majority are anyway

hahaha...thats a good one

well..i dont expect malaysian to fork out rm100 for a 3 inch rare cichlid..
and rare doesnt mean beautifull.
its a good thing i spend years overseas...kinda change my attitude towards fish keeping.

[galactuz]

Hahaha try asking them to pay RM150 (or more) for a pair of guppies Sorry for off-cichlid comparison. Even RM50/pair of guppies people starting to question because they already have this mindset of guppies=longkang fish.

Anyway just to illustrate for my scenario.....cause I keep predominantly guppies and also a few apistogramma's aside....

[LTO]

So, izzit because the lack of information Malaysians have on these other species of fish that they don't understand their value or know how to appreciate them? Cause I still see Malaysians fork out hundreds or thousands for goldfish, koi and arowana.

[LTO]

Originally Posted by ari

hahaha...thats a good one

well..i dont expect malaysian to fork out rm100 for a 3 inch rare cichlid..
and rare doesnt mean beautifull.
its a good thing i spend years overseas...kinda change my attitude towards fish keeping.

Hi Ari, care to share more on this. What make you change your attitude and to what. Just would like to know what is happening overseas.

[yogigan]

Originally Posted by LTO

So, izzit because the lack of information Malaysians have on these other species of fish that they don't understand their value or know how to appreciate them? Cause I still see Malaysians fork out hundreds or thousands for goldfish, koi and arowana.

Hahahah really meh. Of course there are few hard cases like these around but how many??????