Anyone know where you can collect Sphaerichthys osphromenoides,Boraras maculatus, Pangio muraeniformes and Betta Macrostoma?

B.macrostomas are found in Borneo. Heard they were illegal to remove from Brunei or something. I think it was Kev who told me.

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Oh, I thought they were also in Malaysia... ?

I'd like some Sphaerichthys osphromenoides.

There are some small jungle area which connected to Borneo and Brunei are able to get the Betta macrostoma. You gonna trecking in the jungle for days before you are able to see the water fall which is their biotope.

Wah quite interested to go macrostoma hunting!

Buy two pairs from agents also can buy plane ticket already hehe.

hehe..then u got very high chances to swallow by anaconda.

Borneo got anaconda meh? I thought in south america only?

Its true that Betta Macrostoma are a protected species by the Brunei govt. and their location is in Borneo along the border of Miri Sarawak. Getting your plane ticket there and tracking into the jungle for several days won't guarantee you anything and to think that you can get 2 pairs to pay off your plane ticket is really wishful thinking. U know I ain't blowing my horn or anything just b'cos we have this species available for sale at the moment... but if I were a hobbyist I would rather pay the price and buy it. Trekking into the thick forests of Borneo ain't exactly an easy task. Getting there is already something, finding the right location of the habitat is another and actually catching the fish is also another stroy. Man! have you guys gone netting and collecting??? The time spent.. the dirty clothes, the long car ride.. the long walk and to try and scoop every square inch just to get the fishes you are looking for. Imagine you'd get a Croaking Gourami and u just wonder if you are a trader like us how'd the hell they sell these things at RM0.50 cents..... all the hard labour and all for chump change.

Say if you do get heaps and heaps of B.Macrostoma.... and u decide to sell it cheap... then do u think its worth the effort and if you sell at the market price what makes you think that there'll be buyers here to pay the price. You can keep a few pairs out of joy and try to breed them just for you own achievements but that doesn't necessary mean you'd have a ready market to sell them. Even so if the prices were brought down to RM1 per fish does it mean that there would be heaps of hobbyist who would just jump on the chance to get it... Really how many people know how to appreciate it? Appreciation for rare fish is really a subjective matter. Its like being a wine connousieur (er spelling) and you'd pay good money for vintage and quality wine but for those who are not into it they'll think that the person is really out of his freaking mind.... so just sit down and ponder if you really think the trip to go to the lush forests of Borneo to actually collect B.Macrostoma for commercialisation is really worth the effort.

P/S I am not shooting anyone down ........ just hope you guys can rationalise between the pros and the cons here.

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Hahaha...CC, cool down. I think he never really go for real netting in jungle. That's why i rather pay for the boraras marculata instead of goto tg malim to net.

Soya, hv you read the aqua journal which is english issue...36 or 34...(forgotten) about Amano was flied to Borneo for some photograph n exploring the borneo. He was mentioned about the helicopter pilot told him about the 20meter long of Anaconda.

And please don't forget. Borneo jungle is the oldest jungle in the world. Which is 200million year old. The second should be Endau Rompin which is 130million years old. They are not as big as Amazon. but the age... believe it...there are lot of stuff in such an old jungle which we are not yet find out.

Wahh... looks like he could follow the TransBorneo 4 by 4 / Camel Trophy Challenge. Halfway if he survives it he could jump into the waterfalls and trek down the river. And continue .... and get 'Lost' without a trail?

Better check with MNS and I'm sure they wont be impressed!