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  • L-046 Zebra Pleco / Acari Zebra Pleco

    hello guys, there goes my dream of having a WC L-046 and my friend from Brazil just informed me this. I hope you guys can read Portuguese. also FYI it is illegal to own and buy WC L-046

    APREENSAO DE PEIXES ORNAMENTAIS EM Altamira

    AGRESSAO A NATUREZA. MAIS DE 450 UNIDADES DE PEIXES ORNAMENTAIS FORAM APREENDIDAS PELA POLICIA FEDERAL QUANDO UM HOMEM TENTAVA EMBARCAR COM ELES ESCONDIDOS NA BAGAGEM, NO AEROPORTO DE ALTAMIRA, OESTE DO PARÁ. ENTRE OS PEIXES HÁ OS DA ESPÉDIE ACARI ZEBRA, PROIBIDOS DE SEREM PESCADOS.

    SEPARADOS EM SACOS PLÁSTICOS, OS PEIXES ORNAMENTAIS ESTAVAM ESCONDIDOS DENTRO DESTA MALA. A POLÍCIA FEDERAL FEZ A APREENSÃO DEPOIS DE RECEBER A DENUNCIA, DA INFRAERO DE ALTAMIRA, DE QUE UM HOMEM TENTAVA EMBARCAR EM UM AVIÃO, COM OS PEIXES, PARA A CAPITAL DO ESTADO.

    O HOMEM FOI IDENTIFICADO COMO PAULO BOTELHO. EM DEPOIMENTO A POLICIA FEDERAL ELE DISSE QUE RECEBEU CERCA DE MIL REAIS PARA FAZER O TRANSPORTE DE ALTAMIRA ATÉ A CIDADE DE TABATINGA. A POLÍCIA FEDERAL ACREDITA QUE DE LÁ OS PEIXES SERIAM LEVADOS PARA FORA DO PAÍS.

    AO TODO FORAM APREENDIDOS 469 PEIXES. DESTE TOTAL, 221 ERAM DA ESPÉCIE ACARI TIGRE, 123 DO ACARI PÃO E 105 DO ACARI ZEBRA, PEIXE ENDEMICO DO RIO XINGU E PROIBIDO DE SER RETIRADO DA NATUREZA.

    OS PEIXES ORNAMENTAIS FORAM DEVOLVIDOS AO RIO XINGU, PELO IBAMA. A MULTA PELA INFRAÇÃO AMBIENTAL ULTRAPASSA A MEIO MILHÃO DE REAIS.
    A POLICIA FEDERAL VAI INVESTIGAR AGORA A ORIGEM DOS PEIXES.
    75g Tank,
    2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
    2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
    10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
    10g Tank
    Hospital 2-F. Endlers

    2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

  • #2
    It has been anticipated for quite some time and I have a feeling many breeders were counting on this to happen eventually. Quite a few breeders have been very successful breeding them, so they will still be available just not WC individuals. I personally have never heard any raving reviews that place the WC any better looking than TR as opposed to some Cichlids. I imagine tank raised would be far healthier and eliminating the need to treat for IP and acclimate that can really be quite a challenge for even experianced aquarists. They will continue to demand a high price, but they were expensive before. I honestly see very little change at all other then collecting specimens from the wild. As to illegality of owning WC specimens, it is far more likely that any acquired before said date are grandfathered in and this ruling only applies to those after said date, just like a huge amount of fish that we see every day at the fish store that are endangered. They are TR and can not be WC, and in all honesty they command a bit higher price and keep them in demand which is good.
    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    GHAC President

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    • #3
      This has been the consensus for like 5+ yrs now. When I first got mine this was the same story yet over half a decade later the same story is being tossed around, the same wc are being offered for high prices and somehow there are only F1's available and no further lineage after all this time.

      They are nice looking and IMO the going price right now seems almost fair.



      The problem with TR.... there are those that don't get the full understanding of the the fish and some that are in fact just out to get a buck and you get poor quality stock. There are deformities out there due to poor breeding conditions and rearing.
      700g Mini-Monster tank

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      • #4
        This is what google translate processes the translation as:

        SEIZURE OF ORNAMENTAL FISH IN Altamira
        Assault on nature. MORE THAN 450 UNITS OF ORNAMENTAL FISH WERE seized by the police tried FEDERAL BOARD WHEN A MAN WITH THEM HIDDEN IN BAGGAGE IN AIRPORT ALTAMIRA, WEST OF PARA. AMONG THE FISH ARE THE ZEBRA ESPÉDIE ACARI, BE PROHIBITED FROM FISH.

        SEPARATED IN PLASTIC BAGS, ORNAMENTAL FISH WERE HIDDEN IN THIS CASE. A FEDERAL POLICE ARREST MADE AFTER RECEIVING A DENOUNCES, INFRAERO OF THE ALTAMIRA, THAT A MAN tried to board a plane, WITH FISH FOR THE STATE CAPITAL.

        The man was identified as Paul Botelho. TESTIMONY IN A FEDERAL POLICE SAID HE RECEIVED ABOUT THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION TO THE CITY OF ALTAMIRA TABATINGA. POLICE BELIEVE THE FEDERAL FISH THERE WOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

        ALL THE FISH WERE SEIZED 469. THIS TOTAL OF 221 WERE KIND ACARI TIGER, 123 AND 105 OF THE BREAD Acari Acari ZEBRA, endemic fish XINGU RIVER AND FORBIDDEN TO BE REMOVED FROM NATURE.

        ORNAMENTAL FISH WERE RETURNED TO THE RIVER XINGU BY IBAMA. THE FINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATION EXCEEDS HALF MILLION REAL.
        A FEDERAL POLICE INVESTIGATE NOW WILL THE ORIGIN OF FISH.
        I ate my fish that died.

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        • #5
          Sorry Myjohnson, no Zebras for us. they had plan on getting me between 10-15 of them but now they will get me Zero. so start breeding them so i can buy you at least 1.
          75g Tank,
          2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
          2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
          10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
          10g Tank
          Hospital 2-F. Endlers

          2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

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          • #6
            Lol, I knew it was a long shot.

            You do know there are a number of people selling WC zebras right?
            I ate my fish that died.

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            • #7
              i dont care if they are WC or TR i just dont have 150+ for just one.
              75g Tank,
              2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
              2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
              10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
              10g Tank
              Hospital 2-F. Endlers

              2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

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              • #8
                Cheapest I've seen them go for is $100 at 1".

                General rule seems to dictate their going price at $100 per inch. I don't think it really ever mattered whether they were WC or not.

                Only pricing preference I've seen that substantially increase price was breeding vs. non-breeding colonies.
                I ate my fish that died.

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                • #9
                  oh, in that case ill start saving to get one. my girl will flip lol.
                  75g Tank,
                  2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
                  2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
                  10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
                  10g Tank
                  Hospital 2-F. Endlers

                  2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

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                  • #10
                    lol, that's what credit cards are for brahhh!

                    Live a life of credit! :)
                    I ate my fish that died.

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                    • #11
                      Thai likes to hoard endangered fish.... just sayin.. lol
                      300g - Petrochromis Texas "Red Fin" Longola, Petrochromis Red Bulu, Tropheus Red Rainbow Kansanga.

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                      • #12
                        When living a life on borrowed time and money....anything can happen! :)
                        I ate my fish that died.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by myjohnson View Post
                          When living a life on borrowed time and money....anything can happen! :)
                          Isn't that the American way??
                          300g - Petrochromis Texas "Red Fin" Longola, Petrochromis Red Bulu, Tropheus Red Rainbow Kansanga.

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                          • #14
                            Do you think they will ever come down in price? I have always wanted one, but I cannot justify paying so much for one. I keep thinking they'll come down one day, but it seems as if prices have gone up, not down.

                            I'm wanting a nice pleco for my 90g, and I wish I could get a zebra, but I stopped holding my breath long ago. And the way it's going, I may never get to have one.
                            Vicki

                            • 90g Planted - Journal - New Pics Mar23
                            • 75g Planted - Journal (on PT)
                            • 29g Planted - Journal
                            • 29g Planted
                            • 5g Planted RCS

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by myjohnson View Post
                              lol, that's what credit cards are for brahhh!

                              Live a life of credit! :)
                              i am debt free since 1983. i dont own anything to no one. wel jsut rent water lights cell internet
                              75g Tank,
                              2- Wild Scalare Angel 2-wild Angel snakeskin, 2-half blue half black Angels, 5-Guianacara Geayi, 4- Blue Rams(1m/3f), 1- L144, 1- Pleco unknown type 1-Blue Neon Goby
                              2.5g Mini Monter - Shrimp Tank
                              10-RCS, 1-Red Sakura 5-Malawa, 8-Boraras Brigittie, 1-Adonis Pleco, 1-Zebra Nerite, 1-Horned Nerite
                              10g Tank
                              Hospital 2-F. Endlers

                              2-29g Empty Tank, 20L Empty Tank , 125g Empty Tank[SIGPIC]sigpic

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