You can find out about how he collected them here:

http://www.marinebreeder.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=612

Cheers,
Vic

Check out how much the Japanese are selling them for....... under the heading Sparrow Latch (ran it through a translator)

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate...rUrl=Translate

Cheers,
Vic

just finished reading the link, and all I can say is damn that was a lot of work to get those fish.

I will take my Gold Striped Maroons over them any day....:biggrin:

Me too I love my cranky gold stripe, however if I won a lottery, and had money to burn... I would be getting some of these kinds of fish, just because I can. Fish are like any colector's item. the rarer and more difficult to get the bigger the bragging right are to own such things.

Don't hate the player... hate the game.

Hmm how is it even possible to import fish into Canada from the US, when you're only a hobbyist? Or am I not understanding the way things like that work...

sorry but to buy those for that money is plain stupid they lack pizazz in their colors and right they do look like black tomato clowns

If they are a CITES regulated fish then you must have the original import CITES from the country of origin. You then apply for a re-export CITES from the US FWS to get it into Canada. Simple as long as you can get the original import CITES.

By the time the tank is set up, water mixed, rock added, skimmer, suppliments and a few coral to decorate the tank I bet most of us spend close to that to enjoy our little clowns.

Douglas

I appreciate what he went through to be able to offer these to the market, but I myself would never spend that kind of money on a fish. It's hard enough spending $60+ and having it die :(