go on the goverment site and find out what you can bring back and what paper work would be needed I believe that importers get one CITIES for a shipment and they have to list all that is on that shipment. some supplyers will ship to Canada. Otherwise you would have no corals in your tanks..The proof is in the pudding as they say. IF they are frags and mounted on frag plugs I believe you maybe able to get it shipped to Canada. I have been doing some reeding on this most ebay item go way to high. I have a piece of hammer that is the same as the first item you showed, they are available you just have to find them..

Bill

Oh! Bill I would pay dearly for a frag of that. :mrgreen:

Leah

me too. problay more then i should too.
ship me one head?

While true, the importers do it in bulk and have to get alot of paperwork and permits together. I don't think it is really practical or easily done for an individual looking to bring in a few pieces.

I do believe that it is $100 -150 for a shipment so if you have multipule boxes then you have to list everything in that shipment and the number of boxes. It is not that bad if you are shipping alot of stuff but if you were to only ship 1 item then it is not worth it.

as for selling my hammer It only has 2 heads not as nice as the one shown. I did get it from a local store, after it divides afew times I will frag it. My green trumpet has 11 heads and 8 are well into the dividing process so you never know.

If I remember correctly, when Starry was researching bringing things over the border, if you are caught trying to bring some corals across the border they will even seize your vehicle!

[QUOTE=Purple;If I remember correctly, when Starry was researching bringing things over the border, if you are caught trying to bring some corals across the border they will even seize your vehicle!

Hi Purple,

Yeah, I was told the same by a friend that works at the border!

Leah

I do not know about you, but if you did your home work filled out the import papers and played the import money it would work. I believe there is no issue with aqua cultured corals as they are a self supporting industry. Corals taken from the wild you do need a special permit for. LFS's would never be able to import them other wise. Don't get me wrong but if it is illegal for the general public then it would be illegal for the LFS's. The general public just has to jump through all the hoops every time you do anything.

Bill

A butterfly collector was fined twenty five thousand dollarsfor importing a butterfly without a permit
Breaking CITES rules are treated seriously not like smuggling a dozen Miller./