Importing rock,fish and corals from the USA

bubbleblower · #1 11-13-2009, 04:13 AM

Hi there
Just wondering if anyone has done it and what the process is.
I'm talking about personal use only not commercial.
Thanks

fkshiu · #2 11-13-2009, 04:29 AM

untamed legally imported TBS rock from the US.

shrimpchips · #3 11-13-2009, 04:38 AM

I thought live rock is legally protected and you need permits to bring it across the US border.

You can bring back most softies as long as they're on artificial bases - but not on Live rock bases/rubble.

lastlight · #4 11-13-2009, 04:41 AM

I think if the people had known truly what untamed had he'd never have been allowed to bring it over. I think it was somehow classified as limestone. I haven't heard of anyone doing this recently.

Ryan · #5 11-13-2009, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I think if the people had known truly what untamed had he'd never have been allowed to bring it over. I think it was somehow classified as limestone. I haven't heard of anyone doing this recently.

Out of curiousity what kind of rock did you buy and where did you get it?

As to the OP my buddy went down to the US and brought back some corals and fish. He called the boarder and they patched him through to another section, long story short the guy said there are a few corals you need paperwork for but what he wanted (Favia, Firefish, Purple firefish) no permits were needed. Not sure how true that is but he brought them back okay.

lastlight · #6 11-13-2009, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

Out of curiousity what kind of rock did you buy and where did you get it?

The rock I bought was the premium fiji and the tonga shelf.

They have a new website. Previously it said on the site that BRS now sells only the Reef Saver rock to Canadians. Don't see that mentioned now? Shelf rock isn't listed at all...

When I try to add 100 lbs of dry fiji I get this:

Fatal error: Call to a member function getItemsCollection() on a non-object in /home/bulkycom/public_html/store/app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Quote/Address.php on line 197

Maybe they have a fancier way now to say "No rock for you!"

phyto4life · #7 11-13-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shrimpchips

I thought live rock is legally protected and you need permits to bring it across the US border.

You can bring back most softies as long as they're on artificial bases - but not on Live rock bases/rubble.

agreed only softies are aloud on a artifitial mounting base like cement/ceramic plugs

bubbleblower · #8 11-14-2009, 02:45 AM

So the question now is,,,can dry rock be imported?

BlueAbyss · #9 11-14-2009, 07:10 AM

Dry rock can be imported if it is NOT made from coral skeletons, hence why BRS was only selling that one kind of rock to Canadians (it contained no coral skeletons). The deal with live rock is it is often dead coral heads, and so has CITES restrictions. Or at least that's how I understood it (correct me if I'm wrong).

To import stony corals (or live rock, for that matter) you would need the original photosanitary certificate as well as some other piece of documentation relating to the original importation of said coral or live rock to the US. I read up on the process a bit a while back, and for some reason I seem to think that you can import fish more easily that corals... I'll look around in my history and see if I can find the page.