Hong Kong's Goldfish Street

[WuHT]

I was there for new years, and all i am asking for is to take PICTURES!

The livestock there (though cramped) all look pretty healthy (i didint have a lot of time so i only went to the salt water ones)

Price wise, the stuff is pretty good compared to local..but it's the livestock that they have for 1/8 of our price!

[VFX]

Originally Posted by WuHT

I was there for new years, and all i am asking for is to take PICTURES!

The livestock there (though cramped) all look pretty healthy (i didint have a lot of time so i only went to the salt water ones)

Price wise, the stuff is pretty good compared to local..but it's the livestock that they have for 1/8 of our price!

I'll try my best to take some pics.

I was shocked when I 1st stumbled upon it & saw amazingly beautiful Emperor Angels, CBB's, foot long Oscars etc. all hanging up in bags in doorways!

Like you say, they looked healthy enough!

Prices? I remember see Percula's for $30 each.

That's $30 Hong Kong Dollars each! (about $4 CAD!)

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[sexyshrimp]

I love Goldfish Street. You can get T5 lights + a ballast and everything for only $350 hk which is like $50 here. I remember I got like a 16w 10k HO trio of T5's. But they melted. At least one of them did.

[VFX]

Originally Posted by sexyshrimp

I love Goldfish Street. You can get T5 lights + a ballast and everything for only $350 hk which is like $50 here. I remember I got like a 16w 10k HO trio of T5's. But they melted. At least one of them did.

Yeah, bargains galore!

$50 for T5's with ballast... that's a steal, so long as they work that is!!!

HK 220v @ 50Hz - Canada 110v @ 60Hz so I probably wont trust anything electrical that my tank has to rely on from HK.

Not with out a decent step down.

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[sexyshrimp]

I had to use all sorts of adaptors when I got the T5's back here though. But they were BRILLIANTLY bright It was worth it. & Turkey basters were like a dollar. Not that it's such a bigbigbig deal its just that if that was here it would've only been like 10 cents

[Keri]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3a34ubyvnU I just found this thread while looking up goldfish street on youtube...do they really keep the fish in sealed bags on racks like that?? don't they have a lot of losses??? (I don't know if this is actually the right goldfish street)

[dsaundry]

Nice link Keri...I wonder what their loss rate is too.

cya when you get back VFX. Have a great trip and keep us posted.

[Keri]

(hope I was allowed to post that)

Have fun on your trip, it looks like a pretty crazy place!

[dsaundry]

Yes you can post that..great stuff!!!

[VFX]

Wow Keri, thanks for the link! Yep, that's Goldfish Street alright!

Some things out there just don't seem ethical!

I saw one store sell 2 sea horses to a young kid (about 12 yrs old I'd guess) & his mother. They sold him the seahorses, a small plastic tank (maybe 3 or 4 gallons?), a sachet of sea salt mix & a few bags of live mysis. I'd be surprised if they lasted more than a few days

I asked about the fish-in-bags thing and apparently they sell their livestock so fast that most don't hang around (excuse the pun!) for more than a day or so.

They only seem to keep the really expensive stuff in the display tanks. Thing like speciality goldfish, arowana's & some SW stuff.

I think there was only 2 or 3 SW places last time I was there.

I can still picture that Emperor Angel about 7 or 8 inches long stuffed into a bag barely 10 inches wide... I wanted to take him home there & then!

Anyways, I'll keep you posted!

See you when I get back Darryl.

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