JORG Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Anybody(a.k.a birthdayboy today) know if Dallia pectoralis the Alaska blackfish is legal and/or available in the hobby.Been reading up on them and I think they would make great room temperature or pond fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigA Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 What exactly is it? A type of trout or perch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandopsis Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 What ever it is...It looks perdy cool and i bet Tim has one before the end of the week. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Quite legal, but I have never seen one offered anywhere...I would imagine that their requirements (cold waters...3ºC/37ºF-14ºC/57ºF) would make them very difficult to keep as an aquarium fish unless you wanted to invest $2500-$3500 in a chiller to go with a 90 gallon habitat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 My information states that they are highly adabtable and can withstand extreme temperature changes and in the summer lives in temperatures in the 68 F range (water temp) I'm not giving up quite yet perhaps a trip to Alaska is in the books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 My information states that they are highly adabtable and can withstand extreme temperature changes and in the summer lives in temperatures in the 68 F range (water temp) I'm not giving up quite yet perhaps a trip to Alaska is in the books I would be surprised if they ever see 68ºF water....and even that would require a chiller to maintain in Calgary or Edmonton come June-September. Bringing live native fish out of Alaska and across the international border is likely not going to happen, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Well according to the article I'm reading they are very adaptable and that 68 degrees is within their temperature range.They live in weed choked ponds in sphagnum bogs in the summer and can tolerate extreme conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Still, any non-chilled tank in Calgary in summer is likely to be hitting 76º-78º...pretty toasty....and there is that 'legal export/import' bit to get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Would the legal export/import thing not be the same as importing any other legal live fish from the states? If you want Toirtis I can fax you the article about this fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Would the legal export/import thing not be the same as importing any other legal live fish from the states? No. Different rules apply to export of US native species, and import is different, too, especially concerning coldwater species that could potentially survive in Canada. If you want Toirtis I can fax you the article about this fish. Sure, I have a number of articles on it already, but another could not hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 :shifty: Here's a brainstorm I'll talk to some seafood dealers perhaps they can bring them in as live fish for consumption(just wait a long time before you eat them) as they are used for food in Alaska.Yeah I'm sure it's a 500 yard shot without a scope but ya never know.I'd need you to pm me fax# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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