kristarockstar Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Has anyone ordered fish from Thailand or another such country? Did you use a Transhipper? or did you need permits of some sort to send it directly to you? Any recomended companies? Any other info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsBettas Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) I know with bettas (Thai bettas are often the best, if you know what you're buying and who you're buying from) they have to go through our transhipper in Toronto- he charges a transhipping fee of ten bucks per fish (he can be fairly ridiculous since he has the monopoly in Canada, transhipping in America is usually like 2-4 bucks a fish), and then ships them out to you. You don't need any permit, the transhipper has the permit to bring them into the country. The best fish I've owned, which were also a lot of my starting stock, were from Thai and if I remember correctly Malaysian betta farms. I did not deal with the transhipper directly, there were a few of us who got fish from the same order. What kind of fish are you looking at? Edited October 7, 2014 by MattsBettas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristarockstar Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 I want more longfin pink danios, and magenta mystery snails. I can get the danios if I make a trip up to Edmonton as aquarium central has them. But its hard to find someone who will ship the snails from the US, and I couldn't find any in Canada. It probably wouldn't be worth it it seems just for those two things, but I just thought I would check! Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattsBettas Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yea, by the time it gets through the process it isn't cheap... By the way, I have a couple light food pink shell (if that's what you're after) mysteries that should be nearing breeding size, if by some chance they breed I'll let you know... They do exist in Canada... Big Als up here had a tank full of most of the colors a few months back. The process might work differently for other fish, by the way... I'm only familiar with the process surrounding bettas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristarockstar Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Omg! Yes that is what I'm looking for! Please do let me know if they breed. And if big als gets some in. Might be worth a trip up there for fish AND snails Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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