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- Aug 20, 2003
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Hi all.
A while ago I introduced myself and mentioned I was planning to get a tank and octo in the near future.
Well today I bought my equipment : a 105 gallon tank, huge protein skimmer, decent heating, UV lights with a timer, live rock, seasand and an air supply. The whole lot gets delivered here next week, so I'll be posting some pics then
I plan on getting a RO kit in a few weeks, as currently everything totalled at 1000 Euro, and the RO kit would be another 250...
As you may recall, I was (and still am) having problems locating a shop that could sell me an octo.
My LFS could procure one and is planning on keeping them on display in the shop in a few weeks... but the species was "the blue one", which nearly caused me to have a stroke when I heard it.
A further chat with the owner of the shop reveiled it was not the blue-ringed octo, that it looked more greyish/light blue and would be imported from Indonesia...
Hmm, sounds like a good back up solution, but I want more certainty, so I gave the guys at www.fishsupply.com a ring, to find out they don't ship to Belgium.
So, what now? I'm going to call the US Fish&Wildlife department and check with them how to proceed to get a 3-177 document : declaration of import/export of wildlife. ( see http://www.kingsnake.ca/imp_exp.html )
Then I'll check with a shipping company that can guarantee shipping AND delivery within a day ( will come at a price, but it's well worth it )....
Just came here to give you an update on my progress, and frankly said, I need some cheering up too
The journey ahead is long, and difficult I imagine ( especially if you find things like "It's a bit scary to have someone opening your animals in the middle of their journey to your customer" (opening my animal?? but I want to import a LIVING octo ) on the US site, or on the BE custom's page "How to prevent problems? The best solution is not to import an animal" ( Written by yours truly, Captain Obvious, who would like bring to your attention that research has proven injuries suffered from car accidents dropped by a dramatic 99.9% by not leaving the driveway of your house. :P )
If this doesn't work out, my next solution is to go over to London, find an LSF with Bimaculodes, buy one and "smuggle" it back with the Eurostar... only a 3-4 hour train ride...
In any case, should I be able to export a bimac from fishsupply.com on my own, I'll post the entire procedure so it can be reused by Tonmo!
Greetz & expect more news soon
Roger "I'll have my bimac, even if I have to come and pick it up in CA myself"
A while ago I introduced myself and mentioned I was planning to get a tank and octo in the near future.
Well today I bought my equipment : a 105 gallon tank, huge protein skimmer, decent heating, UV lights with a timer, live rock, seasand and an air supply. The whole lot gets delivered here next week, so I'll be posting some pics then
I plan on getting a RO kit in a few weeks, as currently everything totalled at 1000 Euro, and the RO kit would be another 250...
As you may recall, I was (and still am) having problems locating a shop that could sell me an octo.
My LFS could procure one and is planning on keeping them on display in the shop in a few weeks... but the species was "the blue one", which nearly caused me to have a stroke when I heard it.
A further chat with the owner of the shop reveiled it was not the blue-ringed octo, that it looked more greyish/light blue and would be imported from Indonesia...
Hmm, sounds like a good back up solution, but I want more certainty, so I gave the guys at www.fishsupply.com a ring, to find out they don't ship to Belgium.
So, what now? I'm going to call the US Fish&Wildlife department and check with them how to proceed to get a 3-177 document : declaration of import/export of wildlife. ( see http://www.kingsnake.ca/imp_exp.html )
Then I'll check with a shipping company that can guarantee shipping AND delivery within a day ( will come at a price, but it's well worth it )....
Just came here to give you an update on my progress, and frankly said, I need some cheering up too
The journey ahead is long, and difficult I imagine ( especially if you find things like "It's a bit scary to have someone opening your animals in the middle of their journey to your customer" (opening my animal?? but I want to import a LIVING octo ) on the US site, or on the BE custom's page "How to prevent problems? The best solution is not to import an animal" ( Written by yours truly, Captain Obvious, who would like bring to your attention that research has proven injuries suffered from car accidents dropped by a dramatic 99.9% by not leaving the driveway of your house. :P )
If this doesn't work out, my next solution is to go over to London, find an LSF with Bimaculodes, buy one and "smuggle" it back with the Eurostar... only a 3-4 hour train ride...
In any case, should I be able to export a bimac from fishsupply.com on my own, I'll post the entire procedure so it can be reused by Tonmo!
Greetz & expect more news soon
Roger "I'll have my bimac, even if I have to come and pick it up in CA myself"