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Bulldogger1

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Anyone else end up going deep into different wormholes when they become interested in it? That would be me. Another hobby is bonsai and I ended up deep diving into fish keeping from a little research I did into koi. LOL

Anyway, I have an interest in all sorts of different kinds of freshwater fish from different continents. I travel a lot for work and try and stop into different local fish stores and well known places whenever I can. Have flown back several times with fish as carry on. Most recently, I was in the Chicagoland area and took a drive up to Freshwater Exotics to see their operation and the fish in person. Before that, I stopped by Extreme Fish in Houston and Monster Aquarium in NYC. Love hitting the local fish stores in the So Cal area as the selection can be very interesting - Van Star Aquatics.
 
Orthopod

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Bulldogger1 said:
Anyone else end up going deep into different wormholes when they become interested in it? That would be me. Another hobby is bonsai and I ended up deep diving into fish keeping from a little research I did into koi. LOL

Anyway, I have an interest in all sorts of different kinds of freshwater fish from different continents. I travel a lot for work and try and stop into different local fish stores and well known places whenever I can. Have flown back several times with fish as carry on. Most recently, I was in the Chicagoland area and took a drive up to Freshwater Exotics to see their operation and the fish in person. Before that, I stopped by Extreme Fish in Houston and Monster Aquarium in NYC. Love hitting the local fish stores in the So Cal area as the selection can be very interesting - Van Star Aquatics.
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I love going to Fish stores when I’m on a trip as well. Made my wife stop in a fish store in London on a stop over on our honeymoon lol.

I order from freshwater exotics and monster fish fairly frequently. On a tangent, I would love to go on fresh water exotics trip to the xingu collecting - I have collected fish in The Peruvian Amazon before.
 
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Welcome @Bulldogger1

Pretty much every trip I go on involves visits to local fish stores if possible. My last trip visiting family in Ecuador involved looking up a “store” which turned out to be a hobbyist who was just starting up a tank building business. Was a nice visit. I would love to go on a collection trip when I visit again but no sure on how to legally get fish out…
 
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I seriously looked into joining Freshwater Exotics on an expedition down there but the trip cost is $3 K plus airfare. I mean you only live once but I still asked a couple of buddies in Brazil if there are other options and I was directed to a couple of companies that specialize in taking tourists fishing on the Amazon and it wasn’t that much. I imagine a collecting trip is not something they do unless specifically asked and paid for. Probably have to pay an exporter to ship to a transhipper here.
 
Orthopod

Orthopod

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I have been collecting in Peru with Devon Graham with project Amazona.

Home | Project Amazonas: Conservation, Health & Education in the Rainforest

Project Amazonas: Conservation, Health & Sustainability in the Peruvian Amazon since 1994. We engage in rainforest conservation, education & volunteer activities at our two research stations, and operate boat-based medical service trips that serve ~80 isolated communities.
www.projectamazonas.org www.projectamazonas.org


Here are 2 trips available this year.
 

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