Anyone ever done a club to club box swap?

[number6]

I've read a few threads

on some forums about clubs that buddy up with a club elsewhere. They've swapped a box of fish

to introduce new fish to an area since local availability from region to region can be so

different.

We do get some very nice WC cichlids, verified, from Germany to Toronto.

Many of the F1s aren't that expensive up here...
it might be interesting if a

club in the US wanted to try a box swap with the Mississauga Fish club.

Anyone think

they would be interested in talking about this more?

[maddog10]

Our club, Capital Cichlid

Association, has done this in the past and it worked out great. I will direct our president, Pat

Kelly, to this thread and let him get in contact with you.

[Patrick Kelly]

Our club has

done this two times so far. It brings new blood and interest to the meetings.
Some of the

items that come in are interesting and some are the same type of fish some of us already have.

It's a chance you take. Usually the club gets donations from the members and pays to ship the

box. The money is recouped from selling the fish that you get. The hard part is usually getting

some one to collect and ship the fish. I wonder if shipping across the boarder will be a problem?


I will send this thread to our exchange chair person.

[Longstocking]

Hey Damian...

The problem with shipping over country lines is the fees involved.

It might be

possible if someone in the club has the permits .. on both ends ( correct me if I'm wrong

someone). I don't think anyone that belongs to our club has those though http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif ... At least not to my knowledge ( Pat.... only person that

might, that I have not thought to ask, is Discus Hans)

You might be able to find a club

that does though... if somone in you club does as well.

Shipping the fish out, for our

club, causes the biggest problem.... Finding somone to do this each and every time is quite

difficult. Since, not everyone knows how to ship, I have offered my help to people that

haven't shipped before so that they can learn how to ship.

Getting fish donated

seems to be one of the easier tasks.

I receive the fish so that hasn't caused any

problems.

HTH

Sarah

[number6]

Now the Maryland area in the

US may not be such a big hurdle... bringing fish across the border is usually pretty straight

forward as long as we pay the sales tax... I have no idea about taking fish to the U.S. so 'll

have to check...

I have family in Maryland, just outside of DC, so there's

possibilites of personally flying/ driving instead of shipping... I'll look into some things

and get back to you...
to give you an idea of what is locally available from MFC members..


The import route of the WC parents is known...

F1 Placidochromis sp.

"Phenochilus Tanzania”
F1 Pseudotropheus Polit “Lion’s cove”
F1 Cynotilapia sp.

"Mbamba"
F1 Copadichromis trewavasae Mloto Likoma
F1 Placidochromis sp.

Electra Blue

so if we can work out details... it's not the common Africans that

are around in Mississauga... I think it'd be worth figuring it out if possible...

[Longstocking]

Look into it....

but I'm pretty sure the fish will be stopped at customs then they will require a quaranteen for

a certain amount of time. The stories I've heard... end in dead fish. They could just be

stories though http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

We'd be

interested in doing a box exchange with your club.... if the fees aren't too high and it's

possible without killing the fish. If you come down to our area... I'm sure driving

wouldn't cause these problems.

Just shoot me an email... or you know where to find

me http://cichlid.ipbhost.com/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[fishfarm]

Sarah, Shipping across the

US/Canadain border is not a problem if you use Fed-ex. I do it ll the time. It does take two days

even with priority. No import permit needed. Ken

[Lisachromis]

Do you label the fish as

fish though Ken? When I contacted any sort of carrier (UPS FedEx, etc.) the story I got was.

"We do not take fish across the border. Either alive or dead (frozen fish)."

If someone was close to the border they can carry the fish across themselves. It shouldn't be

a big problem unless it's a lot of fish.

[Longstocking]

Thanks Ken....

I had heard of a few people I know doing what you said.... but it was only for a small box of

fish.... 6 or so fish.

But I had also heard that some fish ..... even through your

method... were still stopped.

Have your shipments ever been stopped?

[tigger0254]

Back to the club

to club box swap...If anyone is still interested, I have presented this idea to my club last night

at our general meeting and many are very interested and willing to participate. You can email me

direct at tigger0254@aol.com or ccac@circlecityaqclub.org. We can get with each other see what each

club has extras of and really make this happen.
Sincerely,
Brian Lovins
CCAC

President
www.circlecityaqclub.org
Indianapolis, IN

[Longstocking]

email sent

[fishfarm]

Sarah, I've never had a

shipment stopped, Put a invoice on the outside of the box. And off they go. Ken

[Longstocking]

Our club is

wanting to do a couple of Box Exchanges this year.... now that it's getting a bit warmer I

thought I would start coordinating one.

If anyone is interested email me at

Longstocking30@hotmail.com

Brian, I sent you an email.