Buying coral and fish from USA

[paddyob]

Good luck with that.


If shops, such as live aquaria and BRS, are not shipping up here then there is probably a few pricey loop holes. BRS won't even ship foods.

What is it you think you can't already get here? If its price you think is better, figure out the import costs, or the fine if you do it illegally.

[paddyob]

No offense meant, overall, but it's pretty unwise to take things over the boarder as you claim. And honestly, very stupid to post it in a public forum that you did.

One phone call and your uneditable post can haunt you forever.

Always baffled me to see people brag about it.


Again, if all it needed was a receipt, cross boarder shipping would be easy.

*picks up the phone to fish and wild life*

Originally Posted by Insguy

It depends on the location. I have crossed the boarder many times with coral, inverts and fish. Depending on the crossing they all want different things. I have not been asked for a cites certificate, it is only required when they suspect smuggling, CITES are for protected species. The most that they have asked for is a receipt, location harvested and the species. I have had suppliers out of Florida send me a NAFTA certificate of Origin.

From what I know there are three reasons why they would disallow your purchase. Those would be along the lines of smuggling, quarantine or improper paper work.

Understand that I have everything cross a boarder that is very small where things are more relaxed. I also cross frequently and know the boarder agents by first name.

[ferret]

I had experienced a few times for purchasing macro algae only from US without any corals and fish just tropical seaweeds without problem. When crossing the border and showed the receipt including the types/names of the marine plants and of course the plants were free from attaching to any LR or substrates and in small quantities and proving that was not for commercial purposes.