If you need papers for it I know a guy who knows a guy that has a guy in the south bay who can take care of it for you LMK
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If you need papers for it I know a guy who knows a guy that has a guy in the south bay who can take care of it for you LMK
I don't think that if it was illegal to own in California they would sell them at wholesale, don't think they would have had them out displayed at MAX, and I don't think you'd be able to special order them at almost any lfs in town. The permit has to be had by the collector, not the end owner. I may be wrong, but I don't think so many parties would be so grossly irresponsible and after a dollar.
They are not illegal to own in California so long as they were imported legally. There is no way for the end owner to prove this though. If it were me, I'd be asking a lot of questions of the seller about how he got it and if he had seen the cites permits. If the seller purchased it directly from an importer, then he would have the cites paperwork. If he says any different, I'm not touching that fish.
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-Jason
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55 Gallon Corner Build
http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/showth...5-Corner-Build
(OLD) Mr. Aqua 25 Gallon Cube Reef
http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/showth...-cube&p=832284
(OLD) 10 Gallon Reef w/ 10 Gallon Sump/Fuge
http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/showth...lon-reef-build
Lol, I've only had him a few weeks, so he hasn't passed my one month superstition threshold for posting pics. - He lives with Kermit though, so next time I take Kermie pics, I'll take one of him as well.
FWIW, my Scripps scientist friend knows I have him, as well as which wholesaler I recieved him from, and hasn't said anything about my needing a permit.
To settle this I will contact a friend at fish and game tomorrow and will let everyone know.
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55 Gallon Corner Build
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(OLD) Mr. Aqua 25 Gallon Cube Reef
http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/showth...-cube&p=832284
(OLD) 10 Gallon Reef w/ 10 Gallon Sump/Fuge
http://www.sdreefs.com/forums/showth...lon-reef-build
Man never knew this would cause such a stink haha no more showing off goodies.
But woogie, if when yours grows up and if it ends up a girl let's try to breed em
Lol, I think they'd try and kill each other instead.
I already know the answer since I did go to college and got a degree in Marine Fisheries Science but to appease you all I will ask.
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Uhh..illegal or not, sweet fish! I was eyeballing him as well. Was wondering who it would be with a temperate tank that would swoop him up. Glad it was you bro! Will have to swing by to check him out sometime😁 I'm sure you're fine man, ppl just wanna make a big to do about it. And Jeff knows his stuff. He would delete the thread for your sake if it was questionable.
Got this from coral oasis today:
"This fish was collected by Cortez tropical import. They have permits. You don't need to have one if you got it from us which we got from them."
As a matter of fact I did. And just like I said, it's legal as long as it was imported legally.
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