Recent visit to Hong Kong's Tung Choi Street

[Puffer]

Wonderful info with pics to show..Now i think going to persuade my family to go for a trip to HK in Dec on pretext of letting the kids experience the Disneyland & Ocean Park! Then...CHARGE TO TUNG CHOI STREET!!

[jiahe88]

Hi kenneth, i be going to Honh Kong this coming September, so just wanna get more info about Tung Choi street. .i been there in end of 2005 but i still not having my planted tank. .but now have jump into Aquarium life so wanna go there and shop around, mainly for CRS items. .for there the CRS is cheap or expansive compare to singapore? and isit ApistoHK is somewher the street? Just don't wanna waste time to search. .kenneth or any AQ members hust been there recently can update me? thanks alot.

[kenneth_kpe]

i passed by singapore, a few months after i passed by hk, I would say items in singapore are cheaper .. why ? because of english speaking forums like aquaticquotient where you can get in touch with singaporean hobbyist

[jiahe88]

oic. .so maybe just go there to exprience with it. .years past back got been there but never get in touch with it. .

[chingkt]

Very nice picture. Now planning to visit HK Tung Choi Street .

[jiahe88]

chingkt you be going to Hong kong? when?

[jiahe88]

kenneth, by the way you got bring back and live stock or plant from HK? able to bring? and how to bring isit using water bottle to import back?

[MrTree]

was at Tong Choi yesterday...saw a few cyprinids in a display tank beside the cashier counter at Aqua World...these fish have got red and black lateral stripes, some black spot on the dorsal fin...head with blueish purple irridesents....TL around 6-7 cm...schooling...my impression is some north america or maybe artificial stuff...never seen before, so i asked for the price...

HKD 6800 per pair!! i am infected with pop eye disease now...

go peep them if you are around....

[benny]

OUCH!!! I saw it. It's so beautful!!!! I almost wanted to bag the whole tank until I heard the price. Almost fainted.

But it's really something different. Too bad they don't allow folks to take pictures. Not that the picture would come out well anyway.

Cheers,

[jiahe88]

benny i just curious how you all able to bring any livestock back singapore? cost on september i be having a trip with my wife to Hong kong fo holidays. so need to research how to bring back. . can guide me along. .cheers

[cairocks]

There is no restriction from the AVA or tax. But you will have problems with liquids on board. You have to check in your fishes now unlike in the past you can hand carry. As too how to check in the fishes, you can search in the past thread. Some of the folks here have found ways to do it and also, your fish wouldn't die from the cold.

Wondering if putting a fish inside a thermos bottle would work. But how to ensure that the fish won't die from lack of oxygen. Humm....

[MrTree]

OUCH!!! I saw it. It's so beautful!!!! I almost wanted to bag the whole tank until I heard the price. Almost fainted.

But it's really something different. Too bad they don't allow folks to take pictures. Not that the picture would come out well anyway.

Cheers,

Wah..lao zhong, I think I found out what it is liao...

Rainbow shiner, Notropis chrosomus

http://cars.er.usgs.gov/Southeastern...raphies_1.html

[benny]

Certainly looks like it! How did you ever track this one down?

Cheers,

[MrTree]

I flipped the thick Altas book, found Notropis spp are the closest to my image..and then google for Notoropis...BINGO!

Highly overpriced..