Welcome Henry,
That's a really impressive fish list!. You can find out what is currently being kept in SG in the fish census that is being maintained in the "Notice Board" just above this killies category. It is a "sticky" thread near the start.
A few of us, as foreigners, have tried to keep an eye on the census and we should get together BAKA shipments of new species they don't have, to exchange for stuff they have there.
International mail prohibits shipment of "animals" dead or alive, so we need to send enough stuff at one time to pay for the FedEx or UPS charges. Those are a lot less than commercial air freight, but much more than mail. WE must also ship to one in SG with proper import papers.
I'm just sending an abandonment notice to the F&WL inspector at SFO so they can destroy six nice Fp. filamentosum that were seized by customs. They have worked with me to find a legal way to let the fish live, but there is no way once it has been determined that the law was violated.
All boxes are now opened from Singapore, since the aborted attempt by Al Kaida to sabotage US vessels visiting there.
The inspector doesn't like it any more than I do, but like all bureaucracies, process is all important, and outcomes are not.
If and when I can get to the bay area, again, I'd like to discuss this with you, and tell you of some fish you have that I, too, covet. The infrequent meetings of BAKA have been in conflict with my schedule, and the mountain passes will soon be closed, so who knows when it will be?
By the way, the powers that be, on this site, like it if you add your real name to your sig line, so it appears on all your messages. They discourage use of nicknames unless you are a fugitive or something that must stay anonymous.
Wright
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Bishop, CA 93514 USA
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