Sea Dragon

as in a leafy sea dragon...?

those bad boys are illegal... but if you ask your LFS politely... they might get some...





















might...
 
I do. His name is Puff and he's a magic sea dragon. He only shows up when I eat a lot of brownies or eat special mushrooms.
 
they are around as my lfs had a dozen over the period of a month in march .they are almost impossible to keep for any prolonged period as they really went out of their way to feed them . they had a specially prepared tank filled with rubble on the bottom and had many cultures of pods as the tank was literally filled with them . they fed the pods phyto and they numbered in the zillions .some of the sea dragons ate them like mad some didn't and none of them survived . they are so touchy that only the most knowledgeable will have any luck and believe me these guys know their &^(#% ! they are legal and were purchased wholesale through on of the biggest dealers in the country. i must add that the $75 a pop wholesale just to rent them for a week was well worth the crowds of people that came to see them . three different people bought a couple and none survived past a couple of weeks .~really cool though ~
 
I have been in the marine trade industry for 15 years now and worked for most of the biggest wholesalers/Importers in LA/the Country and have not once seen or heard for that matter of any Sea Dragons being imported. The one thing that I can see happen is that Aquarium of the Pacific will sometimes sell/trade some of their baby animal's that they have too many of.(I worked at the Aquarium of the Pacific and used to seperate males from females baby Bamboo sharks that where being sold to a wholesaler in LA)
So maybe thats how this LFS got a hold of some. They are awsome animals.
 
i don't think they breed in captivity... do they...?



edit: nevAr mind...

In captivity

Due to being protected by law, obtaining sea dragons is often an expensive and difficult process as they must be from captive bred stock, and exporters must prove their broodstock were caught before collecting restrictions went into effect, or that they had a license to collect dragons. To date, no successful, closed cycle, captive-breeding programme has occurred (i.e. getting a generation of captive-raised sea dragons to breed). Sea dragons have a specific level of protection under federal fisheries legislation as well as in most Australian states where they occur.[6]
They are very fragile and unstable outside their natural habitat. Success in keeping them has been largely in the public aquarium sector, due to funding and knowledge that would not be available to the average aquarium enthusiast.
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AOP has a pretty successful breeding program going on with the dragons. I believe Georgia Aquarium does as well.
 
gumbii said:
as in a leafy sea dragon...?

those bad boys are illegal... but if you ask your LFS politely... they might get some...


might...
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As you found out in the article, they are not illegal to own or transport. it's the collection that is controlled. If you have enough money you could get one.
 
peskyfish said:
I have been in the marine trade industry for 15 years now and worked for most of the biggest wholesalers/Importers in LA/the Country and have not once seen or heard for that matter of any Sea Dragons being imported. The one thing that I can see happen is that Aquarium of the Pacific will sometimes sell/trade some of their baby animal's that they have too many of.(I worked at the Aquarium of the Pacific and used to seperate males from females baby Bamboo sharks that where being sold to a wholesaler in LA)
So maybe thats how this LFS got a hold of some. They are awsome animals.
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LFS can special order them and all the 104th can get them if they try hard enough. I had a customer then wanted one and we had the order set-up until he pulled out. If we sent the money, they would have arrived at our facility (not on 104th).

AOP doesn't sell since they are AZA but they do trade them to other AZA facilities :)
 
iamwrasseman said:
they are around as my lfs had a dozen over the period of a month in march .they are almost impossible to keep for any prolonged period as they really went out of their way to feed them . they had a specially prepared tank filled with rubble on the bottom and had many cultures of pods as the tank was literally filled with them . they fed the pods phyto and they numbered in the zillions .some of the sea dragons ate them like mad some didn't and none of them survived . they are so touchy that only the most knowledgeable will have any luck and believe me these guys know their &^(#% ! they are legal and were purchased wholesale through on of the biggest dealers in the country. i must add that the $75 a pop wholesale just to rent them for a week was well worth the crowds of people that came to see them . three different people bought a couple and none survived past a couple of weeks .~really cool though ~
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They cost on the order of thousands so what;s up with the $75 "rental" :lol:

You sure your talking about weedy or leafy sea dragons and not Ghost pipes? Both leafy and weedy eat much larger prey, I sell thousands of mysids to public aquariums across the US for them :)
 
GreshamH said:
LFS can special order them and all the 104th can get them if they try hard enough. I had a customer then wanted one and we had the order set-up until he pulled out. If we sent the money, they would have arrived at our facility (not on 104th).

AOP doesn't sell since they are AZA but they do trade them to other AZA facilities :)
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Leafy's is what AOP mostly bred. I think they also had some weedy's though.

I never had anybody special request one, hence never seeing one(smart people!) I should see if any of the suppliers we work with currently can get a hold of any, just for Sh*ts and Giggles. Since where I work now mostly specializes in Aussie animals.

Duh! I new they traded not sold them.:crazy1:
 
GreshamH said:
They cost on the order of thousands so what;s up with the $75 "rental" :lol:

You sure your talking about weedy or leafy sea dragons and not Ghost pipes? Both leafy and weedy eat much larger prey, I sell thousands of mysids to public aquariums across the US for them :)
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Thats the first thing I thought, Ghost Pipes.
 
peskyfish said:
Leafy's is what AOP mostly bred. I think they also had some weedy's though.

I never had anybody special request one, hence never seeing one(smart people!) I should see if any of the suppliers we work with currently can get a hold of any, just for Sh*ts and Giggles. Since where I work now mostly specializes in Aussie animals.

Duh! I new they traded not sold them.:crazy1:
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So I guess say hi to Eric and Gary for me? :D
 
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