IMPORT 101

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Yup, she loves zoas/palys and really loves nps corals. She is also getting into those “pretty stick things”. Lol

I have 18+ maybe more baby sun corals biggest are 1/8" and all growing. My children of the sea.
The orange scleronephthya bad shape when I got it. Hard to get now. Hope it thrives

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Kenya dendronephthya colonies, possibly dendronephthya roxasia spp.?

This recently sent 2 days ago, vendors inventory

Top down sucks for id’ing. It could be a d. hemprichi as well. But Kenya would be a little south for it, well maybe. We saw a ton of it when we dove the Red Sea a few years back. To think of it, that is when my wife fell in love with them.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Top down sucks for id’ing. It could be a d. hemprichi as well. But Kenya would be a little south for it, well maybe. We saw a ton of it when we dove the Red Sea a few years back. To think of it, that is when my wife fell in love with them.

Dove Cayman Islands, Hawaii, Caribbean, wish I could do Red Sea, GBR, and especially Fiji capital for softies. Red Sea I'm jealous. I think your right dendronephthya hemprichi, because with dendronephthya roxasia no thistles if I remember? Many softies hard to id. Specifically dendronephthya species., I think. There's also another dendronephthya from vendor no thistles that may be dendronephthya roxasia? Here picture

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Vendor in Africa, tomorrow will send me more photos of different NPS softies.
At one point will break down fees/cost to import these softies

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Dove Cayman Islands, Hawaii, Caribbean, wish I could do Red Sea, GBR, and especially Fiji capital for softies. Red Sea I'm jealous. I think your right dendronephthya hemprichi, because with dendronephthya roxasia no thistles if I remember? Many softies hard to id. Specifically dendronephthya species., I think. There's also another dendronephthya from vendor no thistles that may be dendronephthya roxasia? Here picture

Now that looks like a d. roxasia. As for the thistles, if I remember correctly lol, they have them but they are not as pronounced.

 

[Lingwendil]

Cool, following for sure. Can the supplier get anything else interesting?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Cool, following for sure. Can the supplier get anything else interesting?

Here's the catch, vendor not under CITES treaty, if you export corals to USA it's limited without CITES permits , so for starters I'm doing like a test import, the soft corals I'm trying to import, you can ship without rock,rubble, and they live. They're like a super hero in the ocean, heal really quick, so going to try ship with no rock, gravel, etc... the vendor is going to send me more pictures of NPS softies. Next thread on importing, will be on stony corals. Thanks for following.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

@Jomama we owe you a few cases of beer for all of your work at this. This is very promising and, if successful will make me turn one of my tanks into an nps tank lol. The wifey is even onboard as the only thing better than zoas to her is dendros lol.

Talking about beer, I'm not a beer drinker(martini's,some wines, moderation ) , but about 7 years ago, where I lived there was a Indian restaurant, had different beers to buy. I choose 10000 Monk. I've had different beers though-out my life but this beer was like no other type, from start to finish taste was there a taste, that made you come for more, you can taste flavor of barrel in it and some I don't drink much beer, but this one moves me to. Once a beer connoisseur said, of all beers he's had, he likes beers from India. I see why or taste why. Thanks for comments and following

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So I called Custom Border Protection to see how many different forms I'd need to fill out. They said one, form 3-177, one of the earlier postings has email from agency how to fill. Not difficult, now we're ready to order dendronephthya colonies

 

[reefwiser]

I wouldn't want you to waste your time on this as there is a lot to getting importation of corals than cities permit. That is the job of the shipper there have been many scam's from people in Africa saying they will sell corals and fish to US customers.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I wouldn't want you to waste your time on this as there is a lot to getting importation of corals than cities permit. That is the job of the shipper there have been many scam's from people in Africa saying they will sell corals and fish to US customers.

So true, one thing about conducting any business. It all leap of faith. I can right this off as business loss. Also the most I'll loose is $200. Here in Socal. that what some of us sped on one drink. Peanut what I'll lose.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So emailed vendor in process of ordering dendro's. Waiting on him

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So vendor sent me proforma, it's a break down of all cost &fees, let's just say I love softies, but not that much. If the softies I was going to order thrived in our tanks then yes. So, now we're going to see if one of his transhipers will add my order to his.

Stay tune

 

[JaimeAdams]

So vendor sent me proforma, it's a break down of all cost &fees, let's just say I love softies, but not that much. If the softies I was going to order thrived in our tanks then yes. So, now we're going to see if one of his transhipers will add my order to his.

Stay tune

How much was it?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

$1300. Im going to see if fedx,dhl. Might charge by exact weight and they also provide cuztoms broker service. Bummer

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Just got off phone with Fedex 20kg, 3 day priority $1050, I act as my broker.

 

[reefwiser]

So what kind of plankton are you using to feed the corals? Do you flood the tank with Plankton everyday? An do you filter the aquarium?

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So what kind of plankton are you using to feed the corals? Do you flood the tank with Plankton everyday? An do you filter the aquarium?

Here's my thread on NPS softies,
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/raising-2-dendronephthya-colonies-month1-scleronephthya-6.481941/
Alot reading . It shows filtration and 21 herbs and spices, in other words recipe of what I feed. Yesterday I just add 48 oysters in a refugium like tank, I've used oysters in past as pre-filter before main filtration. I flood feed corals every hour as soon as night begins, a lot less daylight. And every hour at night thru fish feeder sprinkle reef roids recipe to simulate floating plankton. Less in the day. Here's my refugium 10/2017 80 oysters, 10 clams, 3 abalone, CUC, ETC...

NPS SOFTIES still a challenge, may be one day they will thrive in tanks.
Plankton, I use Phyto-Feast, whole shrimp,oysters,squid, reef roids,locust, mysist,artic pods,all foods flour consistency, except Phyto-Feast, and raw seafood, and 1 raw egg blended, all with 4 gallons sw. New batch every Saturday

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

So, here's the three obstacles to importing,

1. Finding a trust worthy exporter
2. Exporter willing to export small amount of corals
3. Finding inexpensive shipping to US.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Cleaned a little the semi round semi-refugium . Found this, scleronephthya
Checked 36 oysters all still alive. 11 to go