Fish with a microchip?

[aquarist=broke]

My parents went to Philly and came back with stories of a guy there that was real aquarium crazy. They claim that he drove some odd hours out to purchase this fish with a chip in it. Does anybody know what they are talking about?

P.S. They also say that it is an illegal fish to have.

 

[Reefguide]

Uh, oh !! Sounds like the 21st Centurys verion of Pirhana (the Movie)!

Damn those Goverment Scientists !

 

[Reefguide]

Maybe it's one of those chip you have inserted under your dogs/cats skin for ID purposes if he ever ends up in the pound !!

Honestly, I have no freaking clue what your talking about ! 8O

 

[aquarist=broke]

yeah... micro-chip...

Is this bull crap???

 

[Reefguide]

I really think so ! I wouldn't put my finger in that tank, just in case !!

 

[Reefguide]

I Cant really imagine a Fish making it's way to a pound !

Don't mind me I had a few drinks... :wink:

 

[max spl]

i believe all the red arrowanas (freshwater) have micro chips in them and comes with a certificate when you buy them. they are usually $2000+ ! and they say us salt water reef nuts spend a lot on fish... geez

 

[aquarist=broke]

max spl,

You know, I think that's what they were talking about. The guy is Asian and some of us are nuts like that($3000.00 for one fish is more than what I think all my belongings are worth.)

thx.

 

[aesop]

Yeap that would be the arrowana's. All of the ones i've seen are chipped, and also come with a certificate. There must be some law against the illegal importation of them.

Unlike saltwater; you only need to buy one fish worth 2000$ instead of buying multiple fish/corals totalling more then the one fish

 

[wombat1]

For any on the west coast who knows where Cache Creek Casino is, they were trying to buy a $15,000 arowana! Something like a red dragon arowana?? I guess it's illegal here but Asian cultures consider it good luck and they were trying to get someone to buy it for them in Chinatown in SF. They never got it though. Conspicuous angels are pretty pricey, but the highest I've seen paid for a saltwater aquarium fish was $14,000 in Japan for a peppermint angel. It's a newly discovered deepwater Centropyge species, really pretty but not worth as much as some people's whole systems.

 

[dizzy]

Actually I heard about some discussion in the MAC camp about implanting all marine fish (including damsels) with a micro-chips so they could be tracked throughout the chain of custoday. Probably it is an idea that will be cost prohibitive and unlikely to see light of day, but I was informed that it had been discussed. MAC definitely wants each fish assigned a number so it can be traced back to the actual collector.

 

[Anonymous]

Here is a good site for info on the topic of these fishes.

http://members.tripod.com/~Raymond_Tan/redtail.html

Apparently the small silver arowanas are in no danger.

 

[SurfsUP]

You guys are right about it being the Arrowana. I have a Red-tail gold arrowana that has a chip in it. Don't have the certificate. :roll: I had it for about 5 years now and originally I bought it off my uncle for $1000. It's the tamest animal in the house and will come up to your hand when you feed it.

 

[fishfarmer]

It's a pretty common practice in the fisheries field, especially when tagging long lived endangered fishes. PIT tags are a small capsule with a microchip that can be inserted in several areas of the fish with a syringe. A special reader activates the chip which sends out the number onto the reader. Each tag is around $5 a piece and the readers are quite expensive.

 

[goldenboy]

I have read that Ocean rider M'olio seahorses (there not for sale yet) have microchips in them and come with a certificate. If memory serves me I believe that i heard that there Gigantes also have these chips.

 

[dizzy]

I have read that Ocean rider M'olio seahorses (there not for sale yet) have microchips in them and come with a certificate. If memory serves me I believe that i heard that there Gigantes also have these chips.

Why don't they just put a prisoner number tatoo on the seahorse's tail? Are people worried about someone stealing their seahorses? If the readers are really expensive what is the point to all this? Can the chip be retreived from a dead seahorse and implanted again? Sort of like faking the AKC papers on a dog. I don't get it.

 

[esmithiii]

I saw a fish very similar to this one in a 120G tank at a local chineese restaurant. The fish is so big it can barely turn around in the tank. It is literally longer than the tank is wide. When I looked under the tank at the filtration system, the fish jumped up, moved the cover on the tank spilling a bunch of water on the floor. The owners were quite pissed.

I will snap a picture my next trip in if they will let me.


Ernie

 

[fishfarmer]

Can the chip be retreived from a dead seahorse and implanted again?

Yes, PIT tags are easy to handle and find in a carcass even if you don't have a reader and know generally where the tag is.

There is also the risk of your tagged fish rejecting the tag from it's body. That would be dependand on where the tag was located though.

 

[fishfarmer]

Can the chip be retreived from a dead seahorse and implanted again?

Yes, PIT tags are easy to handle and find in a carcass even if you don't have a reader and know generally where the tag is.

There is also the risk of your tagged fish rejecting the tag from it's body. That would be dependand on where the tag was located though.