Pictures from the fish shops at Taiwan

[catfishattack]

I went back to my home country for 2 weeks, stopped by about 8 shops and took a lot of pictures. There are a lot of cool fish there. Below are some of the pictures I took.

There is over 100 pictures I took and I am still trying to organize them on my website. If you are interested to see more, you can check "Other Fish & Aquaria Discussion" section at www.CarolinaFishTalk.com.

 

[QTOFFER]

Welcome to AA!!!

Nice pics - especially the last three.
How did the selection and prices in Taiwan compare to stores here in the States?

 

[catfishattack]

I stopped by so many shops, I didn't really pay much attention to the price, however from reading what's written on the tank in the first picture. Each fish is about $20 USD, buy 10 get 1 free.

That huge red arowana is about $2850 USD. That arowana is huge, maybe around 50cm to 65cm

That fish with leg is about $90 USD

As for selection, I was on a street with about 10 fish shops, it is like a central location for all the shops. Most of them have different types of fish and plants. Also, Taiwan is a tropical island and very close to singapore, hk, japan and etc, therefore the selection is huge.

 

[BrianNY]

Great pics. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[Devilishturtles]

Very cool. I love axolotyls (the fish with the legs). Thanks for sharing!

 

[igongora]

I went to your site and I can't find the other pics.. where can I find them?

BTW, that fish with legs look cool..

 

[rich311k]

Great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

 

[catfishattack]

I went to your site and I can't find the other pics.. where can I find them?

BTW, that fish with legs look cool..

If you go to "Other Fish & Aquaria Discussion" section right under the saltwater section, there are 3 threads with pictures.

I am adding more in the near future.

 

[igongora]

I found them.. Thanks...

 

[tropicfishman]

2850 bucks for an arowana?!!?!!? how big is 65 cm in inches? lol

 

[Hovoc]

2850 bucks for an arowana?!!?!!? how big is 65 cm in inches? lol

a little over 2ft

 

[RoK]

That arowana is gorgeous!
Those parrotfish are dyed, aren't they? They look way too red to be the natural color.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[catfishattack]

That arowana is gorgeous!
Those parrotfish are dyed, aren't they? They look way too red to be the natural color.
Thanks for sharing.

That's what a lot of people say about parrotfish, but I am really not sure myself. However, I remember when I was a kid, I caught one parrotfish in the lake and it was bloody red....


Btw, I just added 10 more pictures on my site. I update the pictures every 2 days or so

 

[JDogg]

"fish with legs" is actually a amphibian with gills

 

[Toirtis]

2850 bucks for an arowana?!!?!!? how big is 65 cm in inches? lol

Thats pretty cheap...good quality formosus can easily exceed $50K US.

 

[RoK]

That's what a lot of people say about parrotfish, but I am really not sure myself. However, I remember when I was a kid, I caught one parrotfish in the lake and it was bloody red....

Well, FW parrotfish (not to be confused with the parrot cichlid Hoplarchus psittacus) are man-made by crossbreeding. They aren't found in the wild, unless of course a fish keeper released them in there.

 

[catfishattack]

New pictures updated, enjoy

 

[RoK]

Very cool.

 

[Viperboy]

Yea very cool pics and some interesting fish ... thanks for sharing

Ray

 

[De Angelo]

Nice Newt? What kind is it?