LingLong - 2009-11-10 Wow pupfish are awesome! Where cani buy them ? and also can i buy 20 of them and put them all in one big tank? Please tell me! From Ling Long
Gladys - 2020-02-12 Ummmmmmmmm.... This animal is illegal to keep as a pet/breed. It is threatend and you can
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Christoph - 2021-03-04 That's a pitty. I purchased a large group of 20 individuals. Males and females - I divided them into breeding groups and put them in 4 large tanks. I live in Vienna, Austria - so they are not native here and therefore it is legal, to keep them. But if you are able to buy captive bred indiviuals with all the paper works, it should be legal in the United States, to keep and breed them.
Gray - 2015-05-11 I raised pupfish while at university. They are relatively easy to spawn but time consuming. They have great personalities and make for hours of entertainment. I wish they were available for purchase. Does anybody know how to get ahold of these wonderful fish?
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Clarice Brough - 2015-05-11 As they are listed in California, and on the Federal level, as endangered, I'm not sure you can get them in any retail establishement. Your best bet would be to contact the fish and game department to find out if you can get a license or permit to collect them yourself or perhaps obtain some from a university.
Jay - 2010-05-21 Easily bred in a small tank eh? I bet we can try and get this fish off the endangered species list. Just a matter of getting a male and female fish...
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Turtle_boi - 2021-05-24 im not shure its that easy...
Christoph - 2021-03-04 Nope. They are really easily bred. But they are endangered, due to destruction of their habitat / habitat loss. So the problem is not solved by breeding them. Here, in Austria, I paid 5 Euros / 6 USD, for one individual. In Germany, you pay about 7 USD (6 Euros). So, as you can see, they are endangered in captivity - only in the wild.
Clayton in AZ, USA - 2009-10-01 Am I wrong in thinking that if there was ever a fish that could thrive in the Aquarium trade, this is it? They are superior in their resilience and adaptability. They could very easily thrive in just about any type of aquarium setting. They'd make a perfect "starter fish" because they could tolerate the changing conditions and rough water chemistry of a new (uncycled) aquarium... And they are really good looking fish with loads of personality. Has anyone tried to raise some of them in captivity to see if we can get them off of the endangered species list and into the aquarium trade?
The small but very territorial Desert Pupfish is just like a puppy dog 'nipping the heels' of intruders, as he staunchly defends his home!
Wow pupfish are awesome! Where cani buy them ? and also can i buy 20 of them and put them all in one big tank? Please tell me! From Ling Long
No, no, and heck no.
You'll get one don't worry.
You'll get one don't worry.
Ummmmmmmmm.... This animal is illegal to keep as a pet/breed. It is threatend and you can
That's a pitty. I purchased a large group of 20 individuals. Males and females - I divided them into breeding groups and put them in 4 large tanks. I live in Vienna, Austria - so they are not native here and therefore it is legal, to keep them.
But if you are able to buy captive bred indiviuals with all the paper works, it should be legal in the United States, to keep and breed them.
I raised pupfish while at university. They are relatively easy to spawn but time consuming. They have great personalities and make for hours of entertainment. I wish they were available for purchase. Does anybody know how to get ahold of these wonderful fish?
As they are listed in California, and on the Federal level, as endangered, I'm not sure you can get them in any retail establishement. Your best bet would be to contact the fish and game department to find out if you can get a license or permit to collect them yourself or perhaps obtain some from a university.
Easily bred in a small tank eh? I bet we can try and get this fish off the endangered species list. Just a matter of getting a male and female fish...
im not shure its that easy...
Nope. They are really easily bred. But they are endangered, due to destruction of their habitat / habitat loss.
So the problem is not solved by breeding them.
Here, in Austria, I paid 5 Euros / 6 USD, for one individual. In Germany, you pay about 7 USD (6 Euros).
So, as you can see, they are endangered in captivity - only in the wild.
Am I wrong in thinking that if there was ever a fish that could thrive in the Aquarium trade, this is it? They are superior in their resilience and adaptability. They could very easily thrive in just about any type of aquarium setting. They'd make a perfect "starter fish" because they could tolerate the changing conditions and rough water chemistry of a new (uncycled) aquarium... And they are really good looking fish with loads of personality. Has anyone tried to raise some of them in captivity to see if we can get them off of the endangered species list and into the aquarium trade?
Cute!