merivesiakvaarioapua?

[whatsunderh2o]

Kirjoitan mieheni puolesta joka ei vielä toistaiseksi osaa suomea.
Hän haluaisi mahdollisimman paljon tietoa valaistuksesta, suodattimista ym. tekniikasta. Kuka niitä myy, hintaluokka, osoitteita, webbisivuja. Sekä myöskin tietoa siitä mistä suomessa (asustellaan Kuopiossa) voi kysellä suolaisenveden kaloja ym. Onko maahantuonnilla jotain rajoituksia (lakeja) tms. Mistä tällaista tietoa voisi löytää.

Hänellä on laaja kokemus akvaariotekniikkaan ja -kaloihin puolasta sekä jenkeistä mutta suomen systeemit on vieraita.

Kaikki mahdollinen tieto koskien merivesisysteemeitä on tervetullutta esim webbisivut vähittäiskaupoille, maahantuojille, lainsäädäntöön koskien kalojen yms. maahantuontia ym.

Vastauksesi voit kirjoittaa joko suomeksi (niin sihteerikkö taas kääntää) tai mieluummin englanniksi.

[Kimmo S]

Shops:
www.siniriutta.fi/ (summer sales) (Helsinki / Mail Order)
www.merivesi.fi (Closed for the summer) (Lappeenranta / Mail Order)
www.nettitakomo.fi/coralhouse/ (Haven't tried this one out)

Atleast in Siniriutta and Merivesi you can shop using english. Hardware and lifestock can be bought from these shops since they have lowered their prices to compete german online shops suchs as www.aquaristic.net, www.aquaristikshop.de.

I guess that everything goes quite like in the America. The shops need CITES-permission to import animals but there are few more strict restrictions for importing rare species to European Union like Trachyphyllias that are not allowed to be imported.

Nice thing is that if you travel inside European Union you can quite freely carry legally imported aquarium animals between the countries. Once the fish or coral is imported into one EU country it can freely move inside the EU.

[Silakka]

Also, excellent sources of info in english:

http://reefcentral.com/ (forum)
http://www.reefkeeping.com/ (online magazine)
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/ (online magazine)

[diversity]

Good advices were already given but since Kuopio was mentioned here’s some local point of views.

Kuopio is relatively quiet place concerning marine aquariums. We have only a few hobbyists in Kuopio and nearby areas.

There is one local freshwater aquarium shop that doesn’t have any saltwater aquariums but can order marine life from Indonesia if asked. Customer must collect livestock immediately when shipment arrives.

Downside is that the quality of shipments is often extremely poor. Customer usually looses his or her money because you must pay the ordered organisms even if they were dod, dead on arrival. Also, when it comes to hardware the expertise and prices can be quite awful if ordered via Kuopio dealers.

Basically, if you need something for any marine aquarium setup it’s best to obtain them from elsewhere. KimmoS already told the specialized shops we have in Finland.

[whatsunderh2o]

if you have anymore suggestions on where live stock can be purchased especaily the quality that i could hand pick out please also let me know as well .

[Kimmo S]

if you have anymore suggestions on where live stock can be purchased especaily the quality that i could hand pick out please also let me know as well .

Siniriutta is the place to be right after the latest coral shipment has arrived Most corals in finland are not that brilliantly colored when they arrive but sure colors up nicely. Of cource there are a few times a your when cultured wery colorful corals are available.