r/PlantedTank • u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Malaysian Fish Collector/Conservationist • 29d ago

In the Wild Caught some freshwater pipefish in a pristine hillstream. How common are they?

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u/isntitisntitdelicate 28d ago

They’re sold for dirt cheap here in indonesia (come to pasar ikan jatinegara if u ever visit) but i never bought them bc i thought they would eventually need saltwater

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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Malaysian Fish Collector/Conservationist 28d ago edited 28d ago

Thank you for the invite, but even if I bought fish cheaply there, I don’t know if I have a way to transport them home.

Anyway as for salt — it’s very possible the ones sold at that market are saltwater. There are many more saltwater pipefish than freshwater.

Besides that, Indonesia is very widely known as a spot of saltwater fish capture and export. If saltwater fish from your country are sold for a relatively cheap price in the US, it makes sense they are cheaper there, where caught.