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Golden Hawkfish - Tahiti
Kupang Magician Polyps
June 4, 2025
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, June 11th.
Please see the following page to see photos ...
The .pdf price list link is on the photo page, or you can
e-mail us and request an Excel file version if you prefer.
Some details regarding Vietnam soft corals can be found on our Box-lots Page.
May 21, 2025
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, May 28th.
Please see the following page to see photos ...
Note ...
There is not a full set of photos yet, we are expecting more to
be added, and hopefully some Acros too. Sometimes they do that on
Thursday or Friday. Keep an eye on this "Current Updates"
for any news. So far, this shipment is mostly premade assortment
boxes which are great if you are a store reselling it all, but
not for a hobbyist keeping all of it.
Some other happenings ...
VIETNAM might come in on May 28 to LAX. So the 29th to you.
You can get shrooms, zoas, and mixed softies (leathers, etc.).
We are going to call it 25 pieces per box, though 27 will be packed.
It is $950 per box. So $38 per piece at 25 pieces.
They are smaller than they were when it was shut down, due
to new CITES regulations, mostly 3-4", but are on real rock.
TONGA will go again, probably about mid-June, but they
need to get to 25 boxes, so place orders ASAP. The last
shipment was great, as expected. Acros were 3-4"
and 20 colonies per box.
FIJI ships weekly and has great Acros, and brains especially.
The fish are big and excellent too. Fiji is Tuesday to LAX,
Wednesday to you.
There are a few Bali area, and Philippine area shippers which ship
weekly or nearly so (RVS is every two weeks).
Ask to get on the weekly (or bi-weekly) mailing list to
get an email with upcoming scheduling and an excel file
with updated stock lists. Unless ordering low stock items,
a ten or twenty year old list would get 90% fill today,
said the broken record.
Just a reminder ...
Regarding our cancellation policy, as this stands for
all sites. If scheduled shipments get postponed,
they come in on the same days, the next week to LAX and you.
Please do not order if you cannot wait if something happens.
A million things can happen with international livestock shipments.
They go down without a hitch as planned 97% of the time.
happy fishin'!
birdfish
May 14, 2025
The last Kupang shipment was rescheduled. Since there
was a delay, there is not going to be a new list this week.
We expect that we will have a new set of photos
and a list available on the evening of May 21st,
so please check back.
April 30, 2025
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, May 7th.
Please see the following page to see photos ...
The .pdf price list link is on the photo page, or you can
e-mail us and request an Excel file version if you prefer.
April 24, 2025
We now have frag packs available, please see link below
for more information ...
April 17, 2025
Most likely, we expect some tariffs to be imposed on
imported fish and corals, but we do not currently know
how much it will be for the various locations. Expect
some tariff fees to be added from most or all sources.
There is going to be a $15 per box tariff fee for Fiji
live rock until we can manufacture it here ourselves.
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, April 23rd.
Please see the following page to see photos ...
The .pdf price list link is on the photo page, or you can
e-mail us and request an Excel file version if you prefer.
April 15, 2025
Tonga is now re-opening for both corals and fish.
If interested, please send us an e-mail to request
our weekly mailer with availability lists so you can get
an update as to when the next shipment will be.
e-mail: birdfish@livestockusa.org
April 3, 2025
Revision - Kupang did not ship for the 16th as expected earlier.
They are now planning to ship for arrival on the 23rd, please see page below.
March 19, 2025
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, March 26th.
Please see the following page to see photos ...
The .pdf price list link is on the photo page, or you can
e-mail us and request an Excel file version if you prefer.
March 5, 2025
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, March 12th.
Please see the following page to see photos ...
(Previous pages are no longer available, please see current Kupang list.)
We hope everyone had great holidays and plenty of cheer!
After the holiday closure, shipments are now coming in from the usual
regular suspects. This includes Fiji, Philippines (Cebu, -V, and RVS),
Bali Lombok, and Irian Jaya.
Word is that Vietnam will be re-opening for soft corals.
No pricing yet, nor do they know what freight will be, but
new 2025 CITES permits are going to be issued. Finally! Will
be a bit before details emerge but sounds real to me.
There will be a Kupang corals shipment arriving to LAX on Wednesday, January 15th.
(Previous pages are no longer available, please see current Kupang list.)
