Canadian coral?

[ileas]

In Canada currently and was wondering if they’ll stop me at the border if I bring coral home

 

[Knight]

Crossing the border with wild animals?!?!! Hmmmm

 

[ileas]

Crossing the border with wild animals?!?!! Hmmmm

Right but I read about declaring it and stuff so I’m not really sure

 

[Knight]

I think you should be fine. Unless you are transporting large amounts, I don't think they deign to notice. Out of curiosity, what did you get?

 

[Chris A.]

I think it’s still considered smuggling without permits and stuff but I doubt they’ll do anything over one or 2 corals

 

[shrimpchips]

You can come across the border with soft corals not attached to a hard substrate/frag plug. Inverts are generally ok (anemones, snails, slugs), but all giant clams are not. SPS and LPS cannot be brought over either. Basically, anything that requires CITES documentation (basically anything with a hard shell/skeleton) cannot be brought over the border, unless you have the originating CITES documentation to show it was exported legally. Technically everything needs to be declared.

 

[ileas]

I think you should be fine. Unless you are transporting large amounts, I don't think they deign to notice. Out of curiosity, what did you get?

Haven’t bought anything yet but there’s 3 or 4 cool stores here in Ottawa

 

[ileas]

You can come across the border with soft corals not attached to a hard substrate/frag plug. Inverts are generally ok (anemones, snails, slugs), but all giant clams are not. SPS and LPS cannot be brought over either. Basically, anything that requires CITES documentation (basically anything with a hard shell/skeleton) cannot be brought over the border, unless you have the originating CITES documentation to show it was exported legally. Technically everything needs to be declared.

So at the booth on our way out I would tell border patrol I have a live shrimp or mushroom coral etc?

 

[ileas]

Regardless is a 7 hour drive okay as long as it’s in a cooler?

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Regardless is a 7 hour drive okay as long as it’s in a cooler?

Depends on the temp the cooler gets, might want to look into a cold pack. I've gone 2 hours on a hot summer day in a cooler without cold packs and stuff was cooking by the time I was acclimating

 

[dz6t]

Are the mushrooms loose and floating in the bag? If they attached, you can’t bring them across.
Anyway the paper work is going to kill you.
They may impose import tax on them.
The US custom is extremely sensitive to live marine animals.
In general, not worth the efforts.


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[ileas]

Are the mushrooms loose and floating in the bag? If they attached, you can’t bring them across.
Anyway the paper work is going to kill you.
They may impose import tax on them.
The US custom is extremely sensitive to live marine animals.
In general, not worth the efforts.


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Thank you, it was more of a consideration than anything because I just want to see if there’s anything cool or new up here

 

[dz6t]

There are cool coral up in Canada that we dont see around here.



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[ileas]

There are cool coral up in Canada that we dont see around here.



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I plan on checking out 3 stores I’ll post if I see something eye catching

 

[frank180reef]

Can't imagine the selection being any different

 

[dz6t]

There are cool coral up in Canada that we dont see around here.



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I plan on checking out 3 stores I’ll post if I see something eye catching

Wonderful, take a lot of photo please.


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[ileas]

Wonderful, take a lot of photo please.


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Sure, I’ll let the vendor know what the competition is doing

 

[Bao]

DON'T DO IT.
Almost any corals that you can buy over there, you can buy it here in the US.
You have no idea which one is legal and which one is illegal. If you happen to bring one that is illegal, you are in so much trouble. Have you been stopped and searched by those people at the borders? It takes hours and those people are extremely rude. No corals is worth it.

 

[this is me]

I used to drive to Montreal every month. 5.5hours drive. Any time I get pulled over at the border crossing to get checked is at least an additional hour.
I went to the reef stores over there. While they're great, there's nothing I can't get here. Save your sanity and just come home without getting checked at the border.

 

[ileas]

I used to drive to Montreal every month. 5.5hours drive. Any time I get pulled over at the border crossing to get checked is at least an additional hour.
I went to the reef stores over there. While they're great, there's nothing I can't get here. Save your sanity and just come home without getting checked at the border.

Sounds good lol that would suck