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Current customers can order here at Nautilus Wholesale
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Hey Folks,
Quick reminder, the office is closed on Monday. No UPS shipping and not enough airline orders on Monday to bring in a whole crew. And I know a lot of you are closed Monday too so there's not much reason to be here. Treating Tuesday like Monday; in other words get me your orders over the weekend. Need the order when we walk in the door Tuesday to get packed Tuesday.
I know I don't have 100% overlap between my Monday readers and Friday readers so I'll give a quick Aquashella recap. If you're reading this I assume you have a longer attention span then my Monday-only readers.
Aquashella was fantastic. I got to be on camera a couple times, including with Chad from Ship Your Aquatics. You can see the clip here for some GloFish® discussion. And by the way, if you do any online retail this is a great company to work with. Great rates, fantastic customer service, and big supporter of USARK.
This was the first time ever the GloFish® Starfire Red® angels were on display to the public and the response was overwhelmingly positive. If you only look at online comments, especially from people that focus on natural/biotope type tanks, than you get a skewed perception of how the public views these fish. Positive reaction outweighed the 'GloFish® are worse than AIDS' crowd by at least a hundred to one. I've been very bullish on GloFish® Starfire Red® angels from the start, and I'm even more excited after seeing so much positive feedback. I'm expecting these to turn in your stores crazy fast, and hoping that you have people waiting in your stores for these fish. Mark your calendar; these are available starting on 07/21.
Moving on to fish that you can get now. I have a few more red pikes that look great. They're a little smaller than the last batch but they're a bit more red. Outstanding fish that makes a great centerpiece in a South American tank with big fish. Like many cichlids their aggression level varies among individual fish, but they're likely to reserve most of their meanness for other pikes or similar shaped fish. Often do fine with big round schooling fish.
Longfin tiger barbs are in from Indo. I haven't had this fish in a couple of years. They're going to be more expensive than when they were Florida fish but I still expect them to sell pretty quickly. Size is decent and they have nice fins already. They'll keep getting better as they get bigger.
I've gotten gold roseline sharks three or four times here and half the time they're crappy and the other half they're mediocre. This batch is fantastic. Biggest ones I've seen pass through here and they all have good color. Limited numbers available, order early for the best chance of getting these.
Please give a call if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Joe Hiduke
Director of Sales & Marketing
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| The best part about late-season pond plants is they've had a lot of time to grow. Water lilies are on average running quite large, and some even have blooms. This is ONE plant pictured here, and while they don't all have this many leaves, the leaf SIZE is pretty consistent like this. If you haven't gotten any pond plants through us lately, try it out and you'll probably be very impressed. |
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| Longfin Tiger Barbs |
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| Gold Roseline Sharks |
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I'm back in stock with bloodfins. Florida-bred fish that haven't been around for several weeks. They're good size with nice color.
Black phantoms are my best looking tetra on the farm this week and I have them on special. Orange von rios may be next best, and they're on special too. Some other Florida fish that look good include Longfin serpaes, serpaes, huge highfin black skirts, gold pristellas, and Colombian tetras.
Balloon red-eye tetras are back in from Singapore and they're hideous and adorable. Some less mutated far-east tetras that look good include rosy tetras, green fire tetras, emperor tetras (a bit small but nice), ember tetras, rummynose and blue kerris. Got hujeta rocket gar on special this week.
Wild tetra selection is about the same. Red phantoms did get more red this week, they always get better as they settle in. Green neons and gold tetras look good, and bleeding hearts look great (and they're on special). |
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| Bloodfins are back in stock. |
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| Black phantom tetras may be the best looking tetra here. |
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| Longfin Serpaes |
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| Balloon Red Eye Tetras |
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| Longfin Black Skirt |
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| Rosy Tetras |
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| Green Fire Tetras |
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| Red Phantom Tetras |
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Restocked on a number of nano fish from Indo this week. I have new Asian rummynose that have a tiny bit of red and will end up with a lot more. Kubotai green neon rasboras are super bright for being here only a few hours. They're not in focus in my pic but you can kinda see the color. Galaxy rasboras are very limited but I may have more next week.
For bigger fish, the red panda barbs are very, very close to red. Tinfoil barbs are pretty good size. Gold tinfoils are a lot smaller but they're growing fast.
Some common Florida fish are outstanding right now. Zebra danios seem silly to get excited about but they're some of the biggest ones I've ever seen. Large tiger barbs are very nice and on special. White clouds are big with nice red tails. Albino cherry barbs are pretty good, and albino veils are nice. Black ruby barbs are OK, red glass are mostly female and crappy, odessas have zero color. Longfin rosy barbs are nice but heavy female. Standard rosy barbs are heavy female too. |
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| Asian Rummynose |
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| Galaxy Rasboras |
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| Kubotai |
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| Red Panda Barb |
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| Large Tiger Barbs |
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| Zebra Danios |
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| White Clouds |
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| Rosy barbs are female-heavy. |
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| Rasbora hets are pretty there are some with bad conformation. |
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I have XL assorted swords due in on Monday. I almost never mention fish before they show up, but I'm pretty certain I'll have these. The XL Florida swords are always big and bright, and the best value sword that you can get. I have limited numbers of Florida velvets and marigold wags, and I expect I'll have more swords newt week. For fancier swords the red vampires are particularly nice.
A few platies that stand out include bumblebees (they got a little bigger), rainbow platies, dawn platies, and sunset mickeys. Candy cane mickeys and red crystals are nice too but a little on the small side.
Best guppies this week are green dragon dumbos, silver dumbos, purple luminous, lemons, red corals, and red pandas. |
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| Assorted XL swordtails are due in Monday. |
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| Velvet Swordtails |
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| Vampire Swords |
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| Rainbow Platies |
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| Dawn Platies |
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| Purple Luminous Guppy |
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| Silver Dumbos |
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| Red Dragon Dumbo Guppies |
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Got a bit overstocked on medium black angels so I've got a pretty aggressive price on them. They're not big, pretty close to select size, but they color is good for this size, and the price is right. Also found the large silver veils that were on sale last week and they are outstanding.
Not a lot of new Florida fish but I should have a few new things Tuesday. Firemouths aren't big but they have color and they're on sale. Green terrors are in and out and pretty small. Texas cichlids are decent size. Red devils are oversized no matter what size you buy. Convicts are a bit small. 2" red-hump and 3" threadfin eartheaters both look really good.
Lots of severums in here this week. The little rotkeil severums are still here which is stupid. Fantastic value, you're just going to have be patient for them to look different than a green. I have plenty of gold severums and I got in more red-spot golds with lots of color.
I also have wild severums. These are from Colombia and they're invoiced as 'severum'. Don't think they're anything fancier than a standard wild green severum but if you buy them you can call them whatever you want. That's why I include so many pics. I also have new wild pikes, mostly the belly-crawler type in the pic below. Wild sunset Apistos have been here weeks and they're solid. In hard water with a pH close to 8 and they're doing fine.
Plenty of far-east stuff in stock. The balloon rams are my abomination of the week. They're pretty neat looking and no more deformed than my fancy orandas and telescope goldfish that everyone loves. Chili red oscars are crazy bright. Size isn't great but the color is. Blood parrots are small and not very bright. Platinum parrots are decent size and getting very pearly. |
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Med Black Angels
Undersized but they're on sale for pretty cheap. |
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| Firemouths are on special this week. |
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| Large Silver Veil Angel |
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| Red Devil 2" |
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| Heckeli 3" |
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| Medium Red-Spot Gold Severums |
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| Sunset Apistos |
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| Wild Green Severum |
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| Colombian Pike Cichlid |
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| Chili Red Oscar |
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| Blood Parrot |
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| Balloon Rams |
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| Flowerhorn |
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Fancy mix male peacocks are on sale this week for stupid cheap. These are Florida fish, not imports. No methyltestosterone. They do fade a bit, but I try to keep a two or three tanks here at a time so I mix them up every Friday and that keeps them fired up, even without females in the tanks. The 'peacocks' include some pure sunshines, red dragons, various blues, some OBs, some hybrids, and some peacock-like haps. Quite a few of them are oversize in addition to being super bright. These should sell out on Tuesday at this price.
For higher end peacock/haps, I still have super nice OB red empress (patriotic haps) and two or three outstanding OB red-stratus.
Medium venustus are a good value. Small red empress are way oversized, nearly medium size, with a few males showing color. Redfin borleyi are back in stock. Size is terrible but they have great color in the fins.
Lots of nice mbunas in stock this week. The medium fancy mix is outstanding. Regular size acei are barely smaller than the mediums. Albino auratus, cobalt zebras, BB ornatus, and snow white socos are all nice size. Yellow Labs are only a little smaller and they're on sale this week. |
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Medium Male Peacocks (and Peacock-ish Haps)
Stupid cheap this week, you should buy all of them. |
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Patriotic Hap aka
OB Red Empress |
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| OB Redstratus |
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Red Empress Reg
Most of them are not showing this much color yet, but they're close to this size. |
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| Yellow Labs |
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| Snow White Socos |
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| BB Ornatus |
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| Auratus |
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| Red Chromide |
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I actually have new cories in from Colombia. Skunk cories came in pretty good size and they look nice. Lots and lots of pygmy cories in stock too. I may have some lingering large julii and a few gold/greens. Plenty of tank-raised Singapore julii and a few sterbai as well.
Got in some bigger green phantoms from Colombia as well. These are a lot brighter than the smalls that came in last week. Colombian snowballs and zebras are in stock and both OK size. I think I have a couple big adonis plecos left too.
Banjo cats came in nice size, better than expected. BB cats are pretty nice too. Re-stocked on spotted and striped raphaels, big four-line pims, and small spotted pictus. Be ready to feed the pictus early and often.
Got some interesting Florida-bred Synos. The 'petricola' aren't, they're a hybrid that's petricola-like. Not what you want for your purists, but they're three times the size of the Indo imports and sturdier at this size. The assorted 3" are all nice spotted types, more hybrids that work great in a tank with 'assorted Africans'.
Still have more than a few big albino bushynose. Not often available at this size, get them while you can. For the smaller bushynose, get the longfins. They're the only type where the size isn't embarrassing.
Loach selection is about the same. Sewellias are big and nice. Clown loaches just came in but they've been pretty close to 2". Tiger botias are big and nice. Borneo suckers are in from Indo and I still have the China Psuedogastromyzon. |
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| Skunk Cory |
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| Green Phantom Pleco |
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| Four-Line Pim |
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| Farlowella |
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| Banjo Cats |
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| Got a few way oversized 10" plecos. |
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| Syno petricola-ish. These are definitely hybrids. Three times the size of the import pure petricolas that are so small I'm not confident saying they're pure. |
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Got in some red cap 'orandas' this week. In quotes because they're pretty but I'm not sure they'll have any head growth. More like a red cap fantail. And the bodies are slightly yellowish. If you want super nice goldfish get the big telescopes and calico orandas. These are premium Israeli fish.
Got in a new batch of fire eels. List 6-7", and that sounds about right. Got a few 4" zig zags still in stock too.
Still have silver arowanas in stock and they may be a little over list size. Very nice, and solid, they've been here about three weeks.
Platinum gouramis are in stock from our ponds. These are at least three times the size of the far-east imports I've been getting. They're very pretty, honestly surprised this strain has mostly died off in the Florida trade. Better looking fish than a blue or opaline. I also have great size blues, and smaller but nice marbled opalines, and small golds. Pearl gouramis are in stock too. Size is pretty crappy but you can tell they're pearl gouramis. Import sunset thicklips are small but have color. Red honeys are about the same, small with some color.
Best rainbows this week are the featherfins. Good size and always showing off. For bigger rainbows, medium yellows, medium turquoise, Kamakas, and medium Goyder River (ish) rainbows all look good. Regular Australian rainbows are nice size with color too. Not as fancy as the other types but a lot cheaper.
Various other odds and ends that look good include big brown ghost knives, Senegal and albino bichirs, delhezi bichirs, big royal clown knives, small figure-8 puffers, blue paradise, and albino paradise. |
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Red Cap 'Oranda'
These are domestic, and look very fantail-like. |
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| Silver Arowana |
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| Fire Eel |
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| Platinum Gourami |
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| Opaline gouramis are on special. |
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| Pearl Gouramis |
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| Blue paradise are back to imports so a little smaller and slightly different colors. |
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| Australian Rainbow |
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Goyder River Trifasciata
(probably shouldn't have this much yellow) |
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| Featherfin Rainbow |
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| Brown Ghost Knife |
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Shrimp, Snails & Other Inverts
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Lots of assassin snails in stock. Restocked on 'assorted rabbit snails' from Indo which is a mix of rabbit and rabbit-like (Faunus) snails. Florida ivory and blue mysteries are nice, and the mix looks good too.
Red crystal shrimp are good size with clean white and nice contrast. Best shrimp here. Red cherry shrimp are bigger and a little brighter than usual.
Borneo panther crabs are one of the coolest things here and you'll probably see a picture every week till they're gone because I really like them. A little like a vampire crab but more aquatic. |
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| Assassin Snails |
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| Red Cherry Shrimp |
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| Red Crystal Shrimp |
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Borneo Panther Crab
You might get a picture of these every week till they sell because I like them so much. |
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The Saltwater stock-list gets sent out on MONDAY afternoon.
In saltwater, we offer tons of top-of-the-line corals. If you need really nice frags to sell for $10-15, we've got you covered. If you want a $400 show piece unique Australian brain corals, we've got that too. Tons of the coral frags are aquacultured in-house and are named lineage pieces of various SPS and LPS. Import frags that are MADE in-house are also available, and are great options to get slightly bigger pieces that customers want like torches, hammers, blastos, acans, zoas, etc. |
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