Hey Folks,
Hope it's not as blazing hot wherever you are as it is here. Guess it's a little early to complain about the heat since it's only June but here we are. But as I've said before the heat just helps the fish grow faster down here and that's never a bad thing. I have to give a shout out to one of the most common fish imaginable, Black Skirt Tetras. Both the longfin and the standard version look amazing this week. I've always said sometimes an excellent example of a common species is just as if not more exciting as a new/rare one. Plus the price point makes these the easiest sell in the world. Perfect example of something you should run a special on in your store for this "slow" time of year. And speaking of specials, if you're not taking advantage of our EDLP page this is the perfect time of year to start. Even if foot traffic is down you can still maximize the sales to those that are coming in. Adding weekly specials can help boost your average ticket sales which is crucial this time of year. But at the same time be sure to still bring in a few exciting items. You need to keep regulars interested and wanting to come in every week to see what's new.
So with all that in mind here's some of the highlights of what came in over the weekend. I'll start with one that will leave you scratching your head even more so than when I mentioned the Black Skirt Tetras but the new Red Tiger Oscars are so nice I spent about ten minutes photographing them out in the greenhouse they're in. Check out the pic below and you'll see what I'm talking about. Equally as nice but way bigger are the medium Blood Parrots. These can be hit or miss both in terms of size and color but this week they hit on both. New Lavender Gouramis aren't huge but their patterns are as nice as I've ever seen. Got a couple of old world Cichlids as Far East imports since we haven't been able to get locally raised ones lately, Brichardi and regular size Hap Moorii. Got a couple of items that flew under the radar from last week's Colombia shipment, Red Hooks, 4 Line Pim Cats and Skunk Cories. And if you're looking for a higher end item to put on special and still make nice margin on then check out the L204 Flash aka Emperor Plecos. We have a good number of these which almost never happens so take advantage of this.
For those of you who didn't read Friday's email here's what you missed:
I'm gonna jump right in with the Far East this week cuz one of my absolute favorite Killies, Nothobranchius Guentheri (gazuntite). Got these a little while ago and we blew through them immediately. Dollar for dollar thee are by far the coolest in the Killifish family as they are super colorful and stay relatively small. They can be quite quarrelsome with their own kind so be sure to provide shelter for them even if you're only holding them temporarily. We use shredded black plastic and that seems to keep the aggression down. We also got another batch of really nice Gardneri Killies. Even though these are fairly common these are very nice size with great color.
For something non-kilie related we got pretty much every mainline brackish water fish you could want (or at least realistically sell). New Archers are very nice size, around 2", and look to be holding up great so far. Mono Sebae are in for the first time in a while. Already saw some chowing down on bloodworms this morning so I'll take that as a good sign. Both Spotted and Figure Eight puffers got considerably bigger than the last several batches. But if Brckish isn't your thing then on the opposite end of the spectrum we got in some very nice Far East raised Tetras including Rosy, Black Emperor and Congo. And if you're looking for something to fill the bottom of the tank we got in some very nice Redtail Botias and a new size of Zig Zag Eel.
Like I said at the beginning it's heating up down here but that's a good thing as far as fish farming goes. Size is running big on most local items and that's certainly true for the large assorted Gouramis. Once again pretty good selection in the mix and most of what's in there is nearly full grown. Check out the pic of the Gold Gourami i included this week. Thing barely fits in my hand. And at the risk of sounding repetitive most of the Rainbows are running oversize if not just plain huge. Case in point. check out the large assorted. Great mix of species in there and not a dud in the bunch. And not to be outdone, most of the Florida raised Barbs are quickly gaining ground on both size and color. If you're not sure what to get just look to the Cherries, they're not all necessarily huge but all of them look fantastic this week.
And since I usually like to end things on Florida raised why should this week be any different lol. Should name this "old School" week as we managed to stock up on a lot varieties that were super popular back in the day. I struggle between the Port (Dimerus) Cichlid and the OG Blue Acaras as to which one is my favorite. Had both of these growing up and I can make an argument for either one. And yes, I absolutely prefer the original Blue Acara to the electric blue variant. Not saying there's anything wrong with the EBs just feel that there's a lot more going on in terms of color and pattern in the "wild" type. And since we went old schools of course we got in some Curviceps. If you have a hard time moving these try marketing them as Dwarf Flag Cichlids, that's what some of the farms down here call them. And last but not least we got restocked on just about every size of assorted Peacock you could possibly want. All are gorgeous and great for anyone looking to add some serious color to their tank.
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-Nautilus Sales Team
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