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| Lots of nice discus available this week. Biggest are these, the Blue Turquoise. |
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Hey Folks,
If your one of the stores that reads my Monday and Friday email than this top part isn't anything new. But I have a couple hundred stores that only read the Monday email so I'm resending what went out on Friday.
Sorry I have to start off with bad news, but this is the last email you'll be getting from me. After 16 years here I'm moving on to a position on the dry goods side of the business. I never expected to be writing this email until I was ready to go back to being a snake and lizard farmer, but got an opportunity that I can't pass up.
Thank you very much for all of your support over the years. Like any job there have plenty of ups and downs over the years but I'm grateful for the opportunity I had at Nautilus. I know some of you are still customers that I took care of a decade and a half ago, and I appreciate you giving me a chance. Especially considering how terrible I was at the job when I started. If you haven't done phone sales I can tell you it takes a lot of practice to get good. Thanks to my customers, and thanks to my bosses, for sticking with me when I was working hard to learn the job. Fish knowledge was never an issue but it took some time to learn other parts of the job.
I am staying in industry, just moving on from the livestock side of the industry. So I hope I'll see some of you (maybe?) at SuperZoo, or Global Pet. Pretty likely I'll end up at some consumer shows too so maybe we can catch up at Aqua Shella, or the Daytona National Reptile Breeders Expo. Or you might find me at Punk Rock Bowling, or the next time Dillinger Four is playing a punk rock show anywhere in the US. If you want to keep in touch I'm not hard to find on LinkedIn. And I expect I'll update that with the new position sometime in the next couple of weeks.
I hope to continue contributing my time to groups like USARK and Pet Advocacy Network. I expect Nautilus will continue to send out important industry news to all of you in the future. If you're not supporting these groups please consider it. I know lots of people have the attitude of 'these bans never pass, I'm not worried about it'. They never pass (so far) because a lot of people put in a lot of work to keep that from happening. We can use a lot more help in this area, be it financially, or with time, or with educating your customers. You'll get one last plug from me here; exotic species aren't invasive if they stay in their tanks, so be sure you tell your customers to never release their pets.
We're lucky enough at Nautilus to have a new sales manager who came on board at the beginning of the year. Dave's getting a lot more on his plate a lot faster than any of us expected but he's been doing a great job and I know he's up to the task of keeping things going in a great direction at Nautilus. If you deal with Nick or Steven you know they're among the most knowledgeable guys in the business, and Destiny and Karen are learning fast under Dave's direction. It's not like many of y'all talk to me much anymore since I'm all wrapped up in box store stuff, so your emails will be the only thing that's likely to change from your perspective. That, and the staff have a big task with trying to match all of the stupid common names I've made up over the years.
Once again, a sincere thank you. Lots of exciting things coming at Nautilus, and I really wish I was here to see the growth.
Thanks,
Joe Hiduke
Director of Sales & Marketing |
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| Leopard are very nice looking, but don't look like what most people would call a leopard. I'd call it snakeskin if it were up to me. |
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| Red Marlboro are good size with good conformation |
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| Pigeonblood. **note** we DO NOT have the checkerboard pigeonblood, only this normal type pigeonblood. |
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| Marble Angels available now at regular size |
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| Regular size EB Carpintis already showing color |
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| Jade snails are back for the first time in a while. They're like Gold Snails, but have a dark body color. |
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| Transparent knives are the cheapest, coolest oddball fish that for some reason only like 2% of you order. You should be buying these. |
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| Fire Red Peacock Med |
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| Bamboo Shrimp came in over the weekend |
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| Blood Parrots restocked over the weekend |
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| Assorted. 2-2.5 Item number 4212 is the one we have. We DO NOT have the other 3 assorted discus on the stocklist, so order that SKU number if you want this mix or it will be scratched. |
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| Red Endlers look fantastic |
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| Still have a handful of very nice Chili Red Oscars |
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Reptile & Amphibian Highlights
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Nothing new this week on the herp side, but also luckily not much dropped off the list either. it looks like other than fancy leopard geckos the reptile supplier pretty much restocked everything he already had.
Male Panther and Veiled chameleons continue to be a top pick, good value since they're Florida-collected animals.
Viper Boas are still in stock, very underrated rareish oddball snake that everyone that sees them in person seems to be attracted to.
There continues to be a wide variety of less common stuff on the list that's very reasonably priced, like sand skinks, longtail grass lizards, etc. If you want to fill tanks with something interesting that you can sell for less than 30 or 40 bucks, there's plenty to pick from.
Please join USARK-Florida, even if you're not a Florida resident or business. Membership is free and you can sign up here: USARK-FL Membership. |
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| Feeding baby Ball pythons are as cheap as they've ever been. |
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| Viper Boas in stock. Really cool oddball snake that looks venomous but is (mostly) harmless |
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