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Rheoheros lentiginosus
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Hey Folks,
Going to be brief today since I was tied up with a couple hour call on aquatic invasive species. I'm participating in this project in an effort to help mitigate potentially onerous and ineffective regulations on our industry. I don't think any of us are opposed to reasonable regulations and I hope that the recommendations this group comes up with are reasonable. Feel free to reach out to me if you have input as I'm there to represent the aquatics trade, not just our business here.
Most of my imports are a little delayed coming in this week, so all of my far-east fish other than guppies are still in bags right now. New Florida fish that came in today include some real exciting cichlids, and a few staples.
Lentiginosus cichlids are one of the coolest fish I've ever head in here. If you remember perusing the old Conkel and Konings oversized TFH books on New World cichlids, in the days before the internet, than you probably remember some pics of gorgeous Centrals. The long, skinny, high current ones were always my favorites, so I'm super excited to have these in here now. Now called Rheoheros, this is one of the bigger fish in that genus, with a max size of around 10". This set is about 2-3", but they're already showing some color.
The most colorful fish in this shipment are big istlanum. They are amazing, crazy bright blue. Fins are a little ratty but that's because they're pretty fresh in from ponds. Also have more medium istlanum, very nice medium argentea, XL trimacs, bifasciata, and melanura (synspilum-like or a synonym (your choice) but with way more color than Florida synspilums when they grow up).
Florida gar are due in later today. Not here yet so I can't tell you how big they are but I'll be surprised if they're less than 8-10". A few things that stood out on today's walkthrough include red tux guppies, rainbow tetras, large tiger barbs, large albino bushynose, orange von rios (a lot more colorful than what I've been getting) red-eye tetras, large OB zebras and new albino sunshine peacocks.
Please give a call if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Joe Hiduke
Sales Manager
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| XL Istlanum |
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| XL Trimac |
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| Red Tux Guppy |
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| XL Asst Swords |
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Florida Gar
Coming in today, this is an old pic |
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| Sparkling Gouramis |
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Albino Pacus
This is a couple week old pic, they're already bigger |
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| Frontosas |
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Reptile & Amphibian Highlights
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Red-foot tortoises are available this week. 5-6", so very well started. These are a bit tougher to house than small Mediterranean species, but they're way more appropriate than spur-thighs. They commonly get 12-14", so don't expect to cram them into a fish tank. If you have the space for them they're super responsive and personable.
Panther chameleons are available again this week. These are Florida-collected and a good value.
Some other highlights include baby and juvenile corn snakes, albino emoryi, West African sand boas, viper boas, bearded dragons, veiled chameleons, crested geckos and ornamental baboon spiders.
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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| Red Foot Tortoise |
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Panther Chameleon
Old pic, this may be a little bigger than what's currently available. |
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