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Hey folks,
This week's newsletter is going be a little abbreviated due to the fact that we are running around preparing for AquaShella Orlando at which we will be displaying a multitude of goodies including a brand new item. So be sure to come check out our booth if you're planning on attending. If you're unable to make it to the show be sure to keep a watchful eye out on our social media pages as we will be posting pics and videos of the event.
Well I already let the cat out of the bag with the opening pic. Starfire Red® Angels are back in stock and I am being told we have good numbers on these so feel free to stock up. In other GloFish® news if you haven't already seen the Specials page Pristellas are 20% off till the end of March so this is the perfect time to load up on these gorgeous gems. These compliment the rest of the line incredibly well and in all my time in retail these sold right along side the other Tetras, not in place of them. Customers WILL buy both if you have them available. March is the perfect time to be running promos as we aren't quite into pond season and aquarium fish sales are still running strong.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this monologue this week's recap of new items is going to be a bit brief but I am leaving in items from last week's email that are still looking great and available in good numbers so don't think that you're experiencing Deja vu when you see some of the repeat pics lol. But just because we're short on time doesn't mean we're short on fish. We'll start with Colombia because as usual the shipment did not disappoint. I'm gonna dive right in with my absolute favorite item this week and that's the Galaxias L240 Pleco. this species has a plethora of common names but that's the one we're going with this week. These are in the Leporicanthicus genus so for any of you non Pleco geeks that means these guys require some meaty foods in their diet as well as they tend to be a bit territorial towards other bottom dwelling species, especially with each other. In addition these we got quite the selection of Plecos on this shipment including Snowball, Zebra, Butterfly and three sizes of Green Phantoms.
Not to be outdone this week the Characin category (giant Tetras) got some significant restocks. New Red Hooks are big with bright, you guessed it, red hooks. Pinktail Chalceus came in at very nice size with color just starting to come into the tails. These should be well colored by the time they leave the farm as they just got in a few hours ago. And to round out the bunch we got everyone's favorite river monster, Red Pacu. Closely related but considerably smaller we got in new batches of both Green Neon and Gold Tetras.
While Colombia saw some great additions this week the Far East was able to hold it's own. Without question the most popular item will be the Tricolor Barbs that we just cannot keep in stock no matter how many we bring in. If you haven't been keeping up with the emails the past several week's this is a new(ish) item coming out of Indo. It is a piebald color variant of the Gold Barb. These are absolutely fantastic looking. So much so that we have set up a pond here for them as a future breeding project but it will be some time before we have sustainable numbers on them so for the time being they will continue to come in as imports. In second place for what I believe to be a top seller this week are the Black Tiger Badis. Nano fish continue to keep their stranglehold on the hobby as more and more enthusiasts discover the joy of keeping these tiny gems. Plus a lot of people just don't have the room for bigger tanks these days so this is the most logical choice for limited space. I would argue that once settled these are actually more attractive than the ever popular Scarlet Badis. I'm sure that comment will cause a lot of people to freak out but that's just my opinion.
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--Nautilus Sales Staff
Reach out to your rep if you have any questions.
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Every Day Low Prices
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Newly updated EDLP Specials for everybody! Use these great deals to run sales or promotions, fill tanks with something cheap so it looks like your store is full, or make a better profit margin than normal.
Male Guppies
Regular Sized Mbuna Cichlids
Assorted Color Mystery Snails
White Skirt Tetras
Von Rio Tetras
Neon Tetras
Reg Mix Angelfish
And assorted Platies, Mollies, and Swordtails! |
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| ALL GLOFISH® PRISTELLAS 20% OFF THE REST OF MARCH!!! |
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| ALL GLOFISH® PRISTELLAS 20% OFF THE REST OF MARCH!!! |
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| ALL GLOFISH® PRISTELLAS 20% OFF THE REST OF MARCH!!! |
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| It's Green Phantom season apparently as we have been getting these pretty consistently thae past few weeks in multiple sizes. Should have small, large and XL available this week. If you have to choose just one go with the XL, best bang for the buck. |
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| New Galaxias/Vampire/Toothnose Plecos are big and awesome. One of my all time favorite Loricariids. Fins are rough as they usually are when they first arrive but they clean up quickly and are super impressive. Don't be surprised if you see one or two of these at Global in a couple weeks. |
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| Can't have a respectable Colombia shipment without some Royal Plecos in the mix. The smalls are starting to come in bigger and bigger each week. Good time to stock up. |
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| Whiptail cats are back! These are super popular for good reason, they're cheap and very interesting looking. Sort of like a less common Farlowella. |
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| Melanistus Cories got a restock on this week's Colombia shipment. One of the sturdier import Cories and almost always come in at a great size. |
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| Loxozonus Cories look like what would happen if a Metae and a Melanistus had a baby lol. These are VERY limited so order for Monday pack if you want any. Almost certainly wont last past Monday. |
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| Red Hooks might be one of the greatest dither fish of all time. Perfect for large Central/South American Cichlid displays. While they themselves are not particularly aggressive they hold up just fine with tankmates that are. |
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| Medium Black Ghosts are restocked and MUCH better value than the small ones (which have actually been pretty hard to come by lately anyway) |
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| Pinktail Chalceus came in at fantastic size this week. Perfect tankmate for large semi aggressive species. |
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| Gold Tricolor Barbs are back this week and while this batch is a touch smaller than the last they still look amazing and I'm sure will sell out in a heartbeat as they have every time we've gotten them in. This is essentially a piebald morph of the Gold Barb but as you can see they have a drastic contrast to them providing a very unique overall appearance. |
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| Bulgarian Sealpoint Angelfish are back in stock! it's been almost a year I think since we last had this variety so I'm sure they'll go fast like usual. We actually got these 2 weeks ago, but didn't want to say anything until after they had time to quarantine and make sure they were going to hold up. So far so good! |
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| New Large Sailfin Lyretail Mollies are in! This batch looks honestly incredible, and I feel is worth the price increase over the normal Large sailfin mollies (which are sold out right now anyway). Dalmations, golds, greens, blacks, etc all in the mix. Look to be about 90% males too! |
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| The largest size of Orandas is actually VERY nice size and quality this week. Hopefully these don't sell out instantly on Monday, but we do have a decent number of them. Color variety isn't phenomenal, but the fish that are here are much better than what normally comes in for this size and pricepoint, |
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| Tiger Badis came in earlier in the week and these have got to be some of the nicest I have seen yet. Some huge (relatively speaking) males in the mix showing fantastic color and barring. As usual there are certainly some small ones in the group but again that's all relative given that these don't get much bigger than an inch. |
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| New Flowerhorns are in relatively limited numbers this week but what we do have look amazing. There's certainly plenty of what I would call "standard" looking i=ones in the group but then there are some outliers in the mix like this magnificent blue beauty. |
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| Two sizes of Blue Tiger Parrots are in stock this week, and this picture should give you a pretty good idea of which one you should buy (NOT the smalls). |
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| Can't remember a time when we had such consistent stock on Orange Chromides. Been in on a steady stream lately but that's not likely to last as these guys tend to run out pretty quick. |
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| This is just a friendly heads up that Dwarf Pea Puffers are back in stock. No need to say much else as they always sell themselves. |
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| New batch of Barbatus Cories (THE greatest species of Cory in the world) came in nearly twice the size of the last batch. That still leaves them relatively small (Around1-1.25") but much more obvious as to what they're going to look like as adults. |
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| Anyone looking for bigger rams, now's the week for you. We have these absolute TANKS available in extremely limited number. But don't worry, we also have a decent stock of "medium" size which honestly is almost as big as this large (picture below is medium). |
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| The worst fish in the hobby is finally back in stock! Common Plecos! We have all sizes from 2 inch to 5 inch available. It's so weird to me that the supplier goes from zero fish for 3 or 4 weeks to suddenly has everything for us again, but whatever. I'd recommend not stocking common plecos and instead only recommend bushynose or fancy types to your customers, but I know that's a battle I'm going to lose. |
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| Colombian Tetras are on special this week and absolute monsters. The biggest I've ever seen. |
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| Flagfish also have some gigantic ones in there too! Great time to buy these hair algae-eating superstars! |
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| Have a new variant of Gold Pearl Gouramis available in case you missed it last week. We should have plenty of these to go around, it's a variety we are producing here at our farm. |
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| Phantom Angelfish are back. This is what they look like, it's a name we made up. These ARE NOT PLATINUMS!!! It's a different strain entirely. Very interesting looking, white body with an orangish "cap". |
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| We got a new size of Green Dragon Bushynose in! Mediums are here for the first time ever. They look very similar to a normal bushynose to me, but under the water they do have a much more 'patchy" appearance that makes them be obviously different from a standard. They're not green like a green phantom though, so don't expect that. Price will be on the Monday email. |
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| Got a handful of male Benga Sunshine Peacocks still left from last week. Fantastic strain of one of the most popular Peacocks of all time. |
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| As usual the large assorted peacocks some Haps in the mix like this male Lithobates. |
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| Same as the previous slide there a handful of male Taiwan Reef in the large assorted Peacock mix this week. Nomenclature not withstanding it's a great value grab bag at the moment. |
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| Found this gorgeous orange OB Peacock in the large mixed peacocks and wanted to show you the excellent quality you get with our assortment on these fish. |
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| 3" Eupterus x Angelicus might be one of if not the best value for bigger cats this week. |
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| Everyones favorite snail is back! Blueberry snails! Hard to get a good pic of the color on these, but you can sort of see it here. The body is dark blue and they have BRIGHT orange spots and stripes. Very neat. |
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| Pumpkin Shrimp |
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| Red Rili Shrimp (they look much more faded in the bag when they show up....give them a day to settle in and not be stressed and they look like this). |
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