Hey Folks,
Hope everyone one had a happy and safe Father's Day weekend. Hopefully it wasn't as stupid hot wherever you are as it is here and you were able to grill out or do something relaxing. I think most of us down here hung out indoors to avoid bursting into flames. And it isn't even July yet lol. But that not withstanding the heat really doesn't bother the fish down here, In fact it just makes them grow all the faster as I'm sure many of you have heard me say a thousand times. Last week's email was chocked full of new stuff so I'm just gonna do a brief rundown of what came in over the weekend followed by a recap of Friday's newsletter.
Wanted to call today Mangrove Monday as we got in some really nice brackish restocks over the weekend but not everything that came in originates from Mangroves and my staff says I need to go easy on the dad jokes. So with that in mind the new Archers are some of the nicest I've seen come through in a while. Size is a bit mixy but the overall health and quality isn't. These look terrific. New Spotted puffers are nice and plump and Kermit the Frog green. And to round out the brackish bunch new Green Scats are super clean. No muddiness to them at all.
New restocks on just about all of the import Peacocks look fantastic, especially the 2" assorted. Pic does not do them justice at all. And speaking of assorted the all male Rainbows got a lot bigger in size with much brighter color this week. And even though we'll probably be sold out before I'm done typing this we did get in some very nice sized Amano Shrimp.
Friday Newsletter Recap:
Well as you can all see from the opening title card it is a very exciting week around here as we are announcing the official launch of the much anticipated Electric Green® Angel! These will be available starting July 26th so be sure to mark your calendars. And as an added bonus we will have these on display at the upcoming LA Pet Fair so we hope to see you all there!
It's going to be very difficult to top that so I won't even try. But what I will do is dive right in to some of the exciting new items we have available for this upcoming week. First and foremost have to be the Red Lizard Cats. These used to be relatively common in the trade as imports but in recent years they seldomly show on lists as imports but this week were able to get a handful of tank raised specimens. I have pics both of what we have available and of what you can expect them to look like as they mature. Also keep a close eye on our socials as we plan on putting a video out on these guys very soon. In addition to that we also got in some tank raised Apistogramma Borelli "Opal". Full disclosure these are very small at the moment but this is one of the hottest selling Apistos in the hobby right now so it's all about name recognition as far as these go. And speaking of very small we got some restocks on some much needed nano fish including Galaxy Rasboras, Tiger, Indian Blue and Scarlet Badis. And what's even better is the selection of shrimp we have to pair with them. Probably the largest selection we've had in while with offerings such as Amano, Red Crystal, Blue Diamond and Yellow Fire just to name a few.
But if it's bigger stuff you're looking for then we got you covered there too. Got both SA Redtail and Tiger Shovelnose cats in this week. Now while they are technically small for now most of you know these both grow up to become true "river monsters". Got a restock on medium Blood Parrots that could almost pass for large. 4" Bala Sharks are mostly oversized. Still have a couple of monster Red Pikes. Managed to come up with a couple of Florida caught Jumbo Oscars this week. And while this one may not grow up to become a "monster" fish we did get in a very nice batch of Marble Moray Eels.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record it continues to be ridiculously hot down here and with high temperatures comes warmer water which equates out to bigger fish. If it's raised here in Florida you can almost bet it's oversized right now. One of the most impressive just so happens to be one of the most commonly found in the hobby, Black Skirt Tetras. But as I've said before sometimes an exceptional example of a common species can be just as exciting as a new or rare one. But not to be outdone the Candy Cane Tetras are about as equally impressive in size. Figures with a name like that they run bigger in the summer than when their name is most appropriate. Could be a good opportunity though to include them in some sort of "Christmas in July" sales promo lol. Also running big that could be fun to promote right now are the Red Glass Barbs. Just saw the latest batch come in last night and they are absolutely stunning. Don't just run specials on stuff you've been sitting on. Be sure to throw some items in there that people are going to be excited about.
And yup, it's Cichlid time. I'm going to cheat for a second here because the first one is not a Florida raised like I usually reserve this spot for but rather came in from Indo this week. That would be the Thayer's Dwarf Cichlid. If you missed out on these the last time we got them then now's chance to grab some. This is a Laetacara species and as the name would suggest they stay relatively small (around 3-4"). While they may not be they most colorful Cichlid in the world the do have one of the coolest mottled patterns and are always sought after by enthusiasts. Now as far as some home grown stuff goes there's no shortage there. Just got in a new batch of Rainbow Cichlids and they look every bit of the part. Medium Red Spot Gold Severums got a much needed restocking this morning. Large Venustus might just be the most impressive fish on the farm at the moment. And if you read the email last week then you already know that we were expecting some new Hap/Peacock hybrids in but I didn't have time to get much in the way of pics so I managed to rectify that this week. Be sure to check those out down below.
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-Nautilus Sales Team
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