Newsletter 12-05-24
Thursday, December 5, 2024
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| Clouded Archers are back in stock for the first time in months. These are a true freshwater species! |
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Hey folks,
hope everyone had happy Thanksgiving and a very busy Black Friday Weekend. It's hard to believe Christmas is almost here and that means our busy season is right around the corner. It's also beneficial that a cold front is making it's way across the country. This usually helps generate sales as people are more likely to stay indoors and spend time working on their aquariums and that usually means adding fish. So it's perfect timing that got some great stuff in this week including some exciting items from Thailand as well as some other far east imports and restocks from Colombia. And as always plenty of great Florida raised fish.
We'll start with the Thai shipment which has probably the most exciting items on it. First, and the one I'm most jazzed about are the Clouded Archers. This is a true freshwater species and tends to acclimate much easier than it's brackish counter part. These also stay a little bit smaller attaining an average adult size of around 6". These just came in last night but so far they look fantastic. Also on this shipment are both Red & Green Scats with two sizes on the greens. We also got in Pacific Blue Rim Bettas from the same shipper. We've had these once before but it's been years. Really neat Plakat type strain with a white body and solid blue edging all around the fins.
New shipment from Colombia has no shortage of nice additions. Most exciting are definitely the Red Pikes. These aren't the Atabapo type that we usually get. Believe these are the type II variant. They don't get as red but have a really neat pattern to them . The ones we got in are around 6" and are just starting to color so they'll get redder as they grow. In addition to those we got in some Pink Tail Chalceus. These are a medium to large size Characin that aren't aggressive but will eat smaller fish so be careful what you put with them. Got restocked on Gulper Cats since the last went so quickly. New wild collected Bushynose Plecos are huge. Also got in some really nice looking Royal Plecos, Bleeding Heart Tetras & Brown Ghost Knives.
Hope where ever you are in the country you're managing to stay warm. But as we all know colder weather usually helps drive livestock sales. Let your sales rep know if you have any questions.
The Sales Team
5D Tropical, Inc
800-777-5353
Ext 221 for Brody (BrodyM@5DTropical.com)
Ext 295 for Dave (DaveD@5DTropical.com)
Ext 299 for Destiny (DestinyJ@5DTropical.com) |
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| Atabapo Red Pike. Been a long time since we've had these! They are most likely the Atabapo II or "ladder" pikes, probably just a locale specific strain. They dont get quite as bright red as the others, but still make for a large aggressive showpiece fish. |
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| Pinktail Chalceus just came in an are stressed at the moment, but should be settled by the time they ship out. |
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| Bleeding Heart Tetras are a good size and much cheaper from Colombia compared to Peru. |
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| Gulper cats came in mixey in size, but are going in a large size. Anywhere from 4inch plus. |
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| Don't normally showcase the large wild bushynose, but this week's batch came in spectacular. Seem to be holding up well and the males are sporting some fantastic facial hair. I always recommend proactively treating with antibiotics. |
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| Brown Ghost. |
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| Longfin Serpae Tetras are coming in as far east imports but are nice size with pretty good fin extensions. Color is really good on these as well. If you have to choose between these or the standard fin Serpae go with these. |
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| Black Phantom Tetras keep coming in at a pretty decent size. Local availability has been very limited so these are far east imports as well but holding up really well. |
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| New batch of Blue Kerris came in over the weekend and they're just as nice if nit nicer than the last batch. These usually come in a bit smaller and nowhere near as nice of color so definitely stock up on these with the busy season right around the corner. |
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| Fresh batch of Red Eye Tetras came in over the weekend. Solid size with bright red eyes. A common staple everyone should keep in stock. |
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| Candy cane Tetras are back in stock and just in time for the holidays. These guys sell well on name alone. |
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| New diamond Tetras are larger than average. Even got a few oversized males with huge dorsal fins. |
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| New Ember Tetras are about as big as they get. Super bright orange on these guys. |
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| Got a few large Dimerus Acara aka Port cichlid in last week. Literalyl have like three pieces but wanted to show these because we do have 3" ones available and wanted to show what they'll look like once they mature. |
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| Medium Red Spot gold Severums continue to come in bright with their spotting just starting to show. Good price point on these and a must have. |
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| 2" Red tiger Oscars came in particularly nice this week. Slightly larger than usual and really bright. |
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| Rainbow cichlids got restocked this week. Came in a little bit smaller but are absolutely adorable at this size. |
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| Mentioned these a week or so ago but the Red Point Hondurans are some of the nicest I've ever seen. They're running about 1.25" and already showing this much blue. This is a fantatsic strain. |
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| 4" Salvini are running solid in size and color is excellent on these. Pic really doesn't do them justice. |
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| Fresh batch of "juiced peacocks" are in from the far east and are about as bright as they get. |
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| Showed these in our first video a couple weeks ago as apart of the assorted large mbuna mix but we now have the Marmalade Cats in a large size on their own. If you watched the video you know a still pic doesn't do them justice. |
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| Redfin Borleyi are in at a regular size for the first time in a while. Oversized for a regular and one of the few Malawi Haps that has color at a small size. |
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| The Redtail Crystal Platy has always been one of my favorite variants. Really nice speckling with bright re tails really set these guys apart. |
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| Sunset Platies are always one of the nicest varieties that we get in. Adds a splash of color to any fishroom. |
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| Sanke Swords came in bigger than usual. Still smaller than most other sword varieties here but really neat pattern and there's actually a few males in there. |
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| All male Pineapple Swords are one of the nicest ones here. XL Swords are also very nice this week. |
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| Almost all of the Guppy varieties this week are very nice. The Redtail Turquoise just happened to stand out to me this week. But like I always recommend if you allow for subtitutions on your order you'll get a better fill rate and will have more fish to sell. Really no such thing as an ugly Guppy. |
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| Japan Bottom Blue Sword Guppy might just have the longest name of any livebearer. these are an Enlder's hybrid and always sell really well. |
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| New, Different & Just Plain Cool |
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