Newsletter 06-09-25

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

We got so much cool, new stuff last week that I totally overlooked the Florida Gar. As you can see there's quite of difference in the sizes but most of them average between 10"-12".

Hey Folks,

another busy Monday and we're still here processing orders and Steven is out enjoying his last day of vacation. So I'm going to take a page out of his book and plagiarize my own writing from Friday's email lol. We did get a some new items over the weekend and those are featured down below.

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FROM FRIDAY:
So much to list not sure where to even start so I guess we'll go with the far east. Plenty of restocks on all of your favorites but I'm gonna go with the one that we just got for only the second time, Thai Micro Crabs. I knew these were gonna be a hit because when I was still in retail we couldn't keep these little microscopic beauties in stock. I said it before and I'll say it again, I don't get it. These literally are micro. You practically need a magnifying glass to see them but doesn't matter what I think cuz these blew out of here last time and I'm sure they will again. I had customers tell me that they didn't even get a chance to tank them before they spoken for.

So opposite of micro we'll go macro and that's going to bring us to the Chinese Hifin Banded Loach. Haven't had these guys in forever and now is the perfect time to bring them in since they're great for ponds. These guys are fairly cold tolerant so they'll do well outdoors in a lot of regions. Make sure to let your customers know how big these guys get as they can exceed two feet and are very high bodied. These will out grow most home aquariums but fascinating display fish.

So not quite as big as the loaches but not quite as small as the crabs brings us to the Knight Gobies. These are one of my all time favorite brackish species of Goby. Like most they tend to spend the majority of their time near the bottom. However they will venture out on occasion into the midsection of the water column and explore. As I mentioned these are brackish so definitely keep some salt on them. Speaking of brackish we also got restocked on the most adorable sized Spotted and Figure 8 Puffers. They really are endearing at this size. We also got in MORE BB Gobies. Should be more than enough to go around and they're even on special this week.

Not exactly a rarity but we did get in some of the nicest Chili Oscars I've seen come through here. Each batch varies a bit with size and color but these are super bright and at a solid medium+ size. We also got restocked on one of my favorite monster fish, Royal Clown Knives. Now while I often stay away from some of these monsters because they can be difficult to accommodate this is one I've actually kept myself. They're fairly sedentary and spend most of their time suspended in the middle of the water column waiting for unsuspecting prey to come swimming by.

And of course it wouldn't be a news letter without talking Florida raised Cichlids. I'm super excited this week because we got in some longtime favorites that just haven't been around lately. We'll start with one of Brody's favorites, Chocolate Cichlids. Now while I do give Brody grief for his odd obsession over brown fish this one I get. They are impressive as adults especially the males when their sporting their massive hump. Less brown but also less practical are the Dovii aka Wolf Cichlid. These get huge and like to kill just about anything but doesn't stop them from being one of my all time favorite tank busters. Less murdery and more practical are the 5" Heckelii. These guys are relatively peaceful and I've even seen them get along well with Angels. Plus their exaggerated streamers just add to their already attractive appearance.

Reach out to your rep if you have any questions.

-Nautilus Sales Team

As I mentioned in the Friday email we got both medium and large Jack Dempseys in for the first time in probably over a year. The large are a bit mixy but the one pictured here is very representative of the average size in there.

Got in a new batch of Flowerhorns from Bangkok last night and they're showing fantastic color.

Select Red Spot Gold Severums got a restock over the weekend and are showing tremendous spotting. Color is already great on these at a relatively small size and these are Florida raised so no methyltestosterone here. They will not only keep this color but it will continue to get better as they grow.

Galaxy Rasboras keep coming in really nice sized and are big enough to see their pattern without the need of a magnifying glass lol.

New batch of Gold Barbs came in over the weekend and while they're quite a bit smaller than the last couple of batches that's not necessarily a bad thing. These tend to hold up and ship better than the retired breeder size.

Some the new longfin Serpaes came in with some crazy exaggerated finnage. They're not all like this but the ones that are truly are impressive.

"Orange" Von Rio Tetras are much more red than orange. But I'm ok with that. I prefer this to the faded tangerine color that a lot of those bloodlines tend to show.

Pearl Gouramis are coming in much nicer than they have in months. Now that being said they're still a bit on the small side but they are a far cry from what they've been including this nice male in the pic.

XL Green Phantoms are definitely the nicest Plecos here currently. Been here long enough for their fins to be nearly perfect.

Reptile & Amphibian Highlights

Not much new in the way of reptiles this week except our vendor did get in some Arizona Banded Geckos in. Unfortunately we don't have a pic to feature of them but definitely google them. They're almost like a North American Leopard Gecko. Stay relatively small and very easy to keep. They're also very seasonal so they won't be around for long.

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Corn Snake

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