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Select Aquatics breeds affordable,
quality, specialty tropical fish for
hobbyists and conservation
research. Most are not often
seen and many are endangered
or extinct in the wild. This site
is also a one stop place for
fishkeeping information on
how best to
keep these
fish.
If you are keeping an aquarium,
you have the opportunity to help
preserve species that are about to
go extinct in the wild. As well, due
to increased export restrictions,
many species are at risk of
disappearing from the hobby.
The fish offered here are hardy,
generally not difficult to care
for, and may depend on
hobbyists such as yourself to
maintain their availability.
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Limia Tiger
Lake Miragoane, Haiti
Six 2-4 Mo. unsexed - $35
Young sexed pairs - $17
Limia Tiger Species Page
Limia TigerVideo Page
Limia Tiger Care Page
Limia Tiger Feature Video
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Levamisole for
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Ordering new species you've never |
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See:
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In Depth Essays A
cleaner Approach
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Ameca splendens
Rio
Teuchitlan
Six 2-4 Month Unsexed - $40
A. splendens Species Page
A.
splendens Video Page
A.
splendens Care Page
A. splendens
Feature Video
Plecostomus Longfin
Green Dragon
Young are currently being
grown out toward the
Release of their next
Select Aquatics Availability
Video
Green Dragon Species Page
Green Dragon Video Page
Green Dragon Care Page
Gen II Pleco Caves Video
Neocaridina
sp. Shrimp
Allowed to Revert to Wild
Coloration
Group of 20+ - $15
N. Shrimp Species Page
N.
Shrimp Video Page
N.
Shrimp Care Page
Next Species to be Released in Coming Weeks:
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Species Being Bred Out for Future Sale:
Ameca splendens, Rio Teuchitlan
Ataenobious toweri, San marcos
Plecostomus Green Dragon Longfin
Plecostomus Green Dragon Shortfin
Plecostomus Green Dragon Longfin Albino
Plecostomus Green Dragon Shortfin Albino
Xiphophophorus mayae Rio Bellaire
Xiphophorus montezumae, Tamasopo
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As Each Species Becomes Available, a
"Select Aquatics Available" Video will be Posted
Announcing Orders Will be Taken to be Shipped.
Please Subscribe to the Select Aquatics Youtube
Channel Videos and you will Receive those
Notifications! Thank you!
Greg Sage, Owner, Select Aquatics
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What's
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Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Recent email conversations warn that many of the
species here are disappearing from the hobby,
and that I may be the only one breeding and selling
some of these fish.
Where when I used to have 50 fish
available, I would
post them for sale, and would be good selling young
groups of six for a couple months.
Today, if I only have 50 fish available, I have to pull
them down for sale or I will have too few breeders
producing fry to meet future demand.
So I have been building out my numbers of many of
the species here, with the same space constraints,
to get them to numbers so when posted for sale they
can stay available for an extended period of time.
This is why there have not been many fish available.
I have been working to make these species secure
here, as I understand that they are disappearing.
I apologize for the delay, but the fish only breed so
quickly, and many can be slow to reproduce and
grow out, demonstrating why most species here have
never been available in the commercial pet trade.
From an offer posted 5 years ago to help keep
them in the hobby (see
Open letter to Fishkeepers),
most are still not available from others.
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-Important!!!-
Above I mention fish going extinct in the hobby, and
that your keeping them can help their conservation.
We are at that time, this is how conservation happens:
A customer has done research on the availability of
the
Poecilia velifera
in the hobby, and contacted
many, including their original collector. He concludes
I am the last person offering this population on the,
internet, with two others maintaining minimal
populations, and only one that will sell occasionally.
Yet I have sold over 400 in the last 4 years. If you
have bought this fish from me, how are they doing?
Any advice for others keeping them? Did they do well
for you, or not? What information can you provide? I
will collect all responses and post them on a page
linked from here. Email
selectaquatics@gmail.com
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Hopefully your information will help others to keep
this fish, breed them, and distribute them to other
hobbyists. I want to hear from you!
I will continue to do the same for other species sold
that are disappearing, and will post requests for
feedback on each species here in the future.
A page is being set up where all of the responses
will be posted - First Name or initials and City
will be the only information given. Thank you!
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Those species being built out for the
long term and
being prepared for sale are the
X. Montezumae,
P. velifera,
X. doadrioi,
X. lyonsi,
A. toweri,
Z. tequila and C. lateralis/audax
"Red" (a small
group recently reobtained), primarily. I appreciate
your patience as these species are being built out.
The Green Dragons,
Odessa Barbs,
Ilyodon furcidens,
Ameca splendens,
Tiger limias,
X. helleri Rio Otapa,
X. mayae, and
S. lucipinnis
are each being bred out for sale as well.
A "Select Aquatics Available" video will be posted as
each species becomes available. some of those are
listed above as available currently.
Other videos on
new racks, infrastructure changes
and continued improvements to breeding the Odessa
Barbs and others are also in preparation.
If you are a hobbyist that can maintain
a couple species
consistently, have 3-4 tanks available per species, and
want to do something so these species do not
disappear, please consider emailing me to breed,
sell and to ship these yourself.
Today you could literally be in a position
to save a
species from extinction from the hobby by yourself,
and most cannot be replaced, and will be gone
forever. This has already happened to many
species that were once common in the hobby.
The
Poecilia velifera, Yucatan Peninsula
and
the
X. montezumae Tamasopo
are ideal
candidates.
We can discuss optimal tank conditions so the species
you choose will do their best, allowing you to produce
numbers that can be shipped using an online resource
such as Aquabid, or
setting up a small website with
shipping information. With just a couple species, that
will not be difficult, and will bring in some extra income.
I would also be happy to tell you how I ship, how I
obtain shipping materials , etc. With a fair amount of
stock to meet orders and a website, I can post a link
to your site here at selectaquatics.com, even if you
are selling some of the same species that I am
offering here! You would immediately receive
very substantial exposure.
We must make an effort to work together to keep
these species from disappearing. The days of
not sharing information, keeping secret what you
have, fighting over how money is distributed at
functions where rare fish are sold has taken its
toll, and the result is that very few fish are now left
for future generations.
Thank you for your patience and understanding in
my efforts to build these out so that they will
continue to be available to future hobbyists, and
I am working to have each of these species
being kept here again routinely available.
Thank you!
Greg Sage
selectaquatics.com
selectaquatics@Gmail.com
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Original Blue Caves
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New! Gen II Pleco Caves In two Sizes and Colors!
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Rapid Grow Aquarium Plant |
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Natural Sand Caves
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Original Blue Caves |
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Natural Sand Caves |
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Vinegar Eel Starter Cultures |
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This is the best treatment
Effective and immediate.
10 gram packet- $20
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Levamisole Measuring Spoon See it HERE! |
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Mr. Sage provided me with the
best experience I could've asked for. The wonderful fish he
breeds are priced
First, off thank you for the beautiful fish. Every time I
receive a new species from you I am always surprised by Jay G., The Woodlands, TX
Hi Greg,
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167 McAfee Circle, Erie, CO. 80516 Email us at selectaquatics@gmail.com Contact Us
Licensed Colorado Pet Animal Care Facility 68-6566-12 |
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