Current Species Lineup (Updated 8-8-23)
and the New
Select Aquatics Species
Resource
Ameca splendens, Rio Teuchitlan, "The Butterfly Goodeid"
Possibly the best known Goodeid, this especially
attractive population reproduces consistently,
and they are one species that does not bother their
young. This population has been here since 2002.
Very hardy when provided with clean, consistent
conditions, they are well behaved with one another,
but are best kept in species only tanks. Currently
building out their numbers from heavy Spring
sales, hope to have available again following this
fall's breeding season.
Species Page
Care Information Page
Ataeniobious. toweri, Anteojitas, San Marcos
Known as the Blue Tailed
Goodeid, this population is rarely seen in the hobby, and was collected
by
John Mangan in 1999, and they have been here for
approximately six years. After a couple generations
to establish themselves in my water qualities, they
have taken off in the last two years,
Well behaved and nonaggressive, they will do
well as a community fish, but because
of their rarity are best kept by themselves, to ensure
that their numbers continue to build.
Though not advertised as available currently, groups of 2-4 Month Old Unsexed are being shipped.
Ilyodon furcidens "The Trout Goodeid"
Selectively bred at
selectaquatics since roughly 2004, this spectacularly beautiful fish is
being built
out following recent sorting so that top-quality fish
are more consistently available. Large
breeding groups are beginning to produce fry, and there
are many young that will continue
to be sorted for
quality, and bred so their young can be shipped.
They are growing out well, and their Availability Video
will be posted as soon as young pairs are
ready to be shipped, hopefully early this fall.
The sorting of the furcidens was shown in the Youtube
video "Select Aquatics
Questions - Water Testing,
BBS
Hatching and Sorting Ilyodon furcidens."
Limia Islai "Tiger" Lake Miragoane
From the original
collection population from Dominic Isla, these have been at this
fishroom since
2000, and these are a peaceful, attractive and hardy
Limia. They reproduce well and are an excellent
community fish. Well-established to the water
conditions here, their reproduction has always been
consistent, and they have always been generally
available. They have sold well, and have not
been as seasonal in their breeding, with new young
produced, and will be available again soon.
Neocaridina Shrimp
Populated through the
majority of the tanks here, they were originally a blue variety that has
been allowed
to return to their wild coloration over the 20 years
they have been here. Very hardy and prolific, they do an
excellent job controlling algae and cleaning up excess
food. With species that do not bother them, they do
very well, and controlling their numbers is possibly
the only issue. However, they must be shipped overnight,
and do not fare well when shipped over numerous days.
Recent shipping has made the shipping
of just the shrimp a little costly, but a group of 20+
can generally be combined with an order of fish to get
them out to you. Boxes to ship just the shrimp are now
available.
Species Page Care Information Page
Pethia padamya "Odessa"
Selectively bred here
since 2010, this especially colorful line has been discontinued in the
commercial hobby, and I have been developing them to
build out their color, contrast and consistency.
Sold in groups of 2-4 Month Old Unsexed, they will
color out fully by eight months. Not a difficult
egglayer to breed, I have posted YouTube videos on
reproducing them, and I encourage anyone that
obtains them to breed them so this specially developed
line does not disappear from the hobby.
They have sold very well this fall, and were briefly
unavailable until recent orders were filled.
Currently available as young pairs only, a new batch of
fry is being started for hopeful shipping
later this fall.
Plecostomus Longfin Green Dragons
The Green Dragon
Availability Video was posted, the notifications went up as they should,
and the
160 1.5 - 2.5 inch Green Dragons offered for sale sold
out within a couple hours. I will be doing some
restructuring of the Green Dragon breeding program
here, looking to take them back to more carefully
controlled selective breeding practices, to see about
making the green color even stronger and more
consistent. I am also working with another aquarist to
build out the availability of these, and to hopefully
produce high-quality Green Dragons at greater volumes
into the future. Announcements will be made
toward the fall of 2023 as to how the Green Dragons
here will continue to be sold.
Xenotoca doadrioi, San Marcos
Along with the Odessa
barbs, these are the most spectacularly colored fish here.
They are strong seasonal breeders, and though there are
numerous breeding groups
going of them, and their numbers to build them out are good,
they are being fed heavily
and provided with consistent conditions, waiting for the
production of fry that peaks
in the late fall in this fishroom.
A fish that I have been focusing on, they have benefitted
from being given extra tanks,
and I will be increasing the number of breeding groups for
these each year.
However, fry produced the fall of 2022 proved to be male
heavy, which is not characteristic
of them. As a result, I will be building out those from this
year into numerous breeding groups,
making best use of the fewer females here to build out over
this year, and primarily into this fall.
I hope to have these available for sale by early to mid
spring 2024.
Xiphophorus montezumae Rio Tamasopo
Over 1000 have been
shipped out to the hobby over the past 10 years, and though detailed
care information has been maintained at this website,
they were recently reobtained following
information that they have become difficult to find.
Often referred to as the "King of Swordtails",
they will do well with consistent, quality care, and
are one of the more challenging species to keep
offered by Select Aquatics. Not difficult to keep when
a few minimums are provided, feedback from
customers on their care has been put together and
offered at the links below.
Approximately 50 young are growing out to be bred, and groups
of six 2-4 Month Old Unsexed
will be offered as soon as they are ready to be shipped.
These are still young fish, and as fish
breed seasonally here, it may be next spring or summer before
I will have them to offer.
Best-kept in species only tanks due to their rarity and care
considerations, this spectacular fish
is in danger of disappearing from the hobby if others do not
keep them successfully, and breed
them out to be shared with others. This is an incredibly
special fish, and is no longer collected in
the wild to replenish their numbers in the hobby.
Species Page
Care Information Page
Customer Feedback
Care Page
Zoogoneticus tequila "The Crescent Goodeid"
Possibly the
"Poster Child" for extinct-in-the-wild fish, these have recently been
reintroduced to
the Rio Teuchitlan after a fifth reintroduction effort,
and early reports are that they are doing well.
A very attractive and peaceful goodeid, they were
extremely difficult to obtain for many years,
and have been reestablishing themselves in the hobby. A
fish of special focus here, numerous
breeding tanks of groups of 30+ fish have been
gradually producing fry over their recent breeding
season, and I am looking forward to offering them in
groups of 2-4 young sexed pairs, and will
post their Availability Video as soon as their numbers
are appropriate to start shipping. Based
on their recent reproduction, these will be one of the
first species to be made available early fall
of 2023.
Important!!
The New Species Resource for Species
No Longer Carried by Select Aquatics
Here is how this works:
A section of the Homepage will List
contacts for anyone Breeding and Shipping Species once
carried by Select
Aquatics, or that fit the Select Aquatics mission to preserve species
that
are disappearing from the
hobby.
Sample species include:
Any Platy Strain, esp. HiFins
Belonosox belizanus
Characodon lateralis
Characodon audax
Characodon audax "Red"
Giardinus metallicus
Heterandria formosa
Limia nigrofasciata
Neoheterandria elegans
Plecostomus Longfin Green
Dragon
Poecilia latipinna
Poecilia velifera
Poecilia Wingeii "Endlers'
Pure Strains
Priapella intermedia
Skiffia francescae
Skiffia multipunctata
Xenotoca lyonsi
Xiphophorus alvarezi
Xiphophorus birchmanni
Xiphophorus clemenciae
Xiphophorus mayae
and many others
Here are the Rules:
If you are breeding and willing to ship one or more species, I will post
your contact
information as having
that species available to be shipped. This is for live fish only.
an email address and/or website
URL will be listed for each seller.
- This will be free at this time, and offered as a service to the Hobby.
- Select Aquatics will not facilitate payments or mediate disputes.
- Contacts will be listed
as long as you are shipping. Two complaints within 6 months
will cause
your contact to be taken down until the problems are resolved.
- The need for a business
license and taxes paid will be your responsibility.
- All customer contacts,
payments, correspondence and issues will be your responsibility.
- Whether a contact is
listed, how long is is listed, the species sold and your continued
listing
will continue
only through the ongoing approval of Greg Sage.
- Select Aquatics prides
itself on fully professional treatment of customers, the fish shipped,
and
takes full
responsibility for the safe arrival of healthy, top quality stock.
Emails are generally
responded to
within 24 hours, and problems are rare. If you do not meet those
standards,
your contact
information may be discontinued on little notice. As well, customers
using these
contacts can
be assured of prompt, courteous, professional service. Serious
complaints
affecting a
contact's continued listing can be emailed to
selectaquatics@gmail.com,
but Greg Sage
and Select Aquatics will NOT become involved in disputes of any type.
- If you would like your email or
website contact to be included in this, email Greg Sage at
selectaquatics@gmail.com
with the species you have available to ship. I will offer
assistance with regard to
shipping information, common problems and friendly guidance.
- Be aware that selectaquatics.com receives
a lot of traffic, and you will want your stock to be in
fair supply, your payment
process to be established, and shipping supplies and process ready
before
your contact information is
posted.
- I will look forward to hearing from you!
Greg Sage
selectaquatics.com
selectaquatics@gmail.com