Current Species Lineup (Updated 10-21-22)
and the New
Select Aquatics Species
Resource
Alfaro cultratus, The "Knife Livebearer"
This surface feeding, attractive, schooling fish from Central America is
a peaceful,
hardy fish that reproduces well, and has been here
since 2002. Once commonly kept,
they are not endangered in the wild, but have nearly
disappeared from the hobby.
They will take regular dry foods, but appreciate fruit
flies and bug bites that can be
taken from the surface. Reaching a maximum length of 3
inches, the males are slightly
smaller, and they are an excellent community fish.
Two large groups of adults have produced 150+ fry that
are ready to ship.
Species page
Care Information Page
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. They have sold
well this fall, and limited groups of
2-4 Month Old Unsexed are available.
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, and there are
currently about 50 pairs, and 100+ 2-4 Month Old
Unsexed available of this powder blue, attractive
Goodeid. 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.
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 roughly 100+ young being
being grown out that will continue to be sorted for
quality, and bred so their young can be shipped. Not fully
stable yet in numbers, but their Availability Video
will be posted as soon young are ready to be shipped,
hopefully into this spring.
The sorting of the furcidens was shown in the Youtube
video "Select Aquatics
Questions - Water Testing,
BBS
Hatching and Sorting Ilyodon furcidens."
Limia perugia, Boca de Cachon
The population maintained
here was until recently the last of this population in existence, due to
the destruction of its natural habitat. Over the last
two years, numerous fish have been shipped to
hobbyists around the country, and they are beginning to
be kept more frequently. Many were
shipped this fall from orders placed in early summer,
and they will now be allowed to build out
their numbers during their breeding season next
spring..
Species Page Care Information Page
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 this fall, 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 17 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 restrictions has made the shipping
of just the shrimp too expensive, but a group of 20+
can generally be combined with an order of fish to get
them out to you.
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. Roughly
100 are still available and can be sold in groups of
Nine 2-4 Month Old Unsexed, plus 1 extra.
Plecostomus Longfin Green Dragons
After an initial wave of
fry produced in late fall was heavy for albinos, short fins and fish of
poor color that
I was not happy with, a second wave of fry were
produced toward the end of their breeding season in late
January, and they are being grown out currently in
preparation for sorting for long versus short thin, and an
evaluation of their color. This year's release has been
delayed for this reason, and I am working to
produce consistent individuals that can be offered for
sale once they hit 1.5 - 2.5 inches. When shipping
can resume due to temperatures, and they are ready to
be shipped, an Availability Video for them will be
posted, and sales will be first come first serve. With
a subscription to the Select Aquatics Youtube Channel,
you will receive a notification when the Availability
Videos for each each of the species here is posted.
With an email to selectaquatics@gmail.com when the
video is posted, and please include your zip code,
I will send back a quote to ship these out to you. As
well, the availability of each species will be kept up
up to date on the homepage as a species sells out.
Xenotoca doadrioi, San Marcos
Possibly, 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 occurs roughly once
a year. A fish that I have been focusing on, they have
benefitted from being given extra
tanks, and I anticipate that similar to past years,
reproduction will be such that they should
be in good supply to be sold as young sexed pairs, and
groups of six 2-4 Month Old Unsexed.
I am not sure when that will be, and am expecting their
reproduction to kick in as fall begins.
There are a couple hundred here to get them going, and
their Availability Video will be posted
as soon as they are ready to be shipped.
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 below.
Approximately 100 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. 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 appropriately, 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 two 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 may be the first
species to be made available soon.
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