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To Buy: To order, simply email me at
selectaquatics@gmail.com. Customers have
preferred to simply make payment into
the
selectaquatics@gmail.com Paypal account at the Paypal
site after contacting us. If you do not wish to sign into
Paypal,
and wish to pay by credit card, a simple, secure Paypal billing
invoice can be sent to your email address for payment if
requested. Checks and money orders are gladly accepted, but a personal
check will need to clear (2-3 days) after being
received before shipping can take place.
Phone Calls - This
past year I have received a number of phone calls from hackers and
scammers looking to cause harm,
so I no longer answer phone calls, but can certainly
arrange for a time to talk with an email sent ahead of time.
Extras - These are
sent when more than 4 fish of a species are ordered to cover possible
losses, though losses are rare. So with
a Fry Deal of 6 fish, for example, you are sent the 6 fish
plus two extras, so you will receive 8 fish, unless stated otherwise.
Extras are NOT sent with orders of fewer than 4 fish, or with
an order of sexed plecos (As they are too large, an extra increases
shipping cost and numbers are limited). With Overnight
delivery, fish lost beyond the extras provided are replaced at no cost,
but customer must pay shipping.
Losses are rare, and
since the beginning of Select Aquatics, of nearly 1000 boxes shipped,
only two orders have arrived
with losses greater than the number of extras provided.
For overnight delivery the losses are well below 1%.
Wait Lists: I am
no longer keeping wait lists. I will keep the availability of each
species up to date on the homepage, and
will generally breed up enough of each species so
that when posted, it will hopefully be available for awhile.
Shipping- I keep
in close touch with all customers throughout the ordering and shipping
process, and use USPS
Overnight Express Mail exclusively for the live fish. The success rate has been very good.
Rates vary by distance from
Denver, combined with the weight of the box. When an order
is made I must estimate the shipping cost- if I ever
overestimate on an order by more than
$6 I will refund the difference so that no one is ever overcharged for
shipping.
There is no handling charge.
Overnight Express Mail
for 2 pair of young fish or 6 fry, shipped within the continental U.S.,
averages $55 - 60.
Rates gradually increase as the weight of the box increases. All fish are fasted 24-48 hrs. prior to
being shipped,
and are sent in a carefully packed styrofoam box. The
fish are carefully shipped in tied Breather Bags, 1-2 fish
per bag.. See
Receiving Shipped Fish for more
details.
FedEx will not ship Live
Fish from this area, and UPS generally runs 3x the cost of USPS, so I do
not consider either to
be an option. Yes, even with USPS delivery, shipping
cost will sometimes exceed the cost of the fish, but every effort is
made to ship as compactly, efficiently, and
professionally as possible to provide unstressed, relatively comfortable
fish,
ready to adjust to their new environment, for the
lowest cost possible.
Comments: If you
have any comments, questions, suggestions or complaints, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
I respond to all emails within 24-48 hours, and enjoy
conversations with customers regarding the hobby, the fish that are
sold here, why some species are offered and others
aren't, and how to attain the greatest results. A stable, consistent
selection of species will be offered as Select Aquatics
grows, and which species
those continue to be is dependant
on
demand and the feedback I receive. I look forward to the continued
conversations and providing fish that cannot
be
found anywhere else!
Thank you for checking out this site and buying from
Select Aquatics- your purchase supports keeping these fish in the
hobby. Your participation contributes to
maintaining populations of these beautiful animals that are disappearing
from
the wild, and from being maintained and bred by aquarists
into the future. Thank you!
Greg Sage- Owner
selectaquatics.com
selectaquatics@gmail.com
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Species
Lineup:
Check Homepage for Availability
*
FryPacks are all 6 fish, and are not fry, but generally 2-4 month old,
unsexed fish, unless stated otherwise.
Ameca splendens, Rio Teuchitlan-
$30 per Pair,
Six 2-4 Month old Unsexed
- $50.00
An especially attractive line of the original wild
population, these are a striking, hardy and fairly prolific goodeid.
Now essentially considered extinct in the wild, this
species used to be distributed throughout the hobby and is
now less commonly seen.
Ataeniobius Toweri, Anteojitas,
San Marcos, Rio Verde- $30 per Pair,
Six 2-4 Month old Unsexed
- $50.00
A species long maintained in the hobby for the rich powder
blue fins, this rare population has less of the
black markings of the common population in the hobby. and
more of an all body turquoise sheen. Best kept
in tanks over 40 gallons, occasional females will surpass 3
inches.
Ilyodon
furcidens- $15 as adults, Sold by young sexed pairs- $30.00
per pair, "Trout Goodeid"
A colorful, beautifully marked larger goodeid that looks like a
miniature U.S. native bass or trout. This
species is one of the Ilyodon species known as the "trout" or "basslet"
goodeid. This is a striking fish, and will
look unlike anything else in your aquarium. They are
peaceful and non-aggressive, but as adults can hold their
own with larger fish when challenged.
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These consistently show the
intense, complex markings I have been selecting for. A recent pic posted at the
species page and on the
homepage shows the quality of the current
breeders. This is definitely a fish that
is enjoyable to look at, breed and work
with. There are a large number of all ages available, but young fish
ship
much better than adults. A very neat, hardy, prolific,
distinctive fish that doesn't look like anything else kept in the
hobby.
Limia islai "Tiger", Lake Miragoane, Haiti-
$15.00 as
sexed out adolescents, FryPack of 6 - $50.00,.
The Tiger Limia
is an attractive new species from Haiti with
distinctive vertical bars.
-These are hardy,
and when provided with fairly clean conditions
and water changes, they reproduce
easily.
Not big fry eaters, a layer of
Java Moss or fine leaved plants ensures that most
young will reach adulthood.
Generally females are removed to have their
young, which are then raised separately. Closely related to
the
Limia nigrofasciata,
the males also take until they reach full size to fully sex out, and are
best bought as groups of fry.
Neocaridina spp./ Grass/ Algea Shrimp- Group
of 20+ = $25
(Many extras are included)
A small
algea eating shrimp that does
not bother livebearer fry, great cleaning shrimp, prolific. .75 inch
Pethia padamya
"Odessa", Burma- $12.50.00 each, FryPack of 6 -
$50.00 + Shipping
Reputed to have the brightest red of any freshwater fish, this fish is
truly breathtaking.
1.5 - 2 inches as adults.
- After having been bred out into the thousands over the last 3 years,
the line was recently culled back to the best
colored breeders, and a new round of them is being
begun to further improve the consistency and exceptional
color of this line.
Plecostomus "Green Dragon"
Longfin, Normal Color - Sexed Pairs will Soon be Available!
Available upon release of Availability Video,
availability will be kept up to date on the
Homepage.
One of the nicest lines of Green Dragons available,
they have been carefully bred here for excellent
finnage and color. Reaching 5-6 inches, they are hardy and will eat algea.
zucchini, green beans etc. throughout their lives.
Plecostomus "Green Dragon" Shortfin,
Regular Color - 2 - 2.5 inches- $20. These
are
heterozygous for the longfin trait as they are still
thrown and separated out from the longfin stock. Their color has also
improved along with the longfin line, and are selected
for good color and robust appearance.
The regular and albino shortfins are born here, but are
not bred here. A few are thrown within the longfin Green Dragon
spawns, and then are then separated and raised up
separately. A few are then kept and grown out so that fish
are occasionally available. Preferred by keepers of
tankmates that may nip the flowing fins of the longfin fish, these
shortfins
possess good green color and do not exceed about 4.5-5
inches.
- I keep a supply of about 30 2-liter containers going, and ship in breather bags.
Xenotoca doadrioi, San
Marcos- $15 each as adults,
FryPack of
6 - $50.00
As hardy as any other population of X. eiseni, this
population is likely the most colorful population of eiseni in the
hobby. Best kept by
themselves, females will drop 5-15 young after a 60 day gestation.
Zoogoneticus tequila,
Rio Teuchitlan- $15 as adults, Sold as young sexed Pairs -
$30 per pair
Long believed to be
extinct in the wild, this pretty fish
has been the subject of many so far unsuccessful attempts to
reintroduce it to the wild. A very
attractive, special fish.
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Levamisole hydrochloride
w Lightproof Case, Ziplock Bag and Measuring Spoon:
10 g - $17 + $8.00 Shipping = $25
20
g - $32 + $8.00 Shipping = $40
52 g + Spoon = $52 + $8.00 Shipping = $63.50
Levamisole Med Only
10 grams $14 + $8.00
Shipping = $22
20 grams $27 + $8.00 Shipping = $35
52 grams $52 + $8.00 Shipping = $60
Rapid Grow
Fertilizer:
Developed here at Select Aquatics after
years of searching for an effective plant fertilizer for larger
fishrooms. It is both amazing as a fertilizer and inexpensive, each 6
oz. container will treat over 40,000
gallons. This 10-5-14 general use fertilizer is mixed at 1.5 teaspoons
per gallon of water, then dosed
at 1.5 oz.
per 30 gallon aquarium, and you only need to fertilize once a
month. It is $22 per container
with $8.00 shipping, for a total of $30.
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All of the fish sold by Select Aquatics are bred and
raised here, and efforts to maintain larger numbers better
assures that the fish you receive are
genetically as stable as possible with proven, well known breeding
consistency and hardiness. With newly created lines,
understandably, the fish may not yet breed entirely true.
When you order, I generally add extras to ensure
that you will always receive at least what you have paid for.
How your fish do after
they arrive in your tanks is very important to us, and we look forward
to hearing
how they are doing for you. Our mission is to ensure
that every customer receives exactly what they want with
consistent, honest communication, resulting in
fish that are healthy and arrive to you as safely and affordably
as possible. We thank you for your business, and look
forward to responding promptly to any questions,
concerns or suggestions you may have.
I will update the site regularly. Younger fish travel
better, acclimate more easily and cost less to ship,
so I will generally ship younger fish whenever
possible. For information on gently acclimating your new fish to
your water conditions, see Receiving Shipped Fish and Keeping Select
Aquatics Fish. For further, more
in depth information on how each of these species is kept and bred here, see the Care
Information page
for each species provided at each species page,
and from the Homepage
Greg Sage, Owner,
Select Aquatics of Erie, CO.
selectaquatics@gmail.com
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