Trip to fish mart! - Aquarium Advice

exodus · 08-29-2006, 07:34 AM

So tonight one of the guys i work with and my manager went to fish mart, which is a major fish/livestock provder for pet stores in the eastern US. We took so long there, its now 6:30am and i've been home for about 20 minutes. Thats how long. An entire warehouse full of fish.

Some of it was hard to see, there were a few tanks with plenty of dead fish and sad looking ones, but they also had some pretty interesting stuff. Transparent knife fish being one of the more interesting ones.. among many others that I cant remember at the moment.

All in all, we got to hand pick $2000 worth of fish for the store, meanwhile I made off with a new royal pleco, two female blue rams, 2 khuli loaches, two julii cories and 2 corkscrew vals.

Didn't even spend $30 bucks

My friend/coworker made off with a really nice green terror too.

What a way to spend a night.

7Enigma · 08-29-2006, 08:35 AM

Does this place never close?!? Sounds like a really fun night. Is it located in your state I assume?

hc8719 · 08-29-2006, 11:38 AM

really where is this place? do you have to be a seller to visit?

im not a huge pleco person, i stick to the commons, but a royal pleco is one of the more expensive ones im sure, how much do they normally run for $40 or one of the $200 dollar ones?

ive been looking all over for a pic of a trans knife too, what do they look like?

and why did you buy kuhli loaches? unless maybe they're the stipped ones

exodus · 08-29-2006, 11:57 PM

It runs 24/7, and you have to be a distributor to go there.

We've gotten Royals in the store before and they usually go for $50, so $11 sounded nice to me. I got the kuhli loaches because they somewhat turn over the substrate and eat any food off the bottom. They had lots and the only ones around me I've seen for sale have been at petco, so getting to pick some healthy kuhli's sounded nice to me.

The transparent knives look quite strange.. after a search on the web they're also known as glass knife fish, I'll keep looking around and if I cant find a picture I'll take a shot of one at work.

The african tiger fish were quite a sight too. Only $25..

And yes, this place was only located about 45mins from where I live. Fun fun fun!

hc8719 · 08-30-2006, 08:40 PM

african tiger fish? thy're one of the most horrific looking fw fish out there, and they get huge too, dont they?

exodus · 08-31-2006, 12:07 AM

hc8719 · 08-31-2006, 10:55 AM

does fish mart have a website?

fishmart.com didnt work...

08-29-2006, 07:34 AM	#1
exodus Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Redding, CT Posts: 291 Images: 1	Trip to fish mart! So tonight one of the guys i work with and my manager went to fish mart, which is a major fish/livestock provder for pet stores in the eastern US. We took so long there, its now 6:30am and i've been home for about 20 minutes. Thats how long. An entire warehouse full of fish. Some of it was hard to see, there were a few tanks with plenty of dead fish and sad looking ones, but they also had some pretty interesting stuff. Transparent knife fish being one of the more interesting ones.. among many others that I cant remember at the moment. All in all, we got to hand pick $2000 worth of fish for the store, meanwhile I made off with a new royal pleco, two female blue rams, 2 khuli loaches, two julii cories and 2 corkscrew vals. Didn't even spend $30 bucks My friend/coworker made off with a really nice green terror too. What a way to spend a night. __________________ Tanks: 55g - Planted/PFS - Up and running as of 4/30/06, heavily planted running 2x 175 metal halide, dry dosing. lots of fish. Royal pleco!! 10g Freshwater - Fake plants/PFS - Breeding pair of convict cichlids purchased from the LFS I work at for $1.25 (best part is that I have a place to get rid of the fry!)

08-29-2006, 08:35 AM	#2
7Enigma Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Havertown, PA Posts: 2,624 Images: 5	Does this place never close?!? Sounds like a really fun night. Is it located in your state I assume? __________________ 20G High -Currently in tank: 1 checkered barb, 1 cory, 1 BN pleco, MTS, variety of platy (fry, juvi, adult), lots of plants. http://www.photolocker.net/images/7Enigma/milfoil2.jpg

08-29-2006, 11:57 PM	#4
exodus Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Redding, CT Posts: 291 Images: 1	It runs 24/7, and you have to be a distributor to go there. We've gotten Royals in the store before and they usually go for $50, so $11 sounded nice to me. I got the kuhli loaches because they somewhat turn over the substrate and eat any food off the bottom. They had lots and the only ones around me I've seen for sale have been at petco, so getting to pick some healthy kuhli's sounded nice to me. The transparent knives look quite strange.. after a search on the web they're also known as glass knife fish, I'll keep looking around and if I cant find a picture I'll take a shot of one at work. The african tiger fish were quite a sight too. Only $25.. And yes, this place was only located about 45mins from where I live. Fun fun fun! __________________ Tanks: 55g - Planted/PFS - Up and running as of 4/30/06, heavily planted running 2x 175 metal halide, dry dosing. lots of fish. Royal pleco!! 10g Freshwater - Fake plants/PFS - Breeding pair of convict cichlids purchased from the LFS I work at for $1.25 (best part is that I have a place to get rid of the fry!)

08-31-2006, 12:07 AM	#6
exodus Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Redding, CT Posts: 291 Images: 1	yup __________________ Tanks: 55g - Planted/PFS - Up and running as of 4/30/06, heavily planted running 2x 175 metal halide, dry dosing. lots of fish. Royal pleco!! 10g Freshwater - Fake plants/PFS - Breeding pair of convict cichlids purchased from the LFS I work at for $1.25 (best part is that I have a place to get rid of the fry!)

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08-29-2006, 11:38 AM	#3
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,932	really where is this place? do you have to be a seller to visit? im not a huge pleco person, i stick to the commons, but a royal pleco is one of the more expensive ones im sure, how much do they normally run for $40 or one of the $200 dollar ones? ive been looking all over for a pic of a trans knife too, what do they look like? and why did you buy kuhli loaches? unless maybe they're the stipped ones

08-30-2006, 08:40 PM	#5
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,932	african tiger fish? thy're one of the most horrific looking fw fish out there, and they get huge too, dont they?

08-31-2006, 10:55 AM	#7
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,932	does fish mart have a website? fishmart.com didnt work...

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