Parcel with fish came in...

[emeraldking]

Well, overhere a video of a parcel that came in yesterday with livebearers in it. I do have to admit, that the number of the splitfins was way more than expected. I had to divide those splitfins over 4 tanks.

 

[Sgooosh]

Best unboxing video Lol. Is this one of those where if u spend more and u cna get free shipping?

 

[Retired Viking]

That is a lot of fish, never ordered fish by mail only plants.

 

[emeraldking]

Best unboxing video Lol. Is this one of those where if u spend more and u cna get free shipping?

It was without shipping costs. But the number of the goodeids in particular was higher than expected. I had to divide those in 4 groups (which mean also 4 tanks).

That is a lot of fish, never ordered fish by mail only plants.

Well yes, it's quite a number of them. They all swim in quarantine tanks at the moment. All do well.

 

[emeraldking]

I do have to admit that I truly think that there were too many fish in one bag each. But I also have to admit that I can't help that. That's something the provider did. But there was sufficient oxygen in those bags. Besides the fact that there were much more goodeids in the whole parcel than I've expected, they were healthy and vivid at arrival. But what a lot of people don't know is that fish at an lfs has got most fish from a wholesaler. And it's quite normal with a wholesaler to bag a lot of fish in one bag as well. Mine were caught and bagged the same day of arrival. So, they've been in there for max 3 hours. And they were wrapped in a black cover in the box, so they wouldn't stress so much.
Just wanted to put this outhere, in case people may think, they've been in there for days...

 

[ClownLurch]

Maaaan that’s a lot of fish.
Feller in the next street to me apparently has Dwarf Swordtails. I’ve never seen one. How big do they grow?

 

[emeraldking]

Maaaan that’s a lot of fish.
Feller in the next street to me apparently has Dwarf Swordtails. I’ve never seen one. How big do they grow?

About 4 cm max. Most males won't show a sword. Just a few have got a tiny translucent sword (not even worth too mention).

 

[Naughts]

I'm jealous. I'd love to get even one new fish lol! Our shopping opportunities are very limited due to UK lockdown. Three more weeks and I'll hopefully get more fish ?

 

[emeraldking]

I'm jealous. I'd love to get even one new fish lol! Our shopping opportunities are very limited due to UK lockdown. Three more weeks and I'll hopefully get more fish ?

Yes, just like more countries, the lockdown is a real pain. Overhere, petstores and lfs's are open. Because they also sell food, the goverment marked them as being essential. Next tuesday, we'll hear if more measures will be taken ot not.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I do have to admit that I truly think that there were too many fish in one bag each. But I also have to admit that I can't help that. That's something the provider did. But there was sufficient oxygen in those bags. Besides the fact that there were much more goodeids in the whole parcel than I've expected, they were healthy and vivid at arrival. But what a lot of people don't know is that fish at an lfs has got most fish from a wholesaler. And it's quite normal with a wholesaler to bag a lot of fish in one bag as well. Mine were caught and bagged the same day of arrival. So, they've been in there for max 3 hours. And they were wrapped in a black cover in the box, so they wouldn't stress so much.
Just wanted to put this outhere, in case people may think, they've been in there for days...

Do mind me asking who you used. I buy a lot offline and yours were packed very well.

 

[Sgooosh]

It was without shipping costs. But the number of the goodeids in particular was higher than expected. I had to divide those in 4 groups (which mean also 4 tanks).

Well yes, it's quite a number of them. They all swim in quarantine tanks at the moment. All do well.

WOW that is a nice deal, along with @Deanasue i would also like to ask the provider.

 

[emeraldking]

Do mind me asking who you used. I buy a lot offline and yours were packed very well.

He packs them very well. But I do the same thing when I ship. A black cover puts them at ease.

WOW that is a nice deal, along with @Deanasue i would also like to ask the provider.

Well, they actually came from two breeders. The one who brought them to me is a friend breeder of mine. But so is the other one. The one who brought me these picked up most goodeids (blue fin splifins in this case) from the other breeder. I introduced both to eachother. But the one who brought me these, provides most dutch wholesalers of crustaceans, angelfish, dwarf rainbows and livebearers. I also provide this breeder of certain livebearers that I breed. Yesterday, he told me he was interested in my leopard endlers (hybrid strain and my own created strain). He likes to breed them in mass and provide them to dutch wholesalers.
One of the wholesalers wanted that this should've happened through them. But they know that if it wasn't for me, my friend breeder couldn't have provided them with certain fish species. So, I have a key account overthere. I told them, waht use does it have to transport those fish to them first and then to me. Now I had those fish within 3 hours. That includes bagging those fish and transport. But I wasn't counting on a the number of these bluetail splifins that were delivered. It's a wild species of real livebearers and friendly. For a reasonable number of goodeid species are not that nice to other fish. But I was counting on a number of 20-30 specimens. Instead it became about 300 specimens (adults and juveniles). So, instead of 1 tank that I had in mind, I had to use 4 tanks in total.
Most fish that he buys and the ones that I provide him will go to Ruinemans. The biggest wholesaler of Holland. And they do have an office in the States as well. In Miami, Fl. to be precise.